Operating in the Middle: The Experiences of African American Female Transfer Students in STEM Degree Programs at HBCUs

Autor/in	Smith, Dimitra Jackson
Titel	Operating in the Middle: The Experiences of African American Female Transfer Students in STEM Degree Programs at HBCUs
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 40 (2016) 12, S.1025-1039 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2016.1206841
Schlagwörter	Student Experience; African American Students; Females; College Transfer Students; Science Interests; STEM Education; Black Colleges; Community Colleges; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; Transitional Programs; Disproportionate Representation; Minority Group Students; Undergraduate Students; Qualitative Research; Research Methodology; Bachelors Degrees; Semi Structured Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienerfahrung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; STEM; Community college; Community College; Qualitative Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang
Abstract	Increasing the representation of African American females is essential to ensure the United States (U.S.) remains a viable competitor in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) workforce. With minorities anticipated to represent half of the resident U.S population by 2050, fostering STEM talent among this population is vital. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) educate a large population of African Americans in STEM, with a large representation of this population entering via the community college. Understanding the experiences of African American female transfer students in STEM from the community college to the HBCU is essential. Utilizing the interplay of the Undergraduate Socialization Theory and the Triple Quandary Theory, this study explores the experiences of African American female community college transfer students into HBCUs, with a particular focus on the community college experiences that impacted their successful transition into STEM degree programs at the HBCU. Implications are provided based on the overall results of this study. (As Provided).
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