Date of Award
8-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Educational Leadership - Higher Education
Committee Chair/Advisor
Dr. Natasha Croom
Committee Member
Dr. Roy Jones
Committee Member
Dr. Tony Cawthon
Committee Member
Dr. Nafees Khan
Abstract
Despite improvements in the rates of college admission over the past few decades, college persistence and graduation rates continue to be problematic, particularly for marginalized students—students of color and students from low-income and/or first-generation families at all institutional types. When attention is shifted to Black first-generation students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), persistence research neglects to include how Black first-generation college students own their educational experience to gain access to college and persist through graduation nor does the research examine cultural factors that help these students persist through the college-going process. Building from both student persistence and community cultural wealth frameworks, the purpose of this study is to examine the lived pre-college experiences of Black first-generation HBCU students.
Recommended Citation
Williams Jr, Maurice, "Network of Folx: Applying the Use of Community Cultural Wealth to the Experiences of Black First-Generation HBCU Students" (2022). All Dissertations. 3102.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/3102