- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Campus Climate & Racial Battle Fatigue for BIPOC Students in Higher Education
- Creator:
- Loring, Gina, Clark Atlanta University
- Date of Original:
- 2021-12
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- born digital
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this qualitative, mixed methods study was to juxtapose purported equity measures in higher education (diversity and mission statements, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [DEI] programs, and campus cultural organizations) with race-based incidents, attrition rates, and experiential data derived from surveys and interviews with Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students. Further examined were the complex factors of historical school context, surreptitious fiscal links, color blind curriculum, and the corresponding racial battle fatigue experienced by many BIPOC students. This cumulative data was then examined for patterns and parallels. Seven predominantly White universities (PWIs) were represented in this study, and the participants were current students who identify as BIPOC. The researcher analyzed the ways in which the independent variables of campus racial climate impacted the experiences of BIPOC students, with particular attention to attrition rates and administrative practices around racially charged incidents. The findings of this study indicate an inadequacy in addressing issues of racism on campus; no standardized preventative or accountability policy, practice or protocol exists to effectively manage what is arguably the nation's most pervasive tension. The researcher, with the unique positionality of embodying multiple stakeholders (student, faculty and staff), and who identifies as BIPOC, concludes with a proposal to directly address this gap in the landscape of academia. This study, therefore, goes beyond empirical or expository research; it offers a veracity-based blueprint to manage this endemic and implement structured support for BIPOC students in higher education.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2021_loring_gina
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Additional Rights Information:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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