- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Factors That Impact 2020-2021 First-year African American Student Retention in Online Education at a Public Msi and a Private Hbcu in the Southeastern United States
- Creator:
- Mann, Devon, Clark Atlanta University
- Date of Original:
- 2022-05
- 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 mixed-methods study was to examine the factors that impact the retention rates of 2020-2021 first-year African American students enrolled at either a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) or a Minority Serving Institution (MSI). Due to a global pandemic COVID-19, in the middle of the Spring 2020 semester, there was a sudden switch in the delivery of educational instruction and college experience. The global pandemic continued to be unbearable for traditional delivery of educational instruction and college experience. During the Summer of 2020, students were forced to continue their learning and college experience through the rest of the 2020-2021 academic school year through online settings only. The study analyzed factors related to retention including motivation, attendance, access to technology, faculty-student interactions, and student-to-student interactions. Data collection methods included a descriptive student survey, eight students' participation in one-on-one interviews, and two student success administrator participants in one-on-one interviews. Based on the analysis of the student survey, student interviews, and student success administrator interviews, preparation for online education, students' level of motivation for returning and degree completion, attendance to courses, access to technology and Wi-Fi outside of campus, access to affordable course materials, faculty support and availability, faculty course management, peer and faculty connections, online classroom environment, and student technology support were all found to have an impact on student retention amongst 2020-2021 first-year African American students in online education enrolled at either a HBCU or MSI in the Southeastern region of the United States.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2022_mann_devon
- 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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