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Underrepresented Students' Perception Of Their Second-Year In College: A Phenomenological Study, Dena Kniess
Underrepresented Students' Perception Of Their Second-Year In College: A Phenomenological Study, Dena Kniess
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The majority of retention efforts have focused on the first-year of college, however just as many students leave college after their second-year (Berkner, He, & Forest, 2002; Lipka, 2006). Experiences of second-year students have been appearing in publications. These studies have identified the broad concerns of the second-year experience, but little is known about how the second-year experience is similar or different for underrepresented students.
This study sought to describe the experiences of underrepresented college students in their second-year of study at a predominantly White institution (PWI). The study was qualitative in nature, and used phenomenological research methods to form …