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Transition, Mattering And Marginality: Deaf Students In A Hearing Institution, Kaitlin Shaginaw
Transition, Mattering And Marginality: Deaf Students In A Hearing Institution, Kaitlin Shaginaw
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study is to gather deaf student feedback and to better understand if they feel as though they matter to Rowan University. This study also provides an opportunity for deaf students to express their experiences transitioning from K-12 to a higher education institution. A total population of 24 were targeted in this study and they had the opportunity to complete the College Mattering Inventory (CMI), which showed their feelings of mattering verses marginality. A total of 83% of the population responded to this study. Following the completion of the survey, a total of three subject agreed to …
Mattering Versus Marginality: African American Student Perspective At Rowan University, Dante Dandridge
Mattering Versus Marginality: African American Student Perspective At Rowan University, Dante Dandridge
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to gauge the perceptions of African American students in the areas of social interaction, classroom climate, faculty interactions and administrative support and determining if these students felt marginalized or if they matter in those areas. The study also intended to find correlations between mattering and academic success as well as active campus participation with a feeling of mattering. The survey used was adapted from Lovely Durham, who condensed the survey Perceptions on Community, and handed out to a portion of the African American students at Rowan University.