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Fostering Communities For Bipoc Students In Higher Education Spaces: The Impacts Of Targeted Student Supports Services On Racially Hostile Campuses, Kenderick Wilson

Ed.D. Dissertations in Practice

Racially hostile campuses often have significantly different retention rates based on students’ race and ethnicity. Existing literature suggests that a better understanding of the negative impacts of a racially hostile campus climate at public universities can help to improve college outcomes for BIPOC students. BIPOC students may benefit from well-designed systems of support to bolster their retention rates, including a focus on targeting specific populations of students. This study was designed to improve understanding of the impacts of such targeted student supports within a racially hostile campus climate, examining the impact on first year retention rates of BIPOC students at …