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The Voices Of African American Female First-Generation College Student Seniors At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Tamara Frazier
The Voices Of African American Female First-Generation College Student Seniors At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Tamara Frazier
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Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to describe the academic, financial, and social institutional factors that African American female First- Generation College Student seniors perceive supported their persistence at Historically Black Colleges and Universities as outlined in Tinto’s College Retention Theory (1990, 1993) and Tinto’s Framework for Institutional Action (2012).
Methodology: This study utilized a qualitative multiple-case study methodology to record the perceptions of eight African American female First-Generation College Student seniors regarding the academic, financial, and social institutional factors that allowed them to persist at their Historically Black College and University. Respondents were purposively selected …