Date Approved
12-17-2018
Embargo Period
12-17-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. Higher Education
Department
Educational Services and Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Sisco, Burton R.
Committee Member 1
Walpole, MaryBeth
Keywords
African American, Marginalization, Mattering
Subject(s)
African American college students--Rowan University
Disciplines
Higher Education
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Dandridge, Dante, "Mattering versus marginality: African American student perspective at Rowan University" (2018). Theses and Dissertations. 2624.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/2624
