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ERIC Number: ED637294
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 106
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3801-4341-7
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Latinx College Student Experiences: The Value of BAIT in Persistence
Kerry Lynn Spicer
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Drexel University
The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of Latinx graduates who had interactions with professionals represented in the Behavioral Assessment and Intervention Team (BAIT) at a small, private college during their undergraduate experience. While BAITs on college campuses can be effective intervention during emergent situations, they can also be used to intervene when a student is struggling. With changing demographics on college campuses, BAITs have an opportunity to provide focus for the best strategies for Latinx students. By interviewing Latinx college graduates from a smaller sized institution, through phenomenological discovery, the researcher worked with the emerging themes to explore the following questions: (1) How do Latinx graduates describe the essence of their lived experiences with BAIT professionals in college? (2) How do Latinx graduates describe their lived experience of persistence to graduation? (3) How do Latinx graduates describe the factors that contributed to their persistence to graduation? Semi-structured, one-on-one interviews and the collection of artifacts recorded the experiences of five Latinx graduates as they reflected on their collegiate experiences. Data analysis using qualitative, thematic coding revealed themes of family connections, complexity of identity, and connections to campus. These themes identified how participants were shaped by familial relationships, how identity shaped their experiences, and how community was created during their time in college. The reflections of these graduates shaped the findings of this study and guided suggestions for best practices for supporting Latinx college students in their persistence to graduation. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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