ERIC Number: ED663368
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 255
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Brought What I Needed to Succeed: Community Cultural Wealth in the Persistence Experiences of Former Division II Black Women Basketball Players Who Graduated from Predominantly White Institutions
Tomiko Tarnise Smalls
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Clemson University
Limited research exists to examine the persistence experiences of Black women student-athletes who graduated from predominantly White institutions and to explore their experiences at institutions with Division II membership. This purpose of this study was to examine factors related to the positive graduation outcomes of Black women student-athletes who graduated from predominantly White institutions. The research question was: How did former Division II Black women basketball players engage community cultural wealth to persist to graduation at predominantly White institutions? Five former Division II basketball players who graduated from predominantly White institutions located in the southeastern region of the United States took part in this study. Descriptive-interpretive qualitative research was the methodology utilized in this study. Using community cultural wealth as the theoretical and analytical framework (Yosso, 2005), the study supported claims that, in the absence of sufficient institutional resources and support, Black women student-athletes activate multiple forms of cultural capital to overcome barriers to their academic success at PWIs. [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://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Team Sports, College Athletics, Student Athletes, Student Attitudes, Academic Persistence, Cultural Capital, African American Students, Females, Whites, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Educational Experience, Academic Achievement
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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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