Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Journal of African American Males in Education
First Page
42
Last Page
58
Abstract
To distinguish the similarities and differences in coping strategies of African American engineering students, a quantitative study was conducted which examined their perceptions of stereotype threat at three academic institution types: predominantly White institutions, ethnically diverse, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The researcher collected demographic information as well as survey data using the Stereotype Vulnerability Scale (SVS). Results were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlational statistical analyses. Findings revealed that no statistical differences exist between students’ scores on an assessment of stereotype vulnerability at the three university types, nor did the percentage of African American students at a university correlate with their scores on the SVS. Future research should expand the number of survey participants at the current universities, add more HBCUs to the study population, run similar experiments in different parts of the country, and compare stereotype threat in private and elite universities.
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | Education
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Sparks, David M., "An Exploration of the Connections Between Institution Type and Perceived Levels of Stereotype Threat in African American Engineering Students" (2015). Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications. 23.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/curriculuminstruction_facpubs/23