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Developing Strategies to Address Enrollment Inequities for Black and Latinx Students in an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program that Spans Business, Tech, and STEM Fields

Dietrick, Jr., Kevin Michael (2022) Developing Strategies to Address Enrollment Inequities for Black and Latinx Students in an Interdisciplinary Graduate Program that Spans Business, Tech, and STEM Fields. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Graduate programs in business and STEM fields face a persistent challenge of recruiting and enrolling domestic Black and Latinx students. As an administrator for one such program, the M.S. in Product Management program, located in the Northeastern United States, I aimed to increase the number of domestic-born Black and Latinx applicants to consist of 15% of domestic applicants to the MS program by 2023 based on the benchmark from the M.S.P.M program’s previous admissions cycles of zero enrolled students of Color and only two applicants of Color. For this inquiry, I developed interview and survey protocols, based on English and Umbach’s (2016) framework around graduate school choice, and conducted nine one-on-one interviews with participants who met the selected criteria. One inquiry question guided the design of this study: What lived experiences influence graduate school aspiration, both in general and for those looking to break into the tech industry, among domestic Black and Latinx people? The key findings of this inquiry included: (a) cost-benefit analysis is a major factor for prospective graduate students of Color; (b) habitus, further developed through college and early professional years, improves the prospect of graduate school aspiration; and (c) prospective students’ interest in graduate education is influenced by the barriers to entry, or lack thereof, for graduate programs.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Dietrick, Jr., Kevin Michaelkmd133@pitt.edukmd1330000-0002-2992-1837
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairGarcia, Ginaggarcia@pitt.eduggarcia0000-0002-6706-9200
Committee MemberMeans, Darrisdarris.means@pitt.edudarris.means
Committee MemberKokka, Karrikokka@pitt.edukokka
Committee MemberSikora, Maggiemsikora1@andrew.cmu.edumjs169
Date: 31 August 2022
Date Type: Publication
Defense Date: 14 June 2022
Approval Date: 31 August 2022
Submission Date: 4 August 2022
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Number of Pages: 118
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies
Degree: EdD - Doctor of Education
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: n/a
Date Deposited: 31 Aug 2022 18:27
Last Modified: 31 Aug 2022 18:27
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/43504

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