Open AccessOn Doctoral Student Development: Exploring Faculty Mentoring in the Shaping of African American Doctoral Student Success
Author(s) -
Pamela Felder
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1160
Subject(s) - mentorship , context (archaeology) , medical education , perspective (graphical) , pedagogy , african american , psychology , elite , sociology , medicine , political science , paleontology , ethnology , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science , law , biology
This study examines the influence of faculty mentorship in the shaping of African American doctoral student success. A case analysis framework is used to investigate the belief systems that doctoral students held about their doctoral experience. Data collection involved a one-phase semi-structured interview protocol used to gather information about these experiences from a post-degree perspective. African American doctoral degree completion is addressed as a critical function of student success within an elite educational context. Results of the study demonstrate that the African American doctoral degree completion is complicated by students' perceptions of faculty advising, faculty behavior and the lack of diverse faculty leadership.