The Black Student Experience At W&L, W&L Dept. of History
https://dspace.wlu.edu/handle/11021/34168
2024-03-29T05:32:43ZThe Black Student Experience at W&L (Report)
https://dspace.wlu.edu/handle/11021/34209
The Black Student Experience at W&L (Report)
How do black students experience Washington and Lee?
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To investigate in greater depth, a large section of the 1997 Senior Exit Survey examined student attitudes towards women and minorities, especially blacks and gays and lesbians. At the same time, and as a counterpart to the Senior Survey, we interviewed all W&L students who identified themselves to the Registrar as black. We sought information descriptive of the undergraduate black student experience at W&L and ways that experience differed from that of white students. A small subcommittee consisting of Dean Anece McCloud, Professors Ted DeLaney and David Novack and students Mogana Richards and Robert Taylor met to draw up the questions and discuss how to conduct the interviews. After this group decided that having a white interviewer would pose no problem, Jennifer Ashworth interviewed 40 undergraduate students from all classes, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior; this population included 34 American and six international students, 17 men and 23 women. The process of transcribing these tape recorded interviews and coding them for data entry and analysis has taken longer than expected, hence the delayed appearance of this report. Nevertheless, this report provides important baseline information. We hope in the future to repeat these questions with a new student population. [From Chapter 1]
1999-01-01T00:00:00ZInterview of Black Students Enrolled at Washington and Lee, #40, 1997
https://dspace.wlu.edu/handle/11021/34208
Interview of Black Students Enrolled at Washington and Lee, #40, 1997
There are two files -- a PDF and a text file. Both are transcripts of one interview. Forty interviews were conducted as part of this survey.; This is a transcription of one of a series of interviews conducted in 1997 by the History Department. Each interview was conducted by Jennifer Ashworth, the department's administrative assistant. She started each interview with the following statement: " Please let me thank you again for taking the time to be here. Before we begin, I want to give you some background information on this survey. The Institutional Effectiveness Committee was created to examine whether the University is fulfilling its mission. The Committee conducts surveys of various populations, seeking feedback about how those people experience this university. This particular survey addresses the experiences of black students at W &L. In order for the results to be useful, we need your frank and complete responses to these questions. To support your freedom to be completely honest, we take careful steps to protect your anonymity. I will transcribe this conversation, but there will be no mark on the transcription, or elsewhere, that would identify you as the speaker. I know who you are, but I pledge never to reveal your connection to your responses. Professor McAhren will use the transcripts to generate a report. That report will go to administrators and faculty and be available to others in the Library. The report will contribute to the shaping of programs and policies as the University enters the 21st century. This, then, is an important opportunity for you to make a difference in how W &L develops. We appreciate very much your time and your honesty."
1997-01-01T00:00:00ZInterview of Black Students Enrolled at Washington and Lee, #39, 1997
https://dspace.wlu.edu/handle/11021/34207
Interview of Black Students Enrolled at Washington and Lee, #39, 1997
There are two files -- a PDF and a text file. Both are transcripts of one interview. Forty interviews were conducted as part of this survey.; This is a transcription of one of a series of interviews conducted in 1997 by the History Department. Each interview was conducted by Jennifer Ashworth, the department's administrative assistant. She started each interview with the following statement: " Please let me thank you again for taking the time to be here. Before we begin, I want to give you some background information on this survey. The Institutional Effectiveness Committee was created to examine whether the University is fulfilling its mission. The Committee conducts surveys of various populations, seeking feedback about how those people experience this university. This particular survey addresses the experiences of black students at W &L. In order for the results to be useful, we need your frank and complete responses to these questions. To support your freedom to be completely honest, we take careful steps to protect your anonymity. I will transcribe this conversation, but there will be no mark on the transcription, or elsewhere, that would identify you as the speaker. I know who you are, but I pledge never to reveal your connection to your responses. Professor McAhren will use the transcripts to generate a report. That report will go to administrators and faculty and be available to others in the Library. The report will contribute to the shaping of programs and policies as the University enters the 21st century. This, then, is an important opportunity for you to make a difference in how W &L develops. We appreciate very much your time and your honesty."
1997-01-01T00:00:00ZInterview of Black Students Enrolled at Washington and Lee, #38, 1997
https://dspace.wlu.edu/handle/11021/34206
Interview of Black Students Enrolled at Washington and Lee, #38, 1997
There are two files -- a PDF and a text file. Both are transcripts of one interview. Forty interviews were conducted as part of this survey.; This is a transcription of one of a series of interviews conducted in 1997 by the History Department. Each interview was conducted by Jennifer Ashworth, the department's administrative assistant. She started each interview with the following statement: " Please let me thank you again for taking the time to be here. Before we begin, I want to give you some background information on this survey. The Institutional Effectiveness Committee was created to examine whether the University is fulfilling its mission. The Committee conducts surveys of various populations, seeking feedback about how those people experience this university. This particular survey addresses the experiences of black students at W &L. In order for the results to be useful, we need your frank and complete responses to these questions. To support your freedom to be completely honest, we take careful steps to protect your anonymity. I will transcribe this conversation, but there will be no mark on the transcription, or elsewhere, that would identify you as the speaker. I know who you are, but I pledge never to reveal your connection to your responses. Professor McAhren will use the transcripts to generate a report. That report will go to administrators and faculty and be available to others in the Library. The report will contribute to the shaping of programs and policies as the University enters the 21st century. This, then, is an important opportunity for you to make a difference in how W &L develops. We appreciate very much your time and your honesty."
1997-01-01T00:00:00Z