Murray State Theses and Dissertations
Abstract
Over the course of centuries, agriculture has carried a negative connotation for those who identify as an underrepresented minority. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE), Office of Diversity (OOD) has worked strategically over the course of the last twenty years, in enhancing recruitment and retention mechanisms to increase the enrollment of underrepresented minority (URM) students and to change the face of agriculture within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the student engagement and academic achievement of underrepresented students who are juniors and seniors at the University of Kentucky (UK) who are members of the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) student organization. The contextual framework of this dissertation is based on Tinto’s Student Integration Model. There is extensive literature that shows the perceived correlation amongst a student’s academic achievement based on a student’s involvement in their collegiate career.
Year manuscript completed
2019
Year degree awarded
2019
Author's Keywords
agriculture, higher education, student engagement, academic achievement, mentorship, MANRRS
Dissertation Committee Chair
Brian Parr
Co-Director of Dissertation
Randal Wilson
Committee Member
Quentin Tyler
Committee Member
Landon Clark
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Farrell, Antomia, "THE PERCEIVED RELATIONSHIP OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE LAND GRANT INSTITUTION" (2019). Murray State Theses and Dissertations. 352.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/etd/352
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