Underrepresentation of Students From Diverse Backgrounds Entering Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs: An Investigation Into the University Student Perspective.
Purpose: This study investigated university students’ knowledge of and attitudes toward the professions of communication sciences and disorders (CSD), with a goal to determine if there were any differences between responses received from minority students compared with responses from White/Caucasian...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 613 - 631 |
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| Formato: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Mar2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=155700118&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 155700118 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10580360 5E7 jtl: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology issn: 10580360 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2022 vid: 31 iid: 2 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association place: Rockville, Maryland artinfo: ui: 155700118 155700118 155700118 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00010 155700118 ppf: 613 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: Underrepresentation of Students From Diverse Backgrounds Entering Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs: An Investigation Into the University Student Perspective. aug: au: Richburg, Cynthia McCormick affil: Wichita State University, KS. sug: subj: Student Knowledge Evaluation Student Attitudes Evaluation Students, Minority Psychosocial Factors Ethnic Groups Students, College Psychosocial Factors Speech-Language Pathology Audiology School Admissions Human Software Students, Undergraduate Pennsylvania Sex Factors Female Male Peer Group Surveys T-Tests Chi Square Test Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Schools, Secondary Audiologists Speech-Language Pathologists Female Male ab: Purpose: This study investigated university students’ knowledge of and attitudes toward the professions of communication sciences and disorders (CSD), with a goal to determine if there were any differences between responses received from minority students compared with responses from White/Caucasian students. The survey collected information about the experiences and exposure that university students have to these professions and professionals before and during their undergraduate years, along with possible reasons male students and students from diverse backgrounds are less likely to enroll in CSD programs. Method: Surveys were distributed via Qualtrics and hard copy over 12 weeks of a fall semester to a sample of over 4,000 undergraduate students at a middle-sized public research university in southwest Pennsylvania. Responses were obtained from a total of 524 students. Results: In this group of university students, more students reported having obtained information from their high schools regarding speech-language pathology than audiology. More females than males were aware of CSD professions prior to entering college, and non-White students reported knowing less about both the degree programs and professions of audiology and speech-language pathology than their White peers. Neither the non-White group nor males reported much interest in pursuing CSD degrees or professions. Conclusions: Non-White students and males reported being exposed less to CSD professions (thus knowing less) than their White and female counterparts, but overall interest in these professions appeared to be lacking for the non-White and male students within this study. Additional research from a larger group of minority and male students nationwide is needed to determine if CSD is universally not attractive to these groups. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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