Date of Award

9-22-2025

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

First Advisor

Topeka Singleton

Committee Members

Randy Caffey; Stephanie Clark

Abstract

This study is meant to address the positive or negative instances of student engagement through technology use among STEM students at HBCUs. The intended demographic from this includes STEM students at HBCUs, but also administrators who have a role in enrollment or retention. The wider range of relevant parties is due to the purpose of this study which is to investigate the different forms of technology on STEM students and faculty as they are implemented in higher education at HBCUs. This was accomplished by connecting the technology used by students or faculty to either a Technology-Enhanced Learning environment (engagement) or technostress (disengagement). This involved a series of interviews and observations with STEM professors, STEM faculty, enrollment specialists, and retention specialists. The interview responses and observations were then added to document-based evidence to establish overall results using thematic analysis. The results were two-fold. Some technology was described and observed as providing positive engagement opportunities for STEM students or administrative specialists. Oppositely, other accounts from interviewees and observations related to the presence of technostress.

Rights Management

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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