BIRACIAL STUDENTS’ SENSE OF BELONGING AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SOUTHEASTERN STATE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY

This study is about how biracial students at a predominantly White southeastern state flagship university describe their experience. The participants narrate their experiences on a university campus as well as how the university impacts their ability to find a sense of belonging on campus and the role the university played. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study is to describe what experiences if any, affect a biracial student’s perception of sense of belonging at a southeastern state flagship university. The findings from this study could yield possible information that can help researchers and practitioners understand how to identify factors that may contribute to biracial students’ perceived feelings of belonging at PWI.