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Best Practices for Advising Black
Student Leaders at PWIs
Cameron Beatty, Antonio Bush, and Tomika Ferguson
2011 NASPA Conference, Philadelphia
Presentation Outline
Introduction of Topic
Current Study
Small Group Activity
Implications/Recommendations for Best Practices
Questions
Social Climate
Rudolf Moos’ (1987) Social Climate Dimensions
Relationships
System Maintenance
& Change
Personal Growth &
Goal Orientation
Literature Review
Black Students at PWIs
Unwelcomed and unsupported (Steward, Jackson,
& Jackson, 1990)
Unmet needs (Arminio et al., 2000)
Experiences of Black male students within student
organizations (Harper & Quaye, 2007)
Current Study
Black Student Leaders:
The Influence of Social Climate in Social Organizations
Research Question:
How does the social climate of large non-culturally based campus governing boards at a predominantly
White institution (PWI) influence Black student leaders?
Methodology
Findings
Three Salient ThemesMission and DirectionSupportive RelationshipsMutual Impact
The social climate of student organizations can alter the student’s perception of their impact upon the organization.
Value Alignment for Student and Organization
“I feel like the values are really aligned with how I feel as a person. And so it’s just like positive reinforcement…” –Charlotte
“…it has as well as enhance[d] my education goals as well. It makes me want to go further and actually hold myself at a higher standard than what typical students that goes to [the university] would do.” -Brandi
Influence of Support on Commitment
“They’ll criticize… but not really help.” – Henry
“[The executives] offer advice, they lead by example, which I think is one of the best things you can do.” – Charlotte
“Joining the [CPB]… let me know I had a position. I had control. I had a say in things that went on with campus. So it just made me feel like I belonged [sic]. “ - Dawn
Small group activity
Case Study
Implications, Recommendations & Limitations
Practice Alignment of valuesSupportive environment and relationshipsUnstructured responsive reviews
Research Different lenses Sample
Questions and Discussion
Bibliography
Beatty, C., Bush, A., Erxleben, E., Ferguson, T., Harrell, A., & Sahachartsiri, W. (2010). Black student leaders: The influence of social climate in student organizations. Journal of the Indiana University Student Personnel Association, pp. 48-63.
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuspa/journal/editions/2010/Beatty%20et%20al.pdf
Citations used in this presentation can be found in the reference page .f the above article.
Contact Information
Cameron Beatty, Iowa State University
Antonio Bush, North Carolina State University
Tomika Ferguson, Indiana University
