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Abstract
The dropout phenomenon involving Black Virgin Islands male high school students residing in the United States Virgin Islands has become a major area of concern for parents, educators, policy makers, and other community stakeholders. However, little is known about the direct or indirect factors that lead many Black Virgin Islands male students to drop out of high school. For the actual study, the researcher used a qualitative phenomenological approach to examine the experiences of seven Black Virgin Islands males who dropped out of high school. The study results revealed seven important themes (a) grade retention, (b) disengagement with school officials, (c) adequate intake, (d) stress, (e) socioeconomics, (f) parental disengagement, and (g) low effort. These findings have important implications for parents and school officials, with respect to designing and implementing effective intervention strategies that will aid in Black Virgin Islands male students remaining in and graduating from high school.
Keywords
Phenomenology, High School Dropouts, Black Virgin Islands Males, Qualitative, United States Virgin Islands
Acknowledgements
I wish to acknowledge Dr. Laura Cunningham and Dr. Barry Mascari. I am especially grateful to the participants for their contributions to and support of this research.
Publication Date
8-19-2018
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
DOI
10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3200
Recommended APA Citation
Browne, E. L. (2018). Black Virgin Islands Male High School Dropouts: A Qualitative Study. The Qualitative Report, 23(8), 1932-1947. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2018.3200
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