Success for All? A Call to Re-examine How Student Success Is Defined in Higher Education.

ABSTRACT: A central focus in science education is to foster the success of students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). However, representation and achievement gaps relative to the majority still exist for minoritized students at all levels of science education and beyond. We suggest that majority groups defining the definitions and measures of success may exert "soft power" over minoritized student success. Using a hegemonic and critical race theory lens, we examined five years of research articles in CBE-Life Sciences Education to explore how success was defined and measured and what frameworks guided the definitions of student success. The majority of articles did not explicitly define success, inherently suggesting "everyone knows" its definition. The articles

SUBMITTER: Weatherton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8108506 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature