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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This study aims to highlight a connection between the unique experience of Black professionals
in campus housing and how their experience within an inherently oppressive
and supremacist system impacts staff departure rates. I argue that the long history
of oppression, white supremacy, and anti-Blackness practices creates conditions within
housing that precipitate the departure of Black professionals in a unique way. I also
argue that the rates of Black staff departure, even within the current context of " The
Great Resignation " and its corresponding increased rates of departure within most
institutions, can be attributed to organizational structures and environments ill-suited
to appropriately support Black staff in campus housing.
METHODOLOGY
This is a qualitative study using a phenomenological approach which focuses on " exploring
how human beings make sense of experience and transform experience into
consciousness, both individually and as shared meaning " (Patton, 2015, p. 115). In this
study the phenomenon is the Black Exodus from campus housing. Purposeful sampling
was used to identify participants for this study; they were individuals who once
worked in university housing and have since departed. Participants completed a survey
that included demographic information questions as well as questions related to their
experience in housing.
The sample consisted of 11 participants who identified as Black (Table 1 lists the
relevant demographic information, see page 78). Six were men and five were women.
Eight identified as straight and three identified as gay. Four were between the ages
of 30 and 35, five between the ages of 35 and 40, and two between the ages of 40 and
45. All participants had been in the field for at least 6 years prior to departure. Three
had worked in housing for 6-9 years, and eight had worked 10 years or more prior
to departure. All had departed housing within the previous four years: one in 2018,
seven in 2021, and three in 2022. Participants worked at various institution types. All
11 participants had worked at some point at a predominantly white institution (PWI).
Two had worked at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), and three at a
Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Additionally, seven had worked at a public university
and one at a private university.
THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING BLACK AND WORKING
IN CAMPUS HOUSING
There is no way to describe the multifaceted experience of being Black in America,
Black in higher education, or Black in campus housing that will capture the nuance
and depth required to represent all Black professionals. Knowing that we cannot address
all Black experiences, this writing seeks to highlight those aspects of the racialized
experience of campus housing that contribute to a negative experience and to the
overall phenomenon of the Black Exodus.
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