Date Approved
1994
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Physical Therapy (M.S.)
Degree Program
Physical Therapy
First Advisor
Shari W. Farmer
Second Advisor
K. Ozga
Third Advisor
E. Mostrom
Abstract
This study was designed to determine whether schools that attempt to recruit and retain minority students have greater numbers of minority applicants, enrollees, or graduates when compared to schools that make no efforts. We surveyed 125 physical therapy programs accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association's Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education in the United States. We determined what efforts were used most often. Athletic screening and using alumni were associated with a higher number of minority applicants. No efforts were associated with greater minority enrollment. Tutoring was associated with higher numbers of minority graduates. However, we found no significant difference in the number of minority applicants, enrollees, or graduates from schools that do make an effort and schools that do not make an effort. These findings indicate that current recruitment and retention efforts may not be effective.
ScholarWorks Citation
DeBoer, Julie and Nyssen, Brooke, "Minority Student Recruitment and Retention Efforts By Physical Therapy Schools in the United States" (1994). Masters Theses. 185.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/185
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