Undergraduates’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

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Undergraduates’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

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2020

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SERU Consortium, University of California - Berkeley and University of Minnesota.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC students). The Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey was administered from May to July 2020 to 31,687 undergraduate students enrolled at nine large public research universities. Among the respondents, 0.1% were American Indian or Alaska Native (n = 36), 19.9% were Asian (n = 6,301), 4.2% were Black (n = 1,336), 3.7% were Latinx (n = 1,171), 0.1% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (n = 42), 53.4% were White (n = 16,917), 13.1% were multiracial (n = 4,152), and 5.5% had an unknown or unreported race or ethnicity (n = 1,732). According to the results, BIPOC students were more likely to experience academic obstacles in the transition to remote instruction, including lacking access to technology, not being able to attend online class sessions, and lacking access to appropriate study spaces. BIPOC students were also more likely than White students to experience financial hardships, including the loss or reduction of wages from on-campus employment, unexpected increases for living expenses and technology, and loss or reduction of income of family. BIPOC students also experienced higher rates of food and housing insecurity, and were more likely to experience symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. Finally, BIPOC students were less likely than White students to live in places free from emotional or physical abuse, where they felt their identities were respected, and where they felt safe and respected.

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Soria, Krista M.; Roberts, Brayden J.; Horgos, Bonnie; Hallahan, Katie. (2020). Undergraduates’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparities by Race and Ethnicity. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/218339.

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