Career and Program Choice of Students of Color in Student Affairs Programs

Student affairs educators have long advocated increasing the racial diversity of student affairs. To improve the recruitment of Students of Color to student affairs, we engaged critical race methodology to examine career and graduate program choice of 29 students of Color in 26 graduate programs. Participants chose careers in student affairs through involvement, mentor influence, and passion for advocacy work; they selected graduate programs based on reputation, proximity to family, and commitment to inclusion.