Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abstract
The findings of this qualitative phenomenological study explained the motives and challenges faced by African international students (n = 10) who initially chose to live on-campus and subsequently transitioned to off-campus accommodations. The research was conducted through semistructured interviews with African international students who were currently enrolled at a predominantly White institution in the Midwestern United States, discussing their experiences with housing, cultural adjustment, and financial constraints. Although the initial choices to stay on-campus stem from convenience and institutional support, various challenges pushed the students toward going off-campus. To begin with, the costliness of staying in an institution may be exorbitant for them. Such institutions at times prove to be culturally insensitive or socially alienating. Shifting off-campus, while involving difficulties of logistics, has all the advantages of affordability and cultural comfort. These facts therefore pointed toward the urgent necessity for adopting culturally sensitive affordable housing policy on the part of each university with the aim to accommodate different students’ requirements. Other implications included the facilitation of inclusivity through focused supporting programs and the informing of future accommodation policy decisions in relation to international students.
Year of Submission
2025
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Shelley Price-Williams
Date Original
2025
Object Description
1 PDF (39 pages)
Copyright
©2025 Francis Dugbartey
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Dugbartey, Francis, "Motivations and Challenges for African International Students in Choosing On-Campus Housing and Transitioning Off-Campus" (2025). Graduate Research Papers. 4603.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/4603
