COVID-19 precipitated an unprecedented international pandemic that
unmasked inequities in increased schooling. The pandemic interrupted standard
strategies of studying and considerably modified the sector of upper schooling.
Universities had been prompted to interchange face-to-face lectures with on-line
studying platforms. The extent to which the pandemic affected the experiences
of Black, Indigenous, and other people of shade (BIPOC) graduate college students is lesser
recognized, notably for individuals who attend predominantly white establishments
(PWIs).
An article in a recent issue of the
journal Social
Work Research seeks to fill in a few of this hole in data. The
function of the mixed-methods research detailed within the article was to look at the
experiences of BIPOC MSW college students in a predominantly white establishment within the
Northeast through the pandemic and the way it affected their psychological well being.
The article:
- examines the experiences of BIPOC MSW college students
through the pandemic within the classroom, of their discipline placement, and their
private lives; - illuminates how the pandemic impacted their
psychological well being; and - outlines sources that they accessed to manage
with the results of the pandemic.
Moreover, the research highlighted and uplifted the voices
of racially minoritized college students as they navigate social work graduate
schooling whereas making an attempt to outlive a worldwide pandemic.
The findings offered within the article had been drawn from 29
college students who participated in on-line surveys and focus teams. About 69% of the
pattern skilled psychological misery, with increased proportions amongst these
who recognized as Latine/Latinx, womxn, straight, first-generation, full-time
and part-time college students, and medical college students.
Qualitative findings highlighted three most important themes:
- the
experiences and desires of white MSW college students had been prioritized, - inconsistencies
within the response to the pandemic pressured college students to advocate for themselves in
their courses and discipline placements, and - digital
studying offered a reprieve for college kids from experiencing racism that helped
enhance their perceived well-being.
The findings point out that MSW applications must decide to
acknowledging how systemic racism impacts the training experiences of BIPOC MSW
college students, work towards dismantling these oppressive constructions, and allocate
sources that heart the well being and well-being of BIPOC college students and their
lived experiences.
Authors:
Dale Dagar Maglalang, PhD, MA, MSW, MPH, assistant
professor, Silver Faculty of Social Work, New York College
Abril N. Harris, PhD, MSW, assistant professor,
Faculty of Social Work, College of Washington
Ty B. Tucker, MSW, PhD candidate, Faculty of Social
Work, Boston Faculty
Tyrone M. Parchment, PhD, LCSW, assistant professor,
Faculty of Social Work, Boston Faculty
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