Author(s)

Jeff Klug¹, Sharon K. Anderson²

¹Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA.
²School of Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.

As an antiracist problematic, Whiteness was used to better understand the persistence of access disparities to college counseling centers for students of color. This study explored the question, “How do experiences of Whiteness impact access to mental health care for domestic, undergraduate White students and students of color at their respective college counseling centers?” Semi-structured interviews were completed with 6 undergraduates (three White students and three students of color). Data analysis was completed through three successive, iterative cycles of coding: value systems, color-blind ideologies, and Whiteness. The first two cycles of coding informed the last cycle. Five themes of Whiteness emerged: relational, advantage, property, power, and individualism.

Counseling, Access, Disparities, Phenomenology, Whiteness

Klug, J. and Anderson, S.K. (2023) The Role of Whiteness in Access Disparities in College Counseling Services. Open Access Library Journal, 10, 1-16. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1110814.