As a second source of data, following the same procedure used to identify the eight
interview participants, eight focus group participants were identified. Focus groups provide
concentrations of rich data and the opportunity to clarify and explore participants’ knowledge
and experience (Morgan, 1988). While the functions of focus groups vary, this study design
employed a focus group for the purpose of corroborating emergent themes developed from the
interview analyses. The facilitation of these groups were face-to-face and due to the purpose (to
corroborate the emerging analysis from interviews) of the focus group, the structure was semiformal.The researcher was prepared with questions and discussion topics related to the emergentthemes derived from the interview analyses. There were four participants that participated in thefocus group from Campus A, and it lasted nearly 60 minutes. There were seven participants thatparticipated in the focus group from Campus B, and it lasted 45 minutes. Participants in the focusgroups were selected from both Campus A and Campus B based on the participant requirements detailed for the interviews, and the selection process was the same as it was for the interviewparticipants. The two focus groups were facilitated independently of each other relative to thecampus from which the participants were selected. The focus groups were recorded and
transcribed.