A Dream Deferred?: Examining the Degree Aspirations of African American and White College StudentsUniversity of Michigan, 1997 - 213 pages |
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... addition , pre - college academic achievement specifically addresses the theoretical conception of higher education as a meritocracy . Pre - college achievement is an important measure to take into account when examining the development ...
... addition , pre - college academic achievement specifically addresses the theoretical conception of higher education as a meritocracy . Pre - college achievement is an important measure to take into account when examining the development ...
Page 137
... addition , first - year degree expectation is a much larger predictor of third year expectations for White students than for African American students . This confirms that the research of Maxey , et al . ( 1996 ) : African American ...
... addition , first - year degree expectation is a much larger predictor of third year expectations for White students than for African American students . This confirms that the research of Maxey , et al . ( 1996 ) : African American ...
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... addition , students who work closely with faculty are in better positions to receive encouragement from faculty members for pursuing advanced degrees . Also , the organization of structured peer study groups can assist students ...
... addition , students who work closely with faculty are in better positions to receive encouragement from faculty members for pursuing advanced degrees . Also , the organization of structured peer study groups can assist students ...
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academic academic degree affect students African American students American and White analyses Astin Bachelor's degree base regression model BPS and CIRP BPS dataset BPS students campus choice institution CIRP dataset CIRP sample CIRP students coefficients college students constrained correlation degree aspirations degree goals dependent variable differences educational aspirations educational expectations educational plans effects ethnic expectations and plans expected to earn Faculty Contact Father's Educational Attainment financial aid measures full regression model grade point average HBCUs high scholarship higher degree expectations higher education institutional characteristics Intellectual Self-Confidence Kerckhoff levels lower measurement of aspirations meritocracy Mother's Educational Operational Definitions parent income Pascarella planned to earn postsecondary institutions pre-college characteristics predictor of African predictor of degree racial/ethnic group relationship scholarship aid Sewell significant predictor significantly socioeconomic status sponsored mobility students attending students degree students in BPS students in CIRP studies of aspirations Table White African White and African White students