A Dream Deferred?: Examining the Degree Aspirations of African American and White College StudentsUniversity of Michigan, 1997 - 213 pages |
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... average in college , African American students report having an average of B. Given the significantly higher levels of high school grade point averages reported by White students , the higher college GPAs were not a surprising finding ...
... average in college , African American students report having an average of B. Given the significantly higher levels of high school grade point averages reported by White students , the higher college GPAs were not a surprising finding ...
Page 110
... average age for African Americans in BPS is just over 20 , and just over 22 for White students . For CIRP , the average age for White and African American students is about 18 ( category 3 indicates student is 18 years old ) . Therefore ...
... average age for African Americans in BPS is just over 20 , and just over 22 for White students . For CIRP , the average age for White and African American students is about 18 ( category 3 indicates student is 18 years old ) . Therefore ...
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... averages to consider advanced degrees , since a minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA is required by many graduate programs . Therefore , it seems that the positive relationship of college grade point average on African American students ...
... averages to consider advanced degrees , since a minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA is required by many graduate programs . Therefore , it seems that the positive relationship of college grade point average on African American students ...
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