A Dream Deferred?: Examining the Degree Aspirations of African American and White College StudentsUniversity of Michigan, 1997 - 213 pages |
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... goals and my intellectual achievements . Sylvia Hurtado , chair of my dissertation committee , has been my instructor , advisor , and friend . She has trained me how to conceptualize research problems , taught me most of what I know ...
... goals and my intellectual achievements . Sylvia Hurtado , chair of my dissertation committee , has been my instructor , advisor , and friend . She has trained me how to conceptualize research problems , taught me most of what I know ...
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... goal - setting ( wishes ) , the extent to which students are committed to attaining their goals ( goal - commitment , intentions , and plans ) , and goal - reassessment ( raising and / or lowering aspirations ) . Therefore , researchers ...
... goal - setting ( wishes ) , the extent to which students are committed to attaining their goals ( goal - commitment , intentions , and plans ) , and goal - reassessment ( raising and / or lowering aspirations ) . Therefore , researchers ...
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... goals of students more than two - year institutions . This finding is supported by Dougherty ( 1987 ) and Brint and Karabel ( 1989 ) . The structural elements of community colleges seem to " cool out " students from pursuing higher ...
... goals of students more than two - year institutions . This finding is supported by Dougherty ( 1987 ) and Brint and Karabel ( 1989 ) . The structural elements of community colleges seem to " cool out " students from pursuing higher ...
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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