A Dream Deferred?: Examining the Degree Aspirations of African American and White College StudentsUniversity of Michigan, 1997 - 213 pages |
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... significant others ' influences ; 2 ) significant others ' influences affect educational and occupational aspirations ; 3 ) aspirations affect attainment ; and 4 ) educational attainment affects occupational attainment . Significant ...
... significant others ' influences ; 2 ) significant others ' influences affect educational and occupational aspirations ; 3 ) aspirations affect attainment ; and 4 ) educational attainment affects occupational attainment . Significant ...
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... significant predictors after the pre- college characteristics enter the regression . The R2 for African American students is .12 and it is .38 for White students . Mother's educational attainment and number of children are significant ...
... significant predictors after the pre- college characteristics enter the regression . The R2 for African American students is .12 and it is .38 for White students . Mother's educational attainment and number of children are significant ...
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... significant at the final step of the regression are also significant before the variable enters the regression . For instance , scholarship award is a significant predictor of African American students ' degree plans throughout each ...
... significant at the final step of the regression are also significant before the variable enters the regression . For instance , scholarship award is a significant predictor of African American students ' degree plans throughout each ...
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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