A Dream Deferred?: Examining the Degree Aspirations of African American and White College StudentsUniversity of Michigan, 1997 - 213 pages |
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... significantly in their aspirations . As will be shown in the next chapter , models of educational aspirations typically work quite well with samples of White men . However , with White women and minority student samples of both genders ...
... significantly in their aspirations . As will be shown in the next chapter , models of educational aspirations typically work quite well with samples of White men . However , with White women and minority student samples of both genders ...
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... significantly impact degree completion . Purpose of the Study There were three main purposes of this study . The first purpose was to understand how African American and White students ' aspirations change while in college . The second ...
... significantly impact degree completion . Purpose of the Study There were three main purposes of this study . The first purpose was to understand how African American and White students ' aspirations change while in college . The second ...
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... significantly higher degree expectations than White students at the second timepoint , though the mean difference is small and there is no significant difference between the groups in expectations in the first timepoint . Both groups ...
... significantly higher degree expectations than White students at the second timepoint , though the mean difference is small and there is no significant difference between the groups in expectations in the first timepoint . Both groups ...
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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