A Dream Deferred?: Examining the Degree Aspirations of African American and White College StudentsUniversity of Michigan, 1997 - 213 pages |
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... society by sorting persons into their proper niches ( Turner , 1960 , pp . 856-857 ) . Turner also discusses how the societies ensure and maintain loyalty to the social system . In a contest mobility system , individuals think of ...
... society by sorting persons into their proper niches ( Turner , 1960 , pp . 856-857 ) . Turner also discusses how the societies ensure and maintain loyalty to the social system . In a contest mobility system , individuals think of ...
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... society and of their chances to succeed in society . Ogbu's primary emphasis is on the negative adaptive strategies of involuntary minority group members : [ Involuntary minority group members ] are overwhelmed by the ' community forces ...
... society and of their chances to succeed in society . Ogbu's primary emphasis is on the negative adaptive strategies of involuntary minority group members : [ Involuntary minority group members ] are overwhelmed by the ' community forces ...
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... society who resist the mechanisms of reproduction and succeed . Resistance theory posits that individuals in the lower socioeconomic classes of society resist the upper classes ' control of resources through subtle or direct means ...
... society who resist the mechanisms of reproduction and succeed . Resistance theory posits that individuals in the lower socioeconomic classes of society resist the upper classes ' control of resources through subtle or direct means ...
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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