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The Black and Hispanic undergraduate experience at a major state institution in the Southwest : a five-year assessment
dc.contributor.advisor | Chisolm, Grace B. | |
dc.creator | McJamerson, Evangeline Delores McConnell | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-02T20:04:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-02T20:04:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-1027358 | |
dc.description | Typescript (photocopy). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Exploratory in nature, this two-stage institutional case study was conducted in response to the declining participation of Blacks and Hispanics in higher education, particularly at predominantly White colleges and universities (PWCUs). The retention/attrition literature, suggest Black and Hispanic problematic student-institution interactions, questionable academic and social integration, and a uniquely tenuous "fit" at PWCUs. The researcher's intent was to test the validity of the interaction theoretical framework by documenting the experience of Black and Hispanic undergraduates for a five-year period at one large, predominantly White institution in the Southwest. In Stage I, (1) four successive (1982-85) cohorts (2,278) of Black, Hispanic, and White first-time full time undergraduates were identified in order to ascertain in enrollment, persistence and degree attainment rates and trends and (2) cohorts were divided by persistence status, race/ethnicity and gender to permit development of persisting and nonpersisting student profiles using selected demographic, academic and involvement characteristics. In Stage II, a sample of persisting and nonpersisting Black and Hispanic students were surveyed by telephone using a researcher constructed Environmental Evaluation. The study documented clear racial/ethnic differences in enrollment, persistence and degree attainment.. | en |
dc.format.extent | xii, 322 leaves | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | African American college students | en |
dc.subject | Attitudes | en |
dc.subject | Hispanic Americans | en |
dc.subject | Education (Higher) | en |
dc.subject | Minority college students | en |
dc.subject | Educational Administration | en |
dc.subject.classification | 1989 Dissertation M152 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | African American college students | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Attitudes | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Hispanic Americans | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Education (Higher) | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Minority college students | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Case studies | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | United States | en |
dc.title | The Black and Hispanic undergraduate experience at a major state institution in the Southwest : a five-year assessment | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Corrigan, Dean C. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Gaston, Jerry C. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | McNamara, James F. | |
dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 22095366 |
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