College in black and white : African American students in predominantly white and in historically Black public universities /
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| Imprint: | Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1991. |
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| Description: | xx, 322 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series, frontiers in education |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1113580 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Orienting Perspectives To The Study Of Black Students In U.S. Higher Education
- 1. Winners and Losers: A Regional Assessment of Minority Enrollment and Earned Degrees in U.S. Colleges and Universities, 1974-84
- 2. Focus on Equity: Race and Gender Differences in Degree Attainment, 1975-76; 1980-81
- 3. Assessing the College Major Selection Process for Black Students
- 4. Racial Similarities and Differences in the Predictors of College Student Achievement
- Part II. The Undergraduate Years: Empirical Research Findings
- 5. Race, Gender, and Academic Performance in U.S. Higher Education
- 6. Personal Traits, Institutional Prestige, Racial Attitudes, and Black Student Academic Performance in College
- 7. Institutional and Individual Factors Affecting Black Undergraduate Student Performance: Campus Race and Student Gender
- 8. Social Support Networks and Undergraduate Student Academic-Success-Related Outcomes: A Comparison of Black Students on Black and White Campuses
- Part III. The Graduate And Professional Years: Empirical Research Findings
- 9. Correlates of Academic Performance among Black Graduate and Professional Students
- 10. The Demographic Fallacy of the Black Academic: Does Quality Rise to the Top?
- 11. Determinants of Success for Black Males and Females in Graduate and Professional Schools
- Part IV. Practical Issues In The Higher Education Of Black Americans
- 12. Toward Effective Desegregated Schools
- 13. Intervention Can Make a Difference: The Impact on Standardized Tests and Classroom Performance
- 14. Tackling the Fear of Science: The Impact of a Computer-Based Study Center on Minority Student Achievement in Biology
- 15. Epilogue
- Part V. Appendices
- A. Black College Students in U.S. Higher Education: A Selected Bibliography
- B. Data Sources and Description
- Notes and References
- Contributors
- Index