Factors related to persistence among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White undergraduates at a predominantly white university: Comparison between first and fourth year cohorts.

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Christine; Okinaka, Alton M.
Titel	Factors related to persistence among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White undergraduates at a predominantly white university: Comparison between first and fourth year cohorts.
Quelle	In: The urban review, (1990) 1, S.33-60 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0972
DOI	10.1007/BF01110631
Schlagwörter	Ethnic Minority; Undergraduate Student; Education Research; Dropout Rate; Attrition Rate
Abstract	Abstract This follow-up study of undergraduate student attrition at Indiana University makes it clear that there exist two different issues: (1) student attrition and the continuing high dropout rates among Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans on campus, and (2) the negative quality of campus life for ethnic minorities, including Asians, who have relatively low attrition rates and strong feelings of social alienation and dissatisfaction. Among Hispanic and White undergraduates these two issues seem closely interrelated: The least satisfied and most alienated students drop out whereas those who feel most satisfied and best adjusted or least alienated remain. Among Asian and Black undergraduates, however, the issues appear separate. Blacks and Asians in their fourth year on campus, the persisters, feel less satisfied and more socially alienated than do the Black and Asian students who have left the university.
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Update	2023/2/05