Black Students in Higher Education: Conditions and Experience in the 1970s.

Sonst. Personen	Thomas, Gail E. (Hrsg.)
Titel	Black Students in Higher Education: Conditions and Experience in the 1970s.
Quelle	(1981), (405 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Academic Aspiration; Academic Persistence; Access to Education; Achievement Tests; Admission Criteria; Black Colleges; Black Students; Career Choice; College Admission; College Desegregation; College Students; Competitive Selection; Disadvantaged; Educational History; Engineering Education; Enrichment Activities; Enrollment Trends; Equal Education; Higher Education; Law Schools; Majors (Students); Medical Schools; Minority Groups; School Holding Power; Science Education; Selective Admission; Socioeconomic Status; Standardized Tests; Summer Programs; Trend Analysis; Tutorial Programs; Two Year Colleges; Undergraduate Students; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Collegestudent; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ingenieurausbildung; Bereicherungsprogramm; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Medizinische Ausbildung; Ethnische Minderheit; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Bildungsselektion; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Sommerkurs; Trendanalyse; Tutorial programmes; Förderprogramm; Lernprogramm; Tutorensystem
Abstract	The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the contents are the following: "Blacks in Higher Education to 1954: A Historical Overview," by John E. Fleming; "Black Students in Black and White Institutions," by Helen S. Astin and Patricia H. Cross; "The Effects of Standardized Achievement Test Performance and Family Status on Black-White College Access," by Gail E. Thomas; "Factors Affecting Black Students' Persistence in College," by Patricia H. Cross and Helen S. Astin; "Correlates of Black Student Adjustment, Achievement, and Aspirations at a Predominantly White Southern University," by Walter R. Allen; "The Major Field Choices and Occupational Career Orientations of Black and White College Students," by Jomills Henry Braddock II; "The Access of Black Students to Medical and Law Schools: Trends and Bakke Implications," by James E. Blackwell; "Critical Factors for the Survival of First Generation College Blacks," by Will B. Scott; "An Example of Student Retention for Minority Engineering Programs," by Randolph W. Bromery; "A Special Tutorial for Minority Medical Students: An Account of a Year's Experience," by Robert H. Geertsma; "Legislative Remedies for Increasing the Educational Access and Retention of Minorities," by Frank Brown; "The Adams Mandate: A Format for Achieving Equal Educational Opportunity and Attainment," by Leonard L. Haynes, III; and "Desegregation and Black Student Higher Educational Access," by Gail E. Thomas, James M. McPartland, and Denise C. Gottfredson. (SW)
Anmerkungen	Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 ($29.95).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC