African American Alumni Feelings of Attachment to a Predominately White Research Intensive University

Autor/inn/en	Burley, Hansel; Butner, Bonita; Causey-Bush, Tonia; Bush, Lawson, V
Titel	African American Alumni Feelings of Attachment to a Predominately White Research Intensive University
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 41 (2007) 1, S.203-216 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Social Life; Opinions; Alumni; College Students; African American Students; Student Attitudes; Research Universities; Whites; Attachment Behavior; Attitude Measures; Gender Differences; Student Financial Aid; Academic Achievement; Educational Environment; School Culture; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Leben; Lehrmeinung; Collegestudent; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Forschungseinrichtung; White; Weißer; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Schulleistung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulkultur; Schulleben
Abstract	The authors examined African American alumni opinions of their experience at a predominately white research intensive university from the development office's perspective. Research on decades of African American alumni opinions of their alma mater is nonexistent. Gender, financial aid and matriculation period were the independent variables. The dependent variables were 8 factors that reflected academic and social life at the university drawn from a 31 item survey. These factors were associated with Tinto's Theory of Student Integration. Gender and financial aid status did not produce more than one significant difference, but matriculation period showed various differences of opinion about the university. For those managing the university's image, like development and admissions, cool responses from older African American alumni can mean that plenty of repair work is needed for this group of university stakeholders. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10