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ERIC Number: EJ528848
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0197-4327
Afro-American Students' Perceptions of Factors Affecting Academic Performance at a Predominantly White School.
Dorsey, Marlene S.; Jackson, Anita P.
Western Journal of Black Studies, v19 n3 p189-95 Fall 1995
Examined how and why African American students remain and persist at white institutions, focusing on successful students. Results with 86 students confirmed earlier studies that recognized the influence of intrapsychic factors such as aspiration and motivation and interpsychic factors such as faculty relations and sociocultural environment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Faculty, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Performance Factors, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans