ERIC Number: EJ691950
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar
Pages: 15
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Linking Study Behaviors and Student Culture to Academic Success among Hispanic Students
Bliss, Leonard R.; Sandiford, Janice R.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v28 n3 p281-295 Mar 2004
Hispanic students are less likely to persist at community colleges than white students. The study reported in this article suggests that students with appropriate study behaviors are more likely to persist. The study investigated the study behaviors of Spanish-speaking Hispanic students at one Hispanic-serving community college using the Inventario de Comportamiento de Estudio and at two Mexican universities. Community college students' response patterns were more like those of Mexican public university students and unlike Mexican private university students. This suggests that student culture, rather than institutional culture, determines students' study behaviors.
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Mexicans, Community Colleges, Study Habits, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Cultural Influences, Student Attrition, School Holding Power, Cultural Differences, Public Colleges
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Education Level: Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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