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ERIC Number: EJ672619
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-210X
The Effects of Racial Identity on Academic Achievement and Perceptions of Campus Connectedness on African American Students at Predominantly White Institutions.
Parker, Max; Flowers, Lamont A.
College Student Affairs Journal, v22 n2 p180-94 Spr 2003
At a predominantly White institution 118 African American students completed the Racial Identity Attitude Scale to assess the effects of racial identity on grade point average and students' psychological sense of belonging on campus. The results of the study indicated that academic achievement was not related to any of the racial identity statuses. (Contains 40 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affiliation Need, Black Students, College Environment, College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Racial Identification
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Racial Identity Attitude Scale; Social Connectedness; White Colleges