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ERIC Number: EJ670575
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
Adjustment of Black Students at a Historically White South African University.
Sennett, Justin; Finchilescu, Gillian; Gibson, Kerry; Strauss, Rosanna
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v23 n1 p107-16 Jan 2003
Examined the adjustment of African black and white freshman students(n=335) at a white South African university. Finds that the black students reported lower levels of social adjustment and personality adjustment, but not differences in academic adjustment or institutional commitment. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Apartheid, Black Students, Blacks, College Freshmen, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Questionnaires, Racial Relations, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: South Africa
Note: Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology is a refereed journal.