ERIC Number: ED326111
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Publication Date: 1990-Nov
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Factors Related to Academic Outcomes of Mexican American and American Indian Students in Doctoral Programs. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.
Williamson, Madeline J.; Fenske, Robert H.
In response to concern about the supply of minority faculty available to replace retiring academics, a study investigated academic achievement in doctoral programs by two of the United States' fastest-growing subpopulations, Mexican-Americans (MA) and American Indians (AI). The objectives were to establish a conceptual framework, to refine existing methodology, and to develop a model of minority student achievement in doctoral programs, extending earlier research not focusing on these groups. The study targeted this population in six universities in five southwestern states. A total of 343 students (291 Hispanic and 52 American Indian) in all disciplines awarding Ph.D. or Ed.D. degrees were surveyed, and from these, 214 usable responses were received--176 from Hispanics identified as MAs and 38 from AIs. The variables investigated were those with the greatest effect on four outcomes: doctoral satisfaction, doctoral grade point average, intent to finish, and intent to enter college faculty. Results demonstrate that there are strong effects of the extracted factors relating to the doctoral academic experience that ultimately lead to doctoral achievement for these populations. Especially salient were effects of gender, mentoring, faculty relationships, feelings of racial discrimination and alienation, perceptions and experiences of faculty and departmental attitudes, academic self-concept, aspirations, and family support. Based on the findings, a structural model for academic achievement factors among Mexican-American and American Indian doctoral students is being developed. Includes 15 references. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Doctoral Programs, Family Role, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mentors, Mexican Americans, Outcomes of Education, Racial Discrimination, Research Universities, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Student Educational Objectives, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona; California; Colorado; New Mexico; Texas
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