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ERIC Number: ED304070
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Mar
Pages: 14
Abstractor: N/A
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The Black Students' View of the White Students Attending Fayetteville State University.
Stocker, Sheila L.; Magee, Ray
The results of a study on the position and attitudes of black students at the traditionally black Fayetteville State University (FSU), North Carolina, to the presence of white students are presented. During the fall semester of 1987, the undergraduate white student body comprised 20.4%, compared to 3% prior to 1967. A random sample survey was conducted of 96 black students, 57 of whom were born in North Carolina and 56 of whom lived on campus. Data were collected over a 1-week period. The questionnaire asked for data like reasons for attending FSU, type of financial assistance, major, grade point average, ability to communicate with white students on campus, attitude toward white students receiving minority grants to attend FSU, opportunities for social exchange with white students, and effort to make white students feel accepted. Results indicate the following: 45% of respondents felt the overall administration served as a leader in breaking down racial barriers; 87% did not have difficulty communicating with white students; 85% were not disturbed by the presence of white faculty members and students on campus; 33% felt white students appeared to have their input in the governance of the school; 84% would welcome the participation of white students in school functions; and 58% felt white students feel accepted by black students. (SM)
Publication Type: Tests/Questionnaires; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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