Additional Evidence on the Cognitive Effects of College Racial Composition: A Research Note.

Pascarella, Ernest; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ540564

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Publication Date: 1996

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Additional Evidence on the Cognitive Effects of College Racial Composition: A Research Note.

Pascarella, Ernest; And Others

Journal of College Student Development, v37 n5 p494-501 Sep-Oct 1996

Investigated the relative cognitive impacts on black students' attendance at historically black colleges versus predominantly white colleges. Using numerous data types, found that black students attending black colleges did as well or better than their counterparts at the white institutions on standardized measures of writing skills and science reasoning. (RJM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Institutions, Blacks, Cognitive Development, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Racial Composition, Racial Integration, Science Process Skills, Whites, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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