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Peer reviewedReason, Robert D. – NASPA Journal, 2003
Reviews research related to the study of college student retention, specifically examining research related to individual student demographic characteristics. The increasing diversity of undergraduate college students requires a new, thorough examination of those student variables previously understood to predict retention. The retention…
Descriptors: College Students, Demography, Higher Education, Predictor Variables
Direct linkDarling-Hammond, Linda; Ross, Peter; Milliken, Michael – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2007
In recent years, the large comprehensive high school has been a subject of growing critique by researchers and reformers. "Factory model" schools have been criticized for their impersonal structures, fragmented curricula, segregated and unequal program options, and inability to respond effectively to student needs. Some studies have found that,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Rate, School Size, Student Diversity
Peer reviewedMilem, Jeffrey F.; Umbach, Paul D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2003
This study builds upon earlier research on personality types, educational outcomes of diversity, and school and community desegregation to explore how students' plans for involvement in diversity-related activities in college varied by racial background and personality type and how students' exposure to diversity prior to college affected these…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Walpole, MaryBeth, Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2007
This volume examines conceptual frameworks and models that flow from scholars' definitions and operationalizations of social class: status attainment theory, human capital theory, the financial nexus model, Bourdieuian theory, and critical race theory. Since students often have multiple social locations that affect their educational process, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Human Capital, Definitions
Peer reviewedVillalpando, Octavio – NASPA Journal, 2002
Examines the differential impact of a range of college diversity initiatives on white, African American, Mexican American/Chicano(a), and Asian American college students. After four years of college, regardless of the students' race/ethnicity, their overall level of satisfaction with their college experience was positively influenced by a variety…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Black Students, College Environment, Cultural Pluralism
Download full textWang, Margaret C. – 1992
This essay discusses the prospect of utilizing well-confirmed knowledge to enhance the chances for the schooling success of every student in today's elementary schools through secondary schools. The paper begins with a brief discussion of the state of practice. The balance of the paper illustrates an efficient way to apply research and practical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Decision Making, Diversity (Student)
Peer reviewedTekian, Ara – Academic Medicine, 1997
A review of literature from 1981 to 1995 investigated issues concerning underrepresented minorities in medical education in seven areas: increasing representation of these groups; long- and short-term enrichment programs to improve performance; predictors of academic performance; predictors of student admission; specialty choices and career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Admission, College Choice
