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Direct linkGary W. Clarke – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Though colleges have focused efforts on admitting more African American students, a need to improve engagement and retention exists. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine if community college was a source of social capital for African American male students by way of early integration into an academic and social network. Relying…
Descriptors: Community College Students, African American Students, Males, Social Capital
Smith, Rachel Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A key component in the success of students' first-year experience is their successful academic and social integration into the college environment (Tinto, 1993). Researchers have specified integration in terms of student behaviors and perceptions (Berger & Milem, 1999; Hurtado & Carter, 1997) and also studied it in terms of engagement (Kuh, 2009)…
Descriptors: Socialization, Grade Point Average, Social Integration, Private Colleges
