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Peer reviewedSnyder, Peter L. – Journal of Black Studies, 1996
Assesses differences in academic and athletic motivation levels among white and black student-athletes, and probes two possible causal variables for graduation rates by examining postgraduate expectations of student-athletes and aspects of their social, cultural, and personal orientations. Survey responses from 327 college athletes reveal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletes, Black Students, College Preparation
Direct linkAl-Khatib, Mahmoud A.; Al-Ali, Mohammed N. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
In this paper we examine the language situation among the Gypsies of Jordan within the framework of previous theories on language maintenance and shift as proposed by Le Page, Fishman, Dorian and Kelman. The study investigates language and cultural maintenance among the Gypsies of Jordan to permit comparison of the relative influences of various…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance, Cultural Isolation
