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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED267715 AUTHOR: Upton, James N.; Pruitt, Anne S.
TITLE: Financial Assistance to Black Doctoral Students in
Two "Adams" States: A Policy Analysis.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1986
NOTE: 148 p.
AVAILABILITY: Southern Education Foundation, 340 W.
Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30308.
ABSTRACT: The context for financial aid policy affecting
black doctoral students in Oklahoma and Florida was studied
using the case study method. Attention was focused on
environmental and organizational variables affecting the
implementation of financial aid policy. Historical patterns
surrounding race relations in both states before the 1973
"Adams" decision were reviewed. The decision established
criteria for desegregating state systems of public higher
education. The analysis considered political factors (e.g.,
electoral trends); demographic factors (e.g., population
composition and concentration), economic factors (e.g.,
median income, unemployment rate); and educational resources
(e.g., size and diversity of students, administrators,
faculty, and board members and the presence/absence of
campus-based affirmative action programs. The methodology
consisted of unstructured interviews and examination of the
states' approved "Adams" plan, annual reports, and other
publications. Using the policy system model, attention was
directed to policy-relevant environment factors, policy
statements, policy actions, and policy outcome variables.
Data are provided on: graduate student enrollments, 1977
1983; doctoral degrees conferred; and political, economic,
and demographic trends. The interview schedule is included.
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KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Case-Studies; College
Desegregation; Court-Litigation; Degrees-Academic; Economic
Factors; Enrollment-Trends; Equal-Education; Higher
Education; Policy-Formation; Political-Influences;
Population-Trends; Voting-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Black-Students; *Doctoral-Programs;
*Financial-Policy; *Graduate-Students; *Student-Financial
Aid
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