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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED245864 AUTHOR: Leon, David Jess
TITLE: Choosing a College: Influences on Chicano Freshmen at
CSU Fresno.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
NOTE: 23 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Western Social
Science Association (Albuquerque, NM, April 27-30, 1983).
The study was funded by a grant from the Affirmative Action
Faculty Development Grant, California State University,
Fresno.
ABSTRACT: A mailed questionnaire yielded data on the
influence of social factors leading Chicano freshmen to
enter California State University, Fresno (CSU-Fresno), as
well as information on family background, academic
preparation, and future plans, and compared data of
Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) participants and non
participants. Responses from 119 students (68% female, 32%
male; 60% EOP participants) entering CSU-Fresno in Fall 1981
indicated the top six influences were parents, high school
counselors, EOP staff, siblings, Recruiting Students Via
Parents (RSVP) staff, and high school teachers. While EOP
and non-EOP freshmen shared the same sources of influence,
the order of their importance differed somewhat, but not to
a statistically significant degree. The majority of students
graduated from high schools within CSU-Fresno's service
area, did not live in dormitories, and were California born.
Recommendations included making home visits an integral part
of outreach activities; compiling lists of all siblings of
currently enrolled Chicano students to be used in seeking
potential applicants; inviting high school counselors for on
campus training and mutual consultation workshops; and
examining the role of CSU-Fresno's Office of Relations,
which is supposed to serve all students but ranked 14th on a
scale from 1-16 in terms of influence regarding Chicano
freshmen enrollment. (NEC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Decision-Making; Educational-Finance;
Higher-Education; Questionnaires-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Choice; *College-Freshmen; *Parent
Influence; *Significant-Others; *Social-Influences; *Student
Financial-Aid
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