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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED347886 AUTHOR: Barham, Wilton A.
TITLE: Critical Determinants for Preparing Black Students
for College: Research and Policy Considerations.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1992
NOTE: 28 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association (San Francisco,
CA, April 20-24, 1992).
ABSTRACT: This study attempted to identify indicators of
success for developmental education students, particularly
underprepared African American students enrolled at a
predominantly Black university. The sample for the study
included 922 students who responded to an 8-item
questionnaire, which consisted of both traditional and non
traditional variables. The variables included gender, race,
race of high school teachers, number of years of high
school mathematics, number of years of high school English
taken, student's plan to go to college, sources of
assistance in high school, whether the student felt
prepared for college, intended college major, intended
minor, place of origin, credit hours attempted, credit
hours completed, and placement scores. Commonality analyses
were undertaken and the development of a linear structural
equations model is proposed. The results of the ongoing
study suggest the importance of monitoring students so that
they register for an appropriate number of credit hours and
an appropriate combination of courses. Included are 2
tables, an appendix containing the questionnaire, and 17
references. (Author/JB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Black-Colleges; Credits-; Developmental
Studies-Programs; Higher-Education; High-Schools;
Prediction ; State-Universities
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Achievement; *Black-Students;
*College-Freshmen; *College-Preparation; *Predictor
Variables; *Remedial-Instruction
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