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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813700303321

Autore

Thomas Audrey Alforque <1974->

Titolo

Immigrant and native black college students : social experiences and academic outcomes / / Audrey Alforque Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014

ISBN

1-59332-742-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

378.1982996073

Soggetti

College students, Black - United States

African American college students

Immigrants - Education (Higher) - United States

Children of immigrants - Education (Higher) - United States

Black people - Race identity - United States

Educational surveys - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The black student in U.S. colleges -- Black students in the University of California system -- The black college experience -- Social capital and student retention -- Race on campus -- Educational attainment -- Supporting black college students -- Appendix A: table of interview respondents -- Appendix B: questionnaire -- Appendix C: in-depth questions -- Appendix D: follow-up questionnaire.

Sommario/riassunto

The literature suggests that African Americans (native Blacks) differ from Black immigrants and children of Black immigrants (immigrant Blacks) in their educational outcomes.  Thomas contributes to this growing body of work, showing through regression analyses and interview data, similarities in college experiences and outcomes. There is a unique Black college experience that transcends family immigration history. Social integration and intellectual integration into the university is different for Black students as compared to White, Asian, and Chicano/Latino students.  The Black college exper