04092nam 2200673 450 991081009960332120230628072559.00-7618-5813-X0-7618-5779-6(CKB)3710000000244194(EBL)1791709(SSID)ssj0001377400(PQKBManifestationID)11768777(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001377400(PQKBWorkID)11327839(PQKB)11459314(MiAaPQ)EBC1791709(Au-PeEL)EBL1791709(CaPaEBR)ebr10938192(CaONFJC)MIL647158(OCoLC)891447823(EXLCZ)99371000000024419420140930h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrResearch studies in higher education educating multicultural college students /edited by Terence Hicks and Abul Pitre ; contributors, Bryan Adriano [and twelve others]Lanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :University Press of America, Inc.,2012.©20121 online resource (309 p.)Issues in Black Education SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-15901-7 0-7618-5778-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Research Studies In Higher Education; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Qualitative Research Studies on the African American and Latino College Student; Chapter One: African American and Latino First-Generation Students: Implications for Teachers, School Counselors, University Officials, Parents, and Students; Chapter Two: Inspired to be the First: How African American First-Generation Students are Predisposed to Pursue Higher Education; Chapter Three: Enhancing Success in the Community College: Recommendations from African American Male StudentsChapter Four: Societal Perceptions of African American Males in Higher Education and the Adverse Impact It Has on their Academic Achievement at Predominantly White Institutions Quantitative and Qualitative Research Studies on the First-Generation College Student; Chapter Five: Engagement Practices and Study Abroad Participation of First-Generation American College Students; Chapter Six: ""I thought I was so dumb. . ."": Low-Income First Generation College Students, Inequities in Academic Preparation and Reference Group TheoryChapter Seven: Examining Involvement as a Critical Factor: Perceptions from First-Generation and Non-First-Generation Students Quantitative Research Studies on Undecided and Non-traditional College Students; Chapter Eight: Factors Impacting the Academic Achievement of Undecided College Students; Chapter Nine: An Analysis on Retention Among Traditional and Non-Traditional Students in Select North Carolina Community Colleges; Index; About the Editors; About the ContributorsThe book provides quantitative and qualitative research studies regarding African American, first-generation, undecided, and non-traditional college students. The book includes important recommendations for university administrators, faculty, and staff in supporting the academic, personal, and social adjustment of college life of various types of students.Issues in black education series.African AmericansEducation (Higher)First-generation college studentsEducation, HigherResearchAfrican AmericansEducation (Higher)First-generation college students.Education, HigherResearch.378.73Hicks TerencePitre AbulAdriano BryanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810099603321Research studies in higher education4056532UNINA