PERSISTENCE IN SCIENCE OF HIGH-ABILITY MINORITY-STUDENTS - RESULTS OFA LONGITUDINAL-STUDY

Authors
GRANDY J
Citation
J. Grandy, PERSISTENCE IN SCIENCE OF HIGH-ABILITY MINORITY-STUDENTS - RESULTS OFA LONGITUDINAL-STUDY, The Journal of higher education, 69(6), 1998, pp. 589
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
69
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1998)69:6<589:PISOHM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A recursive LISREL model of data from a longitudinal survey of high-ab ility minority SAT takers determined effects of background and school variables on status five years later. Commitment to science during the college sophomore year and availability of minority support systems w ere among several important predictors. Gender comparisons are reporte d.