The Effects of Parents Educational Attainment on the Rentension of African American Students at Predominately White Institutions

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dc.contributor.authorChenault, Tiffany Gayleen
dc.contributor.committeechairHughes, Michael D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBayer, Alan E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFarrar, Haywarden
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-13T19:43:51Zen
dc.date.adate2000-04-28en
dc.date.available2017-06-13T19:43:51Zen
dc.date.issued2000-04-14en
dc.date.rdate2012-06-22en
dc.date.sdate2000-04-26en
dc.description.abstractThis study assesses whether parents' educational background positively affects the retention and graduation of African-American students who attend Predominately White Institutions (PWI). Studies that have compared successful African-American students to unsuccessful African-American college students at PWI (Allen, 1985) have suggested that an important factor in understanding these differences in outcome is parents' educational background. College-educated parents may have clearer expectations for their children's college experience and may have instilled different cultural or socialization messages in their children. Those messages could include Historical/Cultural, Black Identity/Self-Concept, Maladaptive, and Residual messages. These children may enter college with clearer ideas of college norms and expectations, and may have fewer adjustment and transition problems than first generation black peers (Pounds, 1987). The population of this study will consist of African-American respondents in the National Survey of Black Americans.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04262000-12450035en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04262000-12450035/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/78092en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCollegeen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectAfrican-Americansen
dc.subjectRacial Socialization Messagesen
dc.subjectParentsen
dc.titleThe Effects of Parents Educational Attainment on the Rentension of African American Students at Predominately White Institutionsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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