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African American Students in College. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, July 2009, Pages: 144
Dr. Mullins examines the influences that demographic
and racial background factors have on African
American students’ perceptions of the college racial
climate at a predominantly White institution, and
subsequently, how these perceptions of the racial
climate are related to their social integration
experiences and subsequent college academic
performance. A single-state survey, entitled
the “Student Experiences Questionnaire,” was used to
gather data from 327 African American undergraduate
students attending the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), a comprehensive, major
public research university located in Champaign,
Illinois. Although the study focused on African
Americans, data was also gathered on 345 Whites, 260
Hispanics, and 284 Asian Americans for comparative
observations, following the analysis of the three
research questions on African Americans. Each
respondent answered questions relating to his or her
demographic profile, high school and pre-college
neighborhood racial make-up, perceptions of the
college racial climate, social integration
practices, and college academic performance.
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