Beyond the doors of opportunity: Exploring the relationships between alienation, program affiliation, and successful college students of color.
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Title
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Beyond the doors of opportunity: Exploring the relationships between alienation, program affiliation, and successful college students of color.
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Identifier
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AAI9732927
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identifier
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9732927
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Creator
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Holland, Nicole E.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Michelle Fine
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Date
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1997
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Social | Education, Higher | Education, Sociology of | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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Abstract
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This inquiry set out to determine how the moderators, race/ethnicity and gender, affected the experience of alienation for successful college students of color. Further, it set out to determine how the mediator, program affiliation (defined as membership in a formally established and recognized academic/scholars program), affected alienation and the outcome measures (academic experiences, progression rates, grade point averages, and post-graduate aspirations).;The primary research question sought to determine the relationship between alienation and program affiliation. As expected, it was found that an inverse relationship exists between these concepts. The more benefits one associates with program affiliation, the less likely that individual is to report experiencing alienation. The second research question sought to discover how program affiliation influenced the outcome measures, particularly for students of color. Again, as expected, it was found that program affiliation positively influenced the outcome measures for students of color. A second set of questions explored the gender differentials in the perceptions of alienation for students of color. Although, gender differentials were found in the way these students expressed alienation, there were no significant gender differences in the levels of alienation. And lastly, it was found that the combined influences of race/ethnicity and gender did not significantly influence the relationships between alienation, program affiliation and the proposed outcome measures.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
