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Lindsy's Page
Race and Background Factors as they apply to college success
- Problem
- Rates of Minority graduation is actually declining for four year institutions
- Despite the increase in student services minority students appear to be unprepared
- Types of Students
- Mastery type
- Maintains focus and presist in face of adversity
- Believes can increase intenligence through increased effort
- Learned helpless
- Shies away from challenges
- Avoids hard classes
- First College generation students
- Do not adapt as well to college life as students with college educated parents
- Tend to be fearful of new environment and become 'learned helpless' type students
- Effects of Race on College success
- Every Race has a different method of integration into college
- Every Race has strenghts and weaknesses based on these differences
- College professors in general do appear to be able to communicate with white middle class students easier than any other group
- The Multiple Worlds the Students come from are not often considered by Colleges or instructors