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A focus on the future: Pathways for undergraduate student persistence at North Carolina public historically Black Colleges and Universities
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wade, Damon R. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Undergraduate withdrawal is a problem for public historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina. Research indicates that many factors contribute to this problem, including student personal characteristics, family background, and high school academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to learn whether student developmental courses, financial aid receipt, and parental socioeconomic status are predictive of undergraduate student withdrawal in public HBCUs in North Carolina. A sample of participants included first-time, first-year students who entered four public post-secondary institutions in North Carolina during the academic period from August 1999 to May 2005. Findings of the study suggest that a significant relationship exists between developmental math scores, a financial aid award, parental income of students, and undergraduate student withdrawal. Although the study utilized HBCUs in North Carolina, the students studied included ethnicities other than Blacks. While the study is exploratory, a number of policy implications and interventions are suggested. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://pjpub.org/perd/perd_118.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
