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Delineating the Ways that Key Institutional Agents Provide Racial Minority Students with Access to Social Capital in College
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Museus, Samuel D.; Neville, Kathleen M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
This study focuses on the characteristics of institutional agents who can and do facilitate racial minority student success by providing them with access to social capital in college. Individual semi-structured interviews with 60 Asian American, Black, and Latino undergraduates reveal that key institutional agents who positively influence those…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Minority Group Students, Asian American Students, Social Capital
High-Performing Institutions and Their Implications for Studying Underrepresented Minority Students in STEM
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Museus, Samuel D.; Liverman, Deborah – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
Underrepresented racial minorities (URMs) earn college degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at lower rates than do their majority peers. The term "underrepresented minority" refers to Black, Latina/o, Native American, and Southeast Asian American (Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese) students. Statistics…
Descriptors: Higher Education, American Indians, Academic Persistence, Outcomes of Education
Toward an Intercultural Perspective of Racial and Ethnic Minority College Student Persistence
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Museus, Samuel D.; Quaye, Stephen John – Review of Higher Education, 2009
Six of every 10 Black and Latina/o undergraduates who begin higher education at a four-year institution will fail to earn a bachelor's degree within six years. These low rates of attainment are accompanied by negative consequences for individual students and the larger society. Consequently, scholars have advocated for the importance of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Persistence, College Students, Minority Groups
The Model Minority and the Inferior Minority Myths: Understanding Stereotypes and Their Implications for Student Learning
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Museus, Samuel D. – About Campus, 2008
Racially themed parties serve multiple functions on college campuses. First, it represent cohesion among members of a campus subculture--usually that of predominantly white student organizations. It is possible or even probable that many black students who heard about the party in the opening vignette questioned whether they were safe at an…
Descriptors: Campuses, Stereotypes, Student Organizations, Cultural Influences
Racial Differences in the Effects of Campus Racial Climate on Degree Completion: A Structural Equation Model
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Museus, Samuel D.; Nichols, Andrew H.; Lambert, Amber D. – Review of Higher Education, 2008
Racial minority student persistence is of paramount importance to higher education policymakers and practitioners. This study was aimed at understanding racial differences in the direct and indirect effects of campus racial climate on degree completion using structural equation modeling techniques and a nationally representative sample. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Minority Groups, Higher Education
Using Qualitative Methods to Assess Diverse Institutional Cultures
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Museus, Samuel D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2007
This article focuses on describing how institutional researchers can use qualitative cultural assessments to better understand the role that their campus cultures play in shaping individual and group behaviors and experiences. A special emphasis is given to the implications of institutional diversity in the processes of designing and conducting…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Diversity (Institutional), Group Dynamics, Minority Groups