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Publication Date: 1988
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Making It in a Majority University: The Minority Graduate's Perspective.
Skinner, Elizabeth Fisk; Richardson, Richard C., Jr.
Change, v20 n3 p34-42 May-Jun 1988
Four profiles for success in minority degree achievement are examined: well-prepared, second-generation college students with commitment to higher education; first-generation students with a belief in education; first- and second-generation students who questioned the value of education; and first-generation students who never intended to go to college. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Preparation, Degrees (Academic), Family Characteristics, First Generation College Students, Graduation, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Interviews, Minority Groups, School Responsibility, State Universities, Student Attrition
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