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Moore, Maurice – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to associate Astin's (1999) theory of student involvement and Tinto's (1993) theory of student departure as a framework for assessing and understanding the relationships among student involvements, academic performances, rates of retention, and rates of departure for African-American students enrolled at 3 rural…
Descriptors: African American Students, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Rural Schools
Outland, Benjamin A. – 1975
The purpose of this doctoral dissertation was to determine whether a teacher involved parent education program which stressed parent child interaction, would significantly improve the verbal achievement of rural, disadvantaged, low income, black first grade students. A total of 43 pupils were selected from two predominantly black schools in Macon…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations