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Peer reviewedHunt, Larry L.; Hunt, Janet G. – Social Forces, 1975
Research on a sample of urban black adolescents sought to discover Protestant-Catholic differences in attitudes toward achievement and black identity; the results are interpreted as suggesting that a distinctive secular orientation exists among black Catholics, combining higher educational and occupational aspirations and an attenuation of black…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Attitudes, Black Students, Identification (Psychology)
Peer reviewedDatnow, Amanda; Cooper, Robert – Journal of Negro Education, 1997
Qualitative data about the Baltimore (Maryland) Educational Scholarship Trust, a program to place disadvantaged and talented African-American youth in private schools were analyzed. The study reveals that peer networks of African-American students in predominantly White elite independent schools support these students' academic success, allow them…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth
