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Peer reviewedDawkins, Marvin P. – Urban Education, 1980
Findings suggest that among Black high school seniors, there are no sex-related differences in aspirations and expectations for educational advancement. There are significant differences, however, in occupational goals and career values. These differences are not explained away when students' social class, academic aptitude, and community size are…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Black Students, Community Size
Peer reviewedWalker, Elaine M.; Sutherland, Marcia E. – Urban Education, 1993
Develops an attitude formation model for the occupational and educational goals of disadvantaged African-American students, and tests it for 175 African-American male and female twelfth graders in an urban school district in New Jersey. Discusses variance in student attitudes, sex differences, and the marginalization of African-American urban…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Black Youth
