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Additional Evidence On The Cognitive Effects Of College Racial Composition: A Research Note., Ernest T. Pascarella, Marcia Edison, Amaury Nora, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Patrick Terenzini Aug 1996

Additional Evidence On The Cognitive Effects Of College Racial Composition: A Research Note., Ernest T. Pascarella, Marcia Edison, Amaury Nora, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Patrick Terenzini

Linda Serra Hagedorn

The relative cognitive impacts on Black students' attendance at historically Black versus predominantly White colleges were investigated. Controlling for individual precollege ability, average precollege ability of the students attending each institution, gender, socio-economic origins, academic motivation, age, credit hours taken, work responsibilities, place of residence, and types of coursework taken, Black students attending the 2 Black colleges did as well or better than their counterparts at the 16 predominantly White institutions on standardized measures of writing skills and science reasoning administered at the end of the second year of college.


Preoccupational Segregation Among First-Year College Students: An Application Of The Duncan Dissimilarity Index., Linda Serra Hagedorn, Amaury Nora, Ernest T. Pascarella Jun 1996

Preoccupational Segregation Among First-Year College Students: An Application Of The Duncan Dissimilarity Index., Linda Serra Hagedorn, Amaury Nora, Ernest T. Pascarella

Linda Serra Hagedorn

Annual earnings continue to be unequal across gender and racial lines. One reason for this disparity is occupational segregation, the overrepresentation of women and minorities in lower-paying jobs and occupations. This study involved an investigation of what could be considered the roots of subsequent occupational segregation among male and female minority and male and female non-minority first-year college students in relation to college major. A measure of preoccupational segregation was quantified through the use of the Duncan Dissimilarity Index. Findings indicated that preoccupational levels of segregation in the form of selection of college majors are not as prevalent as those …


What Have We Learned From The First Year Of The National Study Of Student Learning?, Ernest T. Pascarella, Elizabeth J. Whitt, Amaury Nora, Marcia Edison, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Patrick T. Terenzini Mar 1996

What Have We Learned From The First Year Of The National Study Of Student Learning?, Ernest T. Pascarella, Elizabeth J. Whitt, Amaury Nora, Marcia Edison, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Patrick T. Terenzini

Linda Serra Hagedorn

Student affairs professionals take seriously their responsibilities for fostering learning and personal development....If learning is the primary measure of institutional productivity by which the quality of undergraduate education is determined, what and how much students learn also must be criteria by which the value of student affairs is judged. (ACPA, p.2. 1994)


School Ethos And Citizenship, Suzanne Mellor, Michael Elliott Feb 1996

School Ethos And Citizenship, Suzanne Mellor, Michael Elliott

Suzanne Mellor (retired)

No abstract provided.


The Pedagogy Of Civics And Citizenship Education, Suzanne Mellor, Michael Elliott Feb 1996

The Pedagogy Of Civics And Citizenship Education, Suzanne Mellor, Michael Elliott

Suzanne Mellor (retired)

No abstract provided.


Values And Civics And Citizenship Education, Suzanne Mellor, Laurence Splitter Feb 1996

Values And Civics And Citizenship Education, Suzanne Mellor, Laurence Splitter

Suzanne Mellor (retired)

No abstract provided.


Eerstekaart, Oefening In Sakeafrikaans, Michele Van Der Merwe Jan 1996

Eerstekaart, Oefening In Sakeafrikaans, Michele Van Der Merwe

Michele Van Der Merwe

Brief comprehension test and exercise in Business Afrikaans.


Educación Y Disciplina, Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez Jan 1996

Educación Y Disciplina, Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez

Roberto Rodríguez-Gómez

En este texto se trata el tema de las relaciones entre educación y disciplina a partir de la conceptualización planteada por Michel Foucault en sus estudios de genealogía del poder. En el primero y segundo apartados se recuperan las principales tesis del autor al respecto. Se pasa después a la discusión del problema conceptual del control disciplinario en la escuela y, por último, se presenta un ejemplo histórico concreto.


Are Teaching Evaluation Questionnaires Valid? Assessing The Evidence, Larry D. Barnett Dec 1995

Are Teaching Evaluation Questionnaires Valid? Assessing The Evidence, Larry D. Barnett

Larry D Barnett

No abstract provided.