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Immigrant and native black college students : social experiences and academic outcomes / Audrey Alforque Thomas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Audrey Alforque, 1974-
- Series:
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- The new Americans : recent immigration and American society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College students, Black--United States.
- College students, Black.
- African American college students.
- Immigrants--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Children of immigrants--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Children of immigrants.
- Black people--Race identity--United States.
- Black people.
- Educational surveys--United States.
- Educational surveys.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The literature suggests that African Americans (native Blacks) differ from Black immigrants and children of Black immigrants (immigrant Blacks) in their educational outcomes. Thomas contributes to this growing body of work, showing through regression analyses and interview data, similarities in college experiences and outcomes. There is a unique Black college experience that transcends family immigration history. Social integration and intellectual integration into the university is different for Black students as compared to White, Asian, and Chicano/Latino students. The Black college exper
- Contents:
- The black student in U.S. colleges
- Black students in the University of California system
- The black college experience
- Social capital and student retention
- Race on campus
- Educational attainment
- Supporting black college students
- Appendix A: table of interview respondents
- Appendix B: questionnaire
- Appendix C: in-depth questions
- Appendix D: follow-up questionnaire.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781593327422
- 1593327420
- OCLC:
- 899046056
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