Minority students

Abstract Within the last decade or so, the number of minority students and “first generation students” enrolling, attending and graduating from colleges in the US has increased significantly despite the rising cost of enrollment. This increase is due to the available scholarships, funding opportunities, affirmative action or quota to be met by these institutions. The shift in the number of minority students graduating has also affected the diversity of people in the workplace. Although discrimination

Are racial/ethnic minority and/or female students more likely (or less likely) to face any particular stressful discrete life events than those faced by all students? The minority students should have a higher tendency to experience stress than their counterparts. Researchers found that stressors are common in academic settings and are mostly associated with their language, nationality and cultural backgrounds. The historical alienation and length of residency have an impact on these groups (Rienties

children, but students ages 18 and up who were looking at potential colleges. She conducted a study to show that the pictures and information provided in school packet materials mailed to prospective students had a large impact on the likelihood of them contacting the school for more information. The article titled Use of Application Materials for Recruitment of Ethnic Minority Students in Psychology questioned on page 818 "whether these packets are equally effective in recruiting ethnic minority applicants"

The purpose of Guiffrida’s (2006) paper is to provide empirical research evidences to support Tinto’s (1993) theory of student departure and highlighted the limitation of the theory by recognizing its failure to incorporate the study of psychological and cultural variables; therefore, it becomes incomplete and inappropriate when applying the theory to deal with minority students. Combining the key elements of Self-determination theory (SDT) and Job Involvement Theory (JIT), the type of motivation

Motivating Minority Students I selected the topic of motivating minority students because my school already has many different minority students and I feel that this is an area that could improve the year for them. I am pursuing an Educational Specialist degree in Teaching and Curriculum. I feel that the more I learn about instruction for different types of students, the better I will be able to mentor other educators to do so. At my school, Hispanic students, both male and female, and also African

Introduction This paper focuses on the overrepresentation or over-identification of minority students found in special education in our schools. I chose to research this topic because being an immigrant myself, I can relate to the education experience of a student who is new to the American school system. Debates on the overrepresentation of minority students, particularly African- Americans and Hispanics are not new in special education and have characterized research in this field for over

unfair tool for underachieving minority students rather than a policy to correct past racial inequalities and promote a diverse learning environment. This ideology of affirmative action is portrayed in Jim Huber’s political cartoon, number 1 on the list. Penned for a conservative audience, Huber’s political cartoon argues against affirmative action by suggesting that affirmative action does not promote hard work, but instead gives unequal advantages to minority students. This cartoon was published

and every day, more minority children are born than white children. Fewer and fewer white parents are giving birth to multiple children, while many minority parents from African-American cultures to Hispanic cultures are continuing to have the same number of children, and possibly more. With all these minority children entering the U.S. education system, there is a problem current minority students are facing; there is a shortage of minority teachers. While there are minority teachers in the workforce

Minority Students Find University Degrees Are Not the Answer The Were Supposed to Be We've been told that college is a game changer. Go to college and it will open doors for you. There will finally be opportunities available that were once reserved for the privileged few. What they didn't tell you is that there were hidden costs associated with this education. Granted, student loans are not truly "hidden" costs, but what is not widely known is that if you are a minority student you will statistically

The underachievement of minority students in school has been misconstrued throughout the bulk of my education as well as the education of some of my colleagues. With that in mind, I chose to interview a person who I believed would share a similar perspective with me on this issue. I called upon my friend TK. He is a 20-year-old, California native who attends UCSD as a first-generation student studying under a STEM major. He has a conservative Muslim background and comes from a working class family