Research Report Detail
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| The National Hispanic Scholar Awards Program: A Descriptive Analysis of High-Achieving Hispanic Students
Beatriz Chu Clewell; Myra Ficklen Joy; | ||
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01/01/1988 This study describes the pool of National Hispanic Scholar Awards Program applicants in the program's initial year, 1983-84, and compares Hispanic Scholars (winners) with Hispanic Honorable Mentions (awardees) and Semifinalists who did not receive an award. In addition, characteristics of high-achieving Hispanic students were examined. As a means of isolating factors associated with success in college, three outcome measures were selected to examine freshman-year performance: academic performance as indicated by first-year grades; social integration into the college as measured by the number of extracurricular activities during the freshman year; and adjustment to college life as indicated by responses to a question on problems of adjustment. Implications of the findings are discussed, along with recommendations for program modifications and general suggestions for further research. Among the variables examined, the best predictors of freshman grades were found to be high school GPA and SAT scores. Living on campus, number of activities in high school, being male, and living at a distance from the family home were the best predictors of the number of activities in which a student participated in college. High levels of English proficiency and father's education predicted few problems in adjustment, while distance from home was predictive of more problems. |
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