Aspiring to the Baccalaureate: Attitudes of Community College Students Toward Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Zamani, Eboni Mie'l
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Title
Aspiring to the Baccalaureate: Attitudes of Community College Students Toward Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Author(s)
Zamani, Eboni Mie'l
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Bragg, Debra D.
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
This study explored African American, Hispanic, and White community college student attitudes toward affirmative action in college admissions. The study examined the association between attitudes toward affirmative action in college admissions and student background characteristics, educational aspirations, self-interest, racial affect, and institutional characteristics. It is proposed that community college students might view affirmative action in college admissions differently than four-year students due to their aspirations for the baccalaureate. The study investigated whether attitudes toward affirmative action in college admissions varied by race/ethnicity, gender, and baccalaureate aspirations among students attending institutions that award associate's degrees. Samples for the study were drawn from the 1996 Cooperative Institution Research Program (CIRP) database of college students, obtained from the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. The results revealed several associations existed between support for abolishing affirmative action in college admissions and student background characteristics, educational aspirations, self-interest, and racial affect. Additionally, the logistic regression findings illustrated that the odds of supporting affirmative action abolishing in college admissions was greater among White, male, two-year students with transfer intentions in addition to other independent variables found to effect the likelihood of affirmative action support or disfavor.
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