College Achievement among Native Americans
A Research Note
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2554866 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harold R Kerbo (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1275 |
| Publication date | 1981-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2577993 |
| OpenAlex | W4241094119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Since 1960 there has been a rapid increase in the number of Native Americans attending college; but the rate of completion has been less than half that of whites.The research reported in this note begins an inquiry into the reasons for the lower rate of college success, indexed by GPA, among Native Americans than among their counterpart whites.Although empirical studies of college success among Native Americans are few, there has been some speculation (and a little empirical work) on their performance in the lower grades.In common with other racial and ethnic groups, low family SES, school quality, educational aspirations, and the racial mixture of primary and secondary schools attended have been related to educational success.But most measures of school quality have been found unimportant; and family SES has not been so effective a predictor at the college level as for the earlier years of schooling.In contrast to other racial or ethnic groups, however, the literature on Native American educational attainment has stressed cultural factors most heavily.The present research attempts to empirically test for the importance of these cultural factors, along with other aspects related to the general concept of assimilation/acculturation among Native Americans. SampleThe sample consisted of 253 individuals, of whom 102 were Native Americans and 151 whites, attending universities in the state of Oklahoma in 1978.1 The white sample was obtained by distributing the questionnaire in six social science classes at two universities.In order to obtain an adequate
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2017 (29) |
| Highly cited | No |