Lifting the Voices of High-Achieving, Middle-Class, African American Students

dc.contributor.advisorQuaye, Stephen J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Stacey Marvetta Priceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-07T05:48:05Z
dc.date.available2012-07-07T05:48:05Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThe state of African American education is complex. Beginning in the 17th century, African Americans fought for an education that allowed them to read and write. During the 21st century, African Americans value on education extends beyond only reading and writing to using these skills and other skills to maintain strong academic and leadership backgrounds for a higher education. The purpose of this study was to understand the college preparation process of high-achieving, middle-class, African American students at a large research institution in the mid-Atlantic United States. This study was important because despite high-achieving, middle-class, African American students' success, there still exists an achievement gap between African American students and their White and Asian peers. Three theoretical frameworks and models were used as a guide for this study, critical race theory (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001), Perna and Titus' (2005) integrated conceptual model on college enrollment, and the predisposition stage of the college choice research (Hossler & Gallagher, 1987; Hossler, Braxton, & Coppersmith, 1989). Utilizing a constructivist case study methodology, data was collected using personal interviews, a focus group, and personal documents (college admissions statement and/or resumes). Through a within-case and cross-case analysis, school, family, and community contexts that influence the college preparation process were explored.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12647
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHigher educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAfrican Americanen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcollege preparationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhigh-achievingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhigher educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhigh schoolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmiddle-classen_US
dc.titleLifting the Voices of High-Achieving, Middle-Class, African American Studentsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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