Within-group Ethnic Differences of Black Male STEM Majors and Factors Affecting Their Persistence in College 英文论文文献.docVIP

Within-group Ethnic Differences of Black Male STEM Majors and Factors Affecting Their Persistence in College Shane Y. Williamson, Ed.D. Lindenwood University swilliamson@ Abstract The present study examined how familial and institutional factors interact with the academic experiences of a diverse group of Black males enrolled as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors at one university. Ogbu’s (1998) Cultural-Ecological Theory of Minority School Performance, a theoretical framework, posits that the manner by which a group achieves minority status, coupled wi