The purpose of this study was to address the underrepresentation of Black students among baccalaureate degree recipients. Because the majority of Black students begin their postsecondary careers at the community college, successful transfer to the upper-division is imperative if they are to achieve the goal of baccalaureate degree attainment. This study sought to identify and compare the concerns that Black students, who began their postsecondary careers at the community college, perceived would affect their persistence to bachelor degree completion. / Students participating in the study attended rural, suburban, and urban community colleges and a regional university in northern Florida. Focus groups were conducted to determine students' perceived concerns. Content analysis procedures were used to analyze focus group transcripts. Concerns were categorized as either pre-entry, academic, social, institutional, or miscellaneous. Quotes enhanced the findings of the study by providing insight regarding perceptions of concerns about completing the bachelor's degree. / Of the fifty-one concerns identified about completing the bachelor's degree, only three were common to all participating groups. Those concerns dealt with student/faculty relationships, meeting the costs of college, and life after graduation. The College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) was perceived as a concern for three out of the four groups. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-07, Section: A, page: 2487. / Major Professor: Barbara Mann. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76933 |
| Contributors | Ross, Carol Ann., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 327 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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