The purposes of this study were: (1) to develop a descriptive profile of the Georgia Governor's Honors Program participants using 1975 as a base year; (2) to determine to what extent the participants were representative of the population of Georgia in regard to place of residence, family size, ethnic background, and parental educational and occupational levels; and (3) to compare the descriptive profiles of the 1975 GHP participants to that of the 1981 participants to determine the effect of the expansion of the program between 1971 and 1981. / The subjects were selected on the basis of exceptional ability and achievement. The 1975 subjects were given a questionnaire and two values surveys. Comparative data on Georgia citizens can from official 1970 census records. Additional data were compiled on the 1981 subjects using the same questionnaire administered to the 1975 subjects. / Most of the participants were Christian and Caucasian, coming from stable home environments with well educated parents in high level occupations. Most had experienced some acceleration in school. / The subjects described themselves positively as friendly and intelligent, and negatively as shy and lazy. Their perceptions of how active their parents were in community participation were about average, and their perceptions of the economic status of their families were above average. / The subjects were different from the normal population of Georgia, since they experienced more family stability, and the parental educational and occupational levels were much higher. Inequities occurred in that fewer participants were represented in native state residency, rural areas, and ethnic groups than was average for the general population of Georgia. / The changes which occurred in the expansion of the program between 1975 and 1981 had no real effect on the descriptive profiles of the subjects. / To acquire a more equitable representation of the citizens of Georgia, whose tax monies support the GHP, there must be more representation in geographic areas, of nonwhites, and in a cross section of parental educational and occupational levels. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-09, Section: A, page: 3946. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74599 |
| Contributors | GUNNELS, IMOGENE HANSON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 199 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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