The purpose of this study was four-fold: (a) to compare the high school GPA, standardized test scores, and the first-year college GPA of black, Florida resident students enrolled in the four-year universities of the State University System (SUS) and thereby determine where the better prepared black students were enrolling; (b) to determine whether standardized test score or high school GPA was more highly correlated with college GPA; (c) to determine the trend of black student enrollment in SUS; and (d) to determine whether black students assigned to the same admission category are academically successful at black and/or white SUS universities. / The data were collected from the Admissions File and the Student Data Course File of the State University System of Florida by a computer program. Subjects were the 1599 black, full-time, Florida resident, first-time-in-college (FTIC) students and the 91, black, full-time Florida resident, junior/community college transfers (JCTF) who met the FTIC admissions requirements in 1976 and 1981. To test the hypotheses, analysis of covariance and the t-test were used. / Findings showed that (a) a dramatic inversion of the proportion of black, Florida resident students enrolled by FAMU and predominantly white Florida universities (WSUS) occurred between 1976 and 1981; (b) in 1976, all black, Florida resident, FTIC students, irrespective of academic preparation, were more successful at FAMU than at WSUS; (c) in 1981, there was no significant difference between success of FTIC students at FAMU and WSUS who met or exceeded traditional admissions requirements; (d) in 1981, FTIC students enrolled as exceptions to traditional admissions requirements at WSUS were more successful than those at FAMU; (e) there was no significant difference between college GPA of FTIC students in SUS in 1976 and 1981; (f) in 1976 and 1981, there was no significant difference between the college GPA of the FTIC students and the JCTF students; and (g) there was no significant difference between college GPA of JCTF students in 1976 and 1981. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-11, Section: A, page: 3289. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75438 |
| Contributors | MASHBURN, RICHARD, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 152 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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