- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Factors affecting institution selection for undergraduate Gates millennium scholars, 2016
- Creator:
- Payton, Whitney Monique
- Date of Original:
- 2010/2019
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- College enrollment is experiencing an upward trend; however, the quality of institutions selected by minority students remains a question. Promising minority students are failing to select high quality colleges and universities, despite academic components that would leave them otherwise qualified for admission. In fact, nearly 80% of high academic achieving low-income, minority students under match when selecting a college or university (Obama Obama, 2014). The purpose of this study was to examine the factors leading to selection of institution for Gates Millennium Scholars while examining the relationship between college selection and socioeconomic status, cost, high school grade point average (GPA), family support, need for achievement, self efficacy, persistence, advisement, and technology for Gates Millennium Scholars. Pearson Correlation was utilized to examine survey data collected from 87 Gates Millennium Scholars. The implications of collection selection for low- income, minority students are significant in understanding the needs of this highly diverse student population. This study sought to identify the variables that significantly impact college selection for low-income minority students. KEY TERMS: College Selection, Gates Millennium, Minority, Students, Higher Education, College, Educational Leadership, Educational Methods, Higher Education Administration, Other Educational Administration and Supervision, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Urban Education
Date of award: 5/16/2016
Degree type: dissertation
Degree name: Doctor of Education (EdD)
Granting institution: Clark Atlanta University
Department: Educational Leadership
Advisor: Turner, Trevor
Advisor: Hill, Barbara
Advisor: Groves, Darrell - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2016_payton_whitney
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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