عنوان

Expanding Merit Through Communitarianism:

شماره

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زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Expanding Merit Through Communitarianism:

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Griffin, Jerlena Denise

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

Racial and Ethnic Implications

نام ساير پديدآوران

Stern, David

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

UC Berkeley

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2016

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

UC Berkeley

امتياز متن

2016

متن يادداشت

AbstractExpanding Merit Through Communitarianism: Racial and Ethnic Implications by Jerlena Denise Griffin Doctor of Philosophy in Education University of California, Berkeley Professor David Stern, ChairLow-income students and some racial minorities, in particular African Americans, have been chronically under-represented in higher education. In the ongoing debate about affirmative action, conceptions of merit based on test scores and grades have been viewed as conflicting with the goal of more equitable representation. However, some previous researchers have proposed that a broader conception of merit, based on the mission of the higher educational institution, could be more consistent with equity goals. In particular, the public-serving mission of a public university would warrant greater emphasis on community service achievements in selecting among applicants. In the University of California (UC) system, high school community service already is one of the qualifications considered in the comprehensive review of freshman applications.This study explores the possible implications of giving greater consideration to high school community service in the admission process. Data from UC applications for fall2013 are used to compare the average amount of time spent in high school volunteeractivities among applicants, admitted students, and enrolled freshman by race/ethnicity, gender, and other characteristics. Among other findings, African American and Asian students reported the highest average hours of community service in high school. Increasing consideration of high school community service would result in admitting slightly larger numbers of students in these groups.Data on community service from the spring 2014 UC Undergraduate Experience Survey also were used to compare the amount of hours per week spent in community service by students in their freshman year. Among other findings, high school service was a strong predictor of college service, and African American students were the most likely to participate in community service as freshmen. A regression in which high school community service and student characteristics were used to predict hours of community service in college revealed that African American freshmen actually contributed more hours of community service than would have been predicted by their high school service and other characteristics.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Griffin, Jerlena Denise

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Stern, David

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

UC Berkeley

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y