Author : Magdana Louis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (587 download)
Book Synopsis Factors that Contribute to the Educational Success of Haitian-American Women by : Magdana Louis
Download or read book Factors that Contribute to the Educational Success of Haitian-American Women written by Magdana Louis and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem: The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence academic success among Haitian-American women.-- Methodology: A survey research method was used in this study. A quantitative approach was taken when analyzing the data. For this study, 213 Haitian-American women with college degrees completed the Inventory of College Success for Haitian-American Women. One descriptive analysis was conducted and 10 hypotheses were tested by one-way ANOVA.-- Results: This study examined 16 dependent variables and 10 independent variables with 10 hypotheses. The results indicated that Haitian-American women perceived self-motivation, financial assistance, accessibility to resources, self-perception, time management, spiritual life, family support, prior academic achievement, and affordability of college tuition to be the factors that contributed to their educational success. Knowledge of a second language was perceived as the factor that contributed the least to their educational success. The groups studied revealed more similarities in their responses on the factors than differences.-- Conclusions: The objective of this study was to shed light on those factors that contributed to the success of Haitian-American women who pursued and obtained college degrees. Nine factors were identified as the key elements that contributed to the educational success of Haitian-American women. The nine factors are self-motivation, financial assistance, accessibility to resources, self-perception, time management, spiritual life, family support, prior academic achievement, and affordability of college tuition. The other factors were not identified as being important contributors to the success of Haitian-American women.