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Weldy, Eric Augustus University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2001 해외박사(DDOD)
The purpose of this study was to determine how individual universities successfully implemented programs and used financial resources to improve baccalaureate completion rates of underrepresented minority students in science and engineering academic disciplines. The study was also developed to determine whether federal programs and financial resources contributed to improving baccalaureate completion rates of underrepresented minority students in science and engineering academic disciplines at the same universities. To conduct the study two research designs were used—time series historical data analysis and case study analysis. In using time series historical data analysis the author was able to examine student enrollment rates, student completion rates, and programming budget data. This allowed the researcher to analyze changes and identify patterns in the data over extended periods of time. Case study analysis was the second research design used. Three public research universities were selected to serve as case studies including the State University of New York at Albany, University of Houston, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In using case study analysis, personal interviews, institutional documents, and database analysis served as the primary sources of data collection. Each university in the study was selected for its commitment and success in improving minority student completion rates in science and engineering academic disciplines from 1985 to 1995. However, their approach to improving student completion rates differed somewhat and involved diverse policies and programmatic strategies. The first step toward increasing minority student completion rates involved developing an admissions policy that enabled each university to increase student enrollment rates. The second step involved developing quality academic support programs to retain students. How each university approached the task of increasing minority student enrollment and completion rates depended on a variety of factors including financial resources, institutional history, university leadership, goals and objectives of individual programs, and campus climate. Finally, the findings indicate federal programs and financial resources did contribute to improving minority student completion rates at the State University of New York at Albany and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. However, federal resources did little to encourage or improve minority student completion rates at the University of Houston.