Award Date
1-1-2004
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Educational Leadership
First Committee Member
Paul E. Meacham
Number of Pages
98
Abstract
The Hispanic component of the student body at the Community College of Southern Nevada was the primary focus of this study, which spanned a three-year period of time. Statistics regarding the enrollment and academic success of Hispanic students were collected and analyzed. Particular attention was given to the impact of the state of Nevada's recent Millennium Scholarship Program (MSP) on the Hispanic student population. Enrollment and success of Hispanic students were secondarily compared to that of other student ethnic components; The study, which followed two cohorts of students, found that Hispanic students in both cohorts who participated in the MSP persisted at higher rates than Hispanic students who were not participants in the MSP. Hispanic MSP students were additionally found to persist at higher rates than African Americans and Asian MSP students; Significant findings of this study involved Hispanic MSP student enrollment into non-occupational courses, the enrollment of Hispanic MSP students into non-occupational courses by gender, and Hispanic MSP student enrollment into non-occupational courses as compared to Hispanic non-MSP students. Significance was also found between Hispanic MSP and other minority MSP students in regard to enrollment into non-occupational courses. The first and last semester grade point averages of Hispanic MSP students versus Hispanic non-MSP students was significant for both cohorts.
Keywords
Community College Of Southern Nevada; Hispanic; Millennium; Millennium Scholarship Program; Persisters; Program; Scholarship
Controlled Subject
Community colleges; School management and organization; Ethnology--Study and teaching
File Format
File Size
4382.72 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Stops, Arlie J, "Millennium Scholarship Program Hispanic persisters and Hispanic non -Msp persisters" (2004). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 2578.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/sumi-jkqq
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