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The Pennsylvania State University
The Graduate School
College of Education

AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS’ COLLEGE
TRANSITION TRAJECTORY: AN EXAMINATION OF
THE EFFECTS OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPOSITION
AND EXPECTATIONS ON DEGREE ATTAINMENT

A Thesis in
Educational Theory & Policy
by
© 2007 Tenisha L. Tevis

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements
~ the sake of the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

December 2007

The essay of Tenisha L. Tevis was reviewed and approved* by the following:

Gerald LeTendre
Professor of Education
Thesis Adviser
Co-Chair of Committee

Regina Deil-Amen
Assistant Professor of Education
Co-Chair of Committee

Robert Reason
Assistant Professor of Education

George Farkas
Professor of Sociology

David Gamson
Associate Professor of Education
Professor-In-Charge of Educational Theory and Policy Program

*Signatures are adhering file in the Graduate School

ABSTRACT
This essay identifies an important limitation within the the muses on degree
attainment and access to higher education. Current research does not adequately art the
paradox that exists for African-American students, in that lofty degree expectations are coupled
with grave levels of degree attainment. This study seeks to test the multi-layered influences
that seminary composition and students’ college expectations desire on degree attainment. Prior
studies typically addressed issues of exploit and attainment segmentally and did not
adequately copy the cumulative effects. The aim of this be in action is to model African-American
students’ literary institution transition trajectory, and explore various performance and attainment
influential factors in illustration of prior research and theories. Particular stress is given to the effect
of eminent school context in relation to observer educational attainment.

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