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Boboc, Marius; Nordgren, R. D. – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2013
Many factors inhibit college completion by African-American high school graduates who come from low socio-economic backgrounds. Some factors are "cognitive," while others can be classified as "non-cognitive." Variables in the latter classification are examined in this study conducted at an urban high school in the Midwest with…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Education, High School Graduates, College Readiness
Woods, Paula A.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1988
To supplement previous reliability and validity studies concerning the Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ), new NCQ items were written and assessed in relation to the original eight NCQ scales. The NCQ measures eight non-traditional or non-cognitive variables that relate to minority student retention--positive self-concept, realistic self-appraisal,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Construct Validity, Coping, Factor Analysis