Computer Literacy and Computer Use among College Students: Differences in Black and White.

Hawkins, Randolph; Paris, Arthur E.

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ERIC Number: EJ569664

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Computer Literacy and Computer Use among College Students: Differences in Black and White.

Hawkins, Randolph; Paris, Arthur E.

Journal of Negro Education, v66 n2 p147-58 Spr 1997

Examines differences in use of and familiarity with computing technology between black and white undergraduate students in a sample of 570 students from a single university. Black students enter school with less experience with computers, and this difference is not lessened by collegiate experience. Institutional factors may be responsible for this difference. (SLD)

Descriptors: Access to Computers, Black Students, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Experience, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Racial Differences, Undergraduate Students, White Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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