Differences between Black/African American and White college students regarding influences on high school completion, college attendance, and career choice

Career Development Quarterly, March, 2007 by Andrew P. Daire, Saron LaMothe, David P. Fuller

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Andrew P. Daire, Saron LaMothe, and David P. Fuller, Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences, University of Central Florida. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Andrew P. Daire, Counselor Education, University of Central Florida, PO Box 161250, Orlando, FL 32816-1250 (e-mail: adaire@mail.ucf.edu).

TABLE 1 Means and Standard Deviations for the Variables for the Black/
African American and White Participants

Variable                                        M     SD    F Value

FI-CHS White college students                   4.48  0.96
FI-CHS Black/African American college students  4.50  1.02  0.02
FI-AC White college students                    4.61  0.80
FI-AC Black/African American college students   4.66  0.73  0.15
FI-CC White college students                    3.74  1.12
FI-CC Black/African American college students   4.26  1.10  8.32**
FS-CHS White college students                   4.43  1.00
FS-CHS Black/African American college students  4.41  0.96  0.02
FS-AC White college students                    4.58  0.84
FS-AC Black/African American college students   4.67  0.60  0.61
FS-CC White college students                    3.95  1.16
FS-CC Black/African American college students   4.38  0.92  6.42*
MD-CHS White college students                   4.15  1.14
MD-CHS Black/African American college students  4.30  1.03  0.73
MD-AC White college students                    4.38  1.00
MD-AC Black/African American college students   4.24  0.01  0.67
MD-CC White college students                    4.42  0.84
MD-CC Black/African American college students   4.15  1.17  2.62

Note. FI = future income; CHS = completing high school; AC = attending
college; CC = career choice; FS = future status; MD = making a
difference in society.
*p < .05. **p < .01.