Introduction
This paper is an academic critique of the article by Shouping Hu (2010), Scholarship awards, college choice, and student engagement in college activities: A study of high-achieving low-income students of color. In an attempt to understand the impact of financial assistance on school choice and the amount of student engagement. The research question asked was: “Does receiving a Gate Millennium Scholarship (GMS) award effect student engagement in academic activities and social activities? (Hu, 2010, p. 152)” Hu further attempted to answer two additional questions through this studies: “a) Does receiving a GMS award influence the types of colleges students choose to attend? b) Do different types of colleges that students attend affect …show more content…
Hu focused on using recipients of the Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS) as independent variables in this study. It is critical to understand why Hu used this scholarship award as opposed to others. The GMS provides financial support to students who are in financial need and meet the academic criteria for the foundation. The financial support provided includes all educational expenses including housing and travel. The recipient of such an award does not need to worry about extra financial assistance because everything is covered by the scholarship. This allows the student to focus on school and enjoy the college experience (Hernandez, 2014).
To gain a better understanding of what it means to be engaged in college activates, Hu refers to Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education. Chickering and Gamson identify activities such as student faculty contact. Hu further states that small private and liberal arts colleges have students that are more engaged then students in large public …show more content…
Other independent variables were the commonly used; gender, race/ethnicity and parental education.
The study was very deliberate in using regressions in order to provide a significant statistical results between independent and dependent variables. The relationships between financial aid award and student choice of colleges was significant in several areas. All relationships with the exception of being American Indian had significant relationships. They may be due to the large amount of Native American grants that are available for Native Americans to pursue.
When examining the relationship between financial aid award, student choice of college, and student engagement two areas did not show statistical significance. Once again Native Americans did not show a significant statistical relationship. Interesting enough, students whose parents achieved a bachelor’s degree or higher did not show a significant finding as well. These two finding are interesting. In the case of the Native Americans may have tribal obligations that may have kept them from attending or becoming engaged in within the school. However, I would guessed that a parent with college experience would have had a significant impact on student engagement in
This paper is an academic critique of the article by Shouping Hu (2010), Scholarship awards, college choice, and student engagement in college activities: A study of high-achieving low-income students of color. In an attempt to understand the impact of financial assistance on school choice and the amount of student engagement. The research question asked was: “Does receiving a Gate Millennium Scholarship (GMS) award effect student engagement in academic activities and social activities? (Hu, 2010, p. 152)” Hu further attempted to answer two additional questions through this studies: “a) Does receiving a GMS award influence the types of colleges students choose to attend? b) Do different types of colleges that students attend affect …show more content…
Hu focused on using recipients of the Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS) as independent variables in this study. It is critical to understand why Hu used this scholarship award as opposed to others. The GMS provides financial support to students who are in financial need and meet the academic criteria for the foundation. The financial support provided includes all educational expenses including housing and travel. The recipient of such an award does not need to worry about extra financial assistance because everything is covered by the scholarship. This allows the student to focus on school and enjoy the college experience (Hernandez, 2014).
To gain a better understanding of what it means to be engaged in college activates, Hu refers to Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education. Chickering and Gamson identify activities such as student faculty contact. Hu further states that small private and liberal arts colleges have students that are more engaged then students in large public …show more content…
Other independent variables were the commonly used; gender, race/ethnicity and parental education.
The study was very deliberate in using regressions in order to provide a significant statistical results between independent and dependent variables. The relationships between financial aid award and student choice of colleges was significant in several areas. All relationships with the exception of being American Indian had significant relationships. They may be due to the large amount of Native American grants that are available for Native Americans to pursue.
When examining the relationship between financial aid award, student choice of college, and student engagement two areas did not show statistical significance. Once again Native Americans did not show a significant statistical relationship. Interesting enough, students whose parents achieved a bachelor’s degree or higher did not show a significant finding as well. These two finding are interesting. In the case of the Native Americans may have tribal obligations that may have kept them from attending or becoming engaged in within the school. However, I would guessed that a parent with college experience would have had a significant impact on student engagement in