Who Benefits from Honors: An Empirical Analysis of Honors and Non-Honors Students' Backgrounds, Academic Attitudes, and Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Brimeyer, Ted M.; Schueths, April M.; Smith, William L.
Titel	Who Benefits from Honors: An Empirical Analysis of Honors and Non-Honors Students' Backgrounds, Academic Attitudes, and Behaviors
Quelle	In: Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 15 (2014) 1, S.69-83 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-0151
Schlagwörter	Honors Curriculum; Educational Benefits; Student Characteristics; Student Attitudes; Student Behavior; Educational Attitudes; Statistical Analysis; Student Surveys; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Cohort Analysis; Economic Factors; Online Surveys; Predictor Variables; Comparative Analysis; College Students; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsertrag; Schülerverhalten; Student behaviour; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Statistische Analyse; Schülerbefragung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Kohortenanalyse; Ökonomischer Faktor; Prädiktor; Collegestudent
Abstract	Supporters of university honors programs argue that these programs benefit the university and entire student body while critics argue that honors programs reproduce socioeconomic and racial privileges. In an attempt to address these issues, researchers used quantitative survey data to compare the background characteristics, behaviors, and attitudes of honors and non-honors students at a medium-sized public university in the Southeast. Findings indicate racial and gender differences between the two groups, but similarities exist in economic backgrounds. The findings also show that honors students differ significantly from their non-honors peers in academic and behavioral measures. The information in the study supports the argument that honors programs bring benefits to the entire educational system rather than simply creating a privileged class of students, and that honors programs are thus worthy of the financial resources that institutions commit to them. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Collegiate Honors Council. 1100 Neihardt Residence Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 540 North 16th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588. Tel: 402-472-9150; Fax: 402-472-9152; e-mail: nchc@unl.edu; Web site: http://nchchonors.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01