Factors That Contribute to the Educational Success of Haitian-American Women

<p><em>Problem.</em> The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence academic success among Haitian-American women.</p> <p><em>Methodology</em>. A survey research method was used in this study. A quantitative approach was taken when analyzing the data. For this study, 213 Haitian-American women with college degrees completed the Inventory of College Success for Haitian-American Women. One descriptive analysis was conducted and 10 hypotheses were tested by one-way ANOVA.</p> <p><em>Results.</em> This study examined 16 dependent variables and 10 independent variables with 10 hypotheses. The results indicated that Haitian-American women perceived self-motivation, financial assistance, accessibility to resources, self-perception, time management, spiritual life, family support, prior academic achievement, and affordability of college tuition to be the factors that contributed to their educational success. Knowledge of a second language was perceived as the factor that contributed the least to their educational success. The groups studied revealed more similarities in their responses on the factors than differences.</p> <p><em>Conclusions</em>. The objective of this study was to shed light on those factors that contributed to the success of Haitian-American women who pursued and obtained college degrees. Nine factors were identified as the key elements that contributed to the educational success of Haitian-American women. The nine factors are self-motivation, financial assistance, accessibility to resources, self-perception, time management, spiritual life, family support, prior academic achievement, and affordability of college tuition. The other factors were not identified as being important contributors to the success of Haitian-American women.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Counseling Psychology, Ph.D.

Year

2009

Author dc:creator

• Louis, Magdana

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nancy J. Carbonell
• Jimmy Kijai
• Judith B. Fisher

• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Higher Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/530

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.andrews.edu:dissertations-1529