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ERIC ED269658: The Academic Evaluation of Minority Graduate Student...
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In order for the profession of psychology to guard
against racial and ethnic prejudice in the education of
future practitioners, it is important to systematically
scrutinize training programs to determine if they are
biased against minority persons. Such an invesigation was
conducted with a sample of graduate students from the
California School of Professional Psychology at Berkeley
and at Fresno. The quantitative grade point average
(GPA), entrance, grade, and dropout data on 74 Berkeley
subjects were obtained from school records; comprehensive
examination scores were also recorded. The Cross-Cultural
Training Experience Questionnaire was completed by 138
Berkeley students, 21 Fresno students, and 11 Berkeley
faculty members. Individual interviews were conducted
with 20 minority students. Following a review of the
historical factors which influenced the evaluative array
of measurements used at this institution, it was
predicted that significant differences would be found
between minority and nonminority students on pre-
admission GPA data; graduate school grades; scores on an
objective, multiple-choice comprehensive examination; and
incidence of academic failure and withdrawal. While
results generally supported these hypotheses, academic
differences between groups were often not as great as
expected. It was further predicted and confirmed that
monocultural bias would be recognized as a serious issue
by many students and would be intensely experienced by
minority students. These findings suggest that racial and
ethnic bias remains a serious problem in the education of
future psychologists. A six-page list of references is
included. The appendices consists of: (1) the Student
Evaluation Form used at the Berkeley campus; (2) the
Cross-Cultural Training Experience Questionnaire; and (3)
the interview questions used in this study with minority
students at Berkeley. (NB)
Date Published: 2014-12-31 13:14:16
Identifier: ERIC_ED269658
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Language: english
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