A Study of Black Student's Social and Academic Life at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: A Study of Black Attitudes
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1971Author
McLoone, Robert M.
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Ziemelis, Andris
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This paper was intended to determine whether or not the
problems of discrimination and lack of social activities are perceived
by Black students on the WSU-La Crosse campus. The findings
in this study were supoorted by related studies, as well
as by writings of various Black educators and students.
The subjects for the study were the 44 Black students on
La Crosse campus during the 1971 Spring Semester.
A questionnaire was used to obtain the data. It contained
forced choice, multiple choice, and open-ended questions. The
thirty-nine questions were designed to acquire data on personal
background and on social and academic lives of Blacks at this
university. After the data were gathered, the responses were
tabulated, and percentages of students responding to each alternative
on the questionnaire were computed.
The results of the study indicate that discrimination
is perceived by Blacks and that their social activities are also
somewhat impaired. The results, however, are tenuous because
of the small number who responded to the questionnaire.
Subject
Wisconsin State University (La Crosse) -- Students -- Attitudes
Racism -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
African American students -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- Attitudes