Editorial Type: The Advisor’s Toolbox
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 1995
Perceived Importance of Role Models and Its Relationship With Minority Student Satisfaction and Academic Performance
Perceived Importance of Role Models and Its Relationship With Minority Student Satisfaction and Academic Performance
Article Category: Research Article
Page Range: 48 – 51
In his study of role modeling among Asian American and African American students at a predominantly White research university, the author found that although most minority students believed in the importance of a role model, many did not have one. Many also did not feel that their role models had to be from their own race. The author found no evidence that the presence or absence of a role model was related to academic performance.
Copyright: © 1995 National Academic Advising Association 1995
Contributor Notes
David L. Tan is assistant professor of higher education. Address correspondence concerning this article to him at the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Collings Hall, Room 227, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73071.
