pantherprowl
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BE:
How schools were selected for the project
Colleges were selected to be in our analysis based on one of two criteria. 1. They are accredited four-year colleges that have an African American student enrollment of at least 3%; or 2. Every other college that did not meet criteria one, but is a large or well-known university (e.g., the University of Utah, New Mexico State University, etc.). The goal was to be as inclusive as pos-sible without including schools that would be of little interest to black students. This process resulted in 482 colleges.
Selection criteria 1 and 2 are not related. So, why even have criteria 2. An alternative to criteria 2 would be the presence of a support sytems such as black student organizations on a campus.
Without support systems, even the large or well known universities are unattractive.
BE:
Calculating the DayStar Rating
The DayStar rating was calculated by developing a regression-based weighted multiplicative index combining four variables: 1) percentage of African American undergraduate students; 2) the school's DayStar rating from 1999; 3) average survey score for the school's social environment for African American students; and 4) average survey score for the school's educational environment for African American students.
The use of the school's Day Star from 1999 handicaps those universities that were not rated highly in 1999 but have made significant improvements since that time. This maintains the status quo. So, once your on BE's Top 50 List, you are assured of being listed for as long as the continues. Thus, the 5 MEAC schools will remain on the list forever, and the SWAC will have 1 or 2 schools. If GSU, with accreditation problems, had been listed, it would discredited the list.
However, based upon my above statements, the list appears to not be credible.
How schools were selected for the project
Colleges were selected to be in our analysis based on one of two criteria. 1. They are accredited four-year colleges that have an African American student enrollment of at least 3%; or 2. Every other college that did not meet criteria one, but is a large or well-known university (e.g., the University of Utah, New Mexico State University, etc.). The goal was to be as inclusive as pos-sible without including schools that would be of little interest to black students. This process resulted in 482 colleges.
Selection criteria 1 and 2 are not related. So, why even have criteria 2. An alternative to criteria 2 would be the presence of a support sytems such as black student organizations on a campus.
Without support systems, even the large or well known universities are unattractive.
BE:
Calculating the DayStar Rating
The DayStar rating was calculated by developing a regression-based weighted multiplicative index combining four variables: 1) percentage of African American undergraduate students; 2) the school's DayStar rating from 1999; 3) average survey score for the school's social environment for African American students; and 4) average survey score for the school's educational environment for African American students.
The use of the school's Day Star from 1999 handicaps those universities that were not rated highly in 1999 but have made significant improvements since that time. This maintains the status quo. So, once your on BE's Top 50 List, you are assured of being listed for as long as the continues. Thus, the 5 MEAC schools will remain on the list forever, and the SWAC will have 1 or 2 schools. If GSU, with accreditation problems, had been listed, it would discredited the list.
However, based upon my above statements, the list appears to not be credible.
