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Perceptions of the Financial Aid Office through the Eyes of Students of C o l o r

Perceptions of the Financial Aid Office through the Eyes of Students of C o l o r. What Would Students of Color See When They View the Financial Aid Office?. Would They See This?. Would They See This?. Would They See This?. Would They See This?. Would They See This?. RMASFAA. RMASFAA.

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Perceptions of the Financial Aid Office through the Eyes of Students of C o l o r

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  1. Perceptions of the Financial Aid Office through the Eyes of Students of Color

  2. What Would Students of Color See When They View the Financial Aid Office?

  3. Would They See This?

  4. Would They See This?

  5. Would They See This?

  6. Would They See This?

  7. Would They See This?

  8. RMASFAA

  9. RMASFAA

  10. RMASFAA by Race and Ethnicity Asian-American includes Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander

  11. Students of Color Term used, primarily in the United States, to describe all people who are not white. The term is meant to be inclusive among non-white groups, emphasizing common experiences of racism. Introduced as a preferable replacement to both non-white and minority, which are also inclusive, because it frames the subject positively; non-white defines people in terms of what they are not (white), and minority frequently carries a subordinate connotation.

  12. Reasons why Communities of Color Exist • Historical Reasons • Economic Reasons • Sociological Reasons

  13. Historical Reasons • Discriminatory Laws • Segregation

  14. Discriminatory Laws African-Americans 1. Slavery (3.5 million by 1860) 2. Jim Crow Laws 3. De-segregations Laws

  15. Discriminatory Laws Native Americans 1. Wars and massacres 2. Forced Displacement, Forced Education 3. Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

  16. Discriminatory Laws Asian-Americans 1. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 2. Internment camps for Japanese Americans during WW II

  17. Discriminatory Laws Hispanic-Americans 1. Mexican Deportation programs (e.g. Operation Wetback, 1954) 2. Reed-Johnson Act of 1924 3. Immigration Act of 1965 4. Recent Immigration Laws

  18. Economic Reasons • Poverty levels • Income gap levels

  19. 2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines Persons in Family 48 Contiguous States 1 $10,870 2 $14,710 3 $18,530 4 $22,350 5 $26,170

  20. U.S. Poverty Rate in General • 46.2 Million • Highest rate in 52 years • 1 in 7 Americans • Based on 2010 U.S. Census Data

  21. Poverty Rate by Race and Ethnicity • White (9.4%) • African-American (25.1%) • Hispanic (21.9%) • Asian-American (10.5%) • Native-American (25.9%) Based on 2010 Census Figures

  22. Federal Pell Grant Recipients by Race and Ethnicity Among 1999-2000 college graduates, percentage with selected characteristics by Pell Grant status: 2001 A Profile of Successful Pell Grant Recipients by National Center for Education Statistics, Published July, 2009

  23. Income Gap • Income gap has grown to widest level in 25 years. • 1984 (black/white income gap ratio was 12:1) • Today (black/white income gap ratio is 20:1) • Today (Hispanic/white income gap ratio is 18:1) Source: Pew Social & Demographic Trends, July, 2011

  24. Median Income by Race and Ethnicity • All households……………………. $49,400 • White, not Hispanic………………$54,600 • Black…………………………………….$32,100 • Hispanic (any race)..……………..$37,800 • Asian…………………………………….$64,300 • Native-American…………………..$33,600 Based on 2010 Census Figures

  25. Sociological Reasons • Survival • Identity formation theories

  26. The major issues we face now are survival—how to live in a modern world. Part of this is how to remain Indian, how to assimilate without ceasing to be Indian. I think some important strides have been made. Indians remain Indian, and against pretty good odds. They remain Indian and in some situations, by a thread. • Their languages are being lost at a tremendous rate, poverty is rampant, as is alcoholism. But still there are Indians, and the traditional world is intact. • N. Scott Momaday, “Confronting Columbus again,” in P. Nabokov (Ed.), Native American testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White relations from prophecy to the present, 1492-1992 (New York: Viking, 1991), p. 438)

  27. Perceptions • A cognitive process based on various personal experiences that formulate values, morals, ethics which influence their decisions and perceptions. • Each individual will have their own unique perceptions due to the unique way they have been brought up.

  28. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one’s audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker. Virginia Woolf, “A Room of One’s Own.”

  29. Perceptions • Created by historical reasons • Created by economic reasons • Created by sociological reasons

  30. Perceptions based on Impersonal Contacts • Webpage • Facebook • Publications

  31. Perceptions based on Personal Contacts • Physical Environment • Staff

  32. Perceptions based on Financial Aid Policies and Procedures • Meeting Eligibility Criteria • Completing the FAFSA • Completing Verification • Maintaining Eligibility Criteria

  33. Conclusions/Thoughts

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