{"id":"https://openalex.org/W87507177","doi":null,"title":"The effects of academic environment and background characteristics on student satisfaction and performance: the case of South Carolina State University's School of Business","display_name":"The effects of academic environment and background characteristics on student satisfaction and performance: the case of South Carolina State University's School of Business","publication_year":2003,"publication_date":"2003-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W87507177","mag":"87507177"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:87507177","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-103563753/the-effects-of-academic-environment-and-background","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764368359","display_name":"College student journal","issn_l":"0146-3934","issn":["0146-3934","2691-3887"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4322697738","host_organization_name":"Project Innovation Austin","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322697738"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Project Innovation Austin"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"College student journal","raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055847061","display_name":"David Karemera","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0671-5424","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0671-5424"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Karemera","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026703515","display_name":"Lucy J. Reuben","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lucy J. Reuben","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084274354","display_name":"Marion Rogers Sillah","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marion R. Sillah","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.8146,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":81,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94969107,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"37","issue":"2","first_page":"298","last_page":"309"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10267","display_name":"Higher Education Research Studies","score":0.8705999851226807,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10267","display_name":"Higher Education Research Studies","score":0.8705999851226807,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13929","display_name":"Educational Outcomes and Influences","score":0.12890000641345978,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12950","display_name":"Educational Environments and Student Outcomes","score":0.00019999999494757503,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-satisfaction","display_name":"student satisfaction","score":0.9679999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/academic-achievement","display_name":"academic performance","score":0.7950000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/academic-climate","display_name":"academic climate","score":0.8769999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-background","display_name":"student background","score":0.718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/socioeconomic-background","display_name":"socioeconomic background","score":0.5019999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/historically-black-colleges-and-universities","display_name":"historically Black colleges and universities","score":0.7350000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/south-carolina-state-university","display_name":"South Carolina State University","score":0.7739999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-students","display_name":"business students","score":0.7580000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/college-major-choice","display_name":"college major choice","score":0.6380000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/library-services","display_name":"library services","score":0.9319999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-support-services","display_name":"student support services","score":0.5680000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/parental-education","display_name":"parental education","score":0.6340000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/college-choice","display_name":"college choice","score":0.4650000035762787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-retention","display_name":"student retention","score":0.699999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-development-programs","display_name":"student development programs","score":0.3569999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internships","display_name":"internships","score":0.8629999756813049}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47177190","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207137","display_name":"Curriculum","level":2,"score":0.5832147002220154},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120912362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136822","display_name":"Higher education","level":2,"score":0.5826677680015564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4652446508407593},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91306197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45767","display_name":"Competition (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4647931456565857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4369819462299347},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.42923450469970703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.4267193377017975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509550671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126945","display_name":"Medical education","level":1,"score":0.3793512284755707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.33219361305236816},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3298608362674713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.29561638832092285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.18925142288208008},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.1425950527191162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.14194625616073608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:87507177","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-103563753/the-effects-of-academic-environment-and-background","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764368359","display_name":"College student journal","issn_l":"0146-3934","issn":["0146-3934","2691-3887"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4322697738","host_organization_name":"Project Innovation Austin","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4322697738"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Project Innovation Austin"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"College student journal","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality education","score":0.9235000014305115,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Climate action","score":0.7599999904632568,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1570391699","https://openalex.org/W7095871742","https://openalex.org/W624622688","https://openalex.org/W243671277","https://openalex.org/W2943206159","https://openalex.org/W2260894252","https://openalex.org/W6964019378","https://openalex.org/W2917279296","https://openalex.org/W6892563190","https://openalex.org/W2886018933"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,287],"the":[1,38,43,93,110,116,144,175,224,230,288,308,311,330,338,362,367,455,460,472,476,499],"increasingly":[2,289],"competitive":[3,290],"markets":[4,291],"for":[5,193,217,292,471],"high":[6,95,293],"quality":[7,294],"students":[8,195,237,280,295,389,418],"entering":[9,296],"colleges":[10,157,297],"or":[11,29,298,320,404,445],"universities,":[12,299],"this":[13,425,430],"article":[14],"examines":[15],"and":[16,22,49,55,66,71,77,88,115,136,140,153,177,188,220,245,263,273,278,284,306,323,337,355,358,366,386,411,464,493,507,516,526,549],"evaluates":[17],"factors":[18,312,328,345,375,436,466,488,503,522,550],"affecting":[19,313,437,523],"student":[20,53,64,267,334],"behavior":[21],"performance":[23,54,322,356,413],"at":[24,249,440,554],"a":[25,302,317,347,378,392,414,441,484],"historically":[26,442],"black":[27,443],"college":[28,102,108,125,319,353,384,403,438,444,469,505,524,547],"university":[30,446],"such":[31,417,489],"as":[32,90,92,374,490],"South":[33,250],"Carolina":[34,251],"State":[35,252],"University.":[36],"Specifically,":[37],"study":[39,426,431,482],"seeks":[40],"to":[41,62,163,210,226,238,275,304,315,382,395,434,452,454,497,545,552],"determine":[42],"impact":[44,500],"of":[45,107,112,138,174,232,256,266,310,341,364,370,399,402,416,424,457,459,462,475,486,501,520],"academic":[46,69,86,285,335],"climate,":[47],"background":[48,380],"social":[50,368],"environment":[51,87,234,349],"on":[52,467,504],"satisfaction.":[56],"A":[57],"five-point":[58],"scale":[59],"was":[60],"used":[61,496],"address":[63,435],"preferences":[65],"satisfaction":[67,84,324],"with":[68,85,101,123],"programs":[70],"various":[72],"services.":[73],"The":[74,104,129,147,206,422,448],"Chi-square":[75],"tests":[76],"Likelihood":[78],"ratio":[79],"test":[80],"statistics":[81],"reveal":[82],"that":[83,235,350,376],"services":[89,268],"well":[91],"precedent":[94],"school":[96],"achievements":[97,340],"are":[98,119,185,208,372,390,450],"significantly":[99,121],"correlated":[100,551],"performance.":[103,508],"probability":[105],"distribution":[106],"majors,":[109],"adequacy":[111],"library":[113],"services,":[114],"out-of-class":[117],"experiences":[118,527],"also":[120],"associated":[122],"positive":[124,352,383,468],"outcomes.":[126],"I.":[127],"Introduction":[128],"education":[130,365,478],"profession":[131],"has":[132,196,542],"experienced":[133,158],"significant":[134],"changes":[135,148],"revisions":[137],"curriculum":[139],"program":[141],"requirements":[142],"in":[143,171,281,325,391,420,528],"past":[145],"decade.":[146],"brought":[149],"new":[150,221],"educational":[151,218,240,339,407],"challenges":[152,212],"opportunities.":[154],"Although":[155],"some":[156],"enrollment":[159],"declines":[160],"from":[161,214],"time":[162],"time,":[164],"most":[165],"postsecondary":[166],"enrollments":[167],"have":[168,269,513],"notably":[169],"increased":[170,215],"all":[172],"parts":[173],"country":[176],"every":[178],"community":[179],"(Associated":[180],"Press,":[181],"1998).":[182,205],"Educational":[183],"standards":[184],"continuously":[186],"revised":[187],"often":[189],"raised":[190],"while":[191,510],"competition":[192],"high-achieving":[194],"intensified":[197],"(Hu":[198],"&":[199,203,537],"Hossler,":[200],"2000;":[201],"McPherson":[202],"Shapiro,":[204],"initiatives":[207],"intended":[209,433],"meet":[211],"stemming":[213],"demand":[216],"reforms":[219],"programs.":[222],"Indeed,":[223],"key":[225],"enhanced":[227],"learning":[228,348,525,546],"is":[229,301,419,427,432],"creation":[231],"an":[233,264,397],"encourages":[236],"pursue":[239],"activities":[241],"in-and-outside":[242],"classrooms":[243],"(Graham":[244],"Gisi,":[246],"2000).":[247],"Thus,":[248],"University":[253],"(SCSU)":[254],"School":[255],"Business,":[257],"professional":[258,283],"development":[259],"programs,":[260,262],"internship":[261],"office":[265],"been":[270,543],"created,":[271],"integrated,":[272],"structured":[274],"attract,":[276],"retain,":[277],"help":[279],"their":[282,400,406,412],"development.":[286],"there":[300],"need":[303],"identify":[305],"evaluate":[307,498],"effects":[309],"decisions":[314],"attend":[316],"particular":[318],"university,":[321,405],"college.":[326],"Such":[327],"include":[329],"family":[331],"socioeconomic":[332],"background,":[333],"achievement,":[336],"both":[342],"parents.":[343],"These":[344],"create":[346],"affects":[351],"outcomes":[354,439,470,548],"(Kuh":[357],"Hu,":[359,533],"2001a).":[360],"Furthermore,":[361],"level":[363],"status":[369],"parents":[371],"perceived":[373],"foster":[377],"socio-cultural":[379],"conducive":[381],"experience":[385],"learning.":[387],"Since":[388],"unique":[393],"position":[394],"provide":[396],"assessment":[398],"choice":[401,506],"expectations,":[408],"duties,":[409],"responsibilities,":[410],"survey":[415,485],"order.":[421],"purpose":[423],"twofold.":[428],"First,":[429],"(HBCU).":[447],"results":[449],"expected":[451],"contribute":[453],"body":[456],"knowledge":[458],"impacts":[461,519],"socio-economic":[463],"environmental":[465,494],"underrepresented":[473],"segment":[474],"higher":[477],"population.":[479],"This":[480],"research":[481],"includes":[483],"intervening":[487],"socioeconomic,":[491],"demographic,":[492],"variables":[495],"these":[502],"Second,":[509],"previous":[511],"studies":[512],"generally":[514],"addressed":[515],"evaluated":[517],"specific":[518],"selected":[521],"mostly":[529],"white":[530],"institutions":[531],"(Kuh&":[532],"200la;":[534],"Terenzini,":[535],"Pascarella":[536],"Blimling,":[538],"1996),":[539],"little":[540],"effort":[541],"devoted":[544],"success":[553],"HBCU's":[555],"and/or":[556],"other":[557],"minority":[558],"institutions.":[559],"\u2026":[560]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2026-10-29T09:56:32.521200","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}