...convicI tion than whites that they can affect their own environments and futures. When they do, however, their achievement is higher than that of whites who...whites in the schools. Those Negroes in schools with a kjjher proportion of whites have a greater sense of control. This finding suggests that the direction...

...some control over his own destiny. Among Negroes, Dr. Morsell said, "this characteristic is related to the proportion of whites in the schools. Those Negroes in schools with a high proportion of whites have a greater sense of control." Marvin C. Cline, assistant director, Institute...

...effects of an education in a predominantly white setting for some blacks. Coleman found that "blacks in schools with a higher proportion of whites have a greater sense of control" and that "when minority students have a belief that they can affect their own environments and future,...