Silva 1 Savannah Silva Ha Sociology October 4, 2017 Draft Works Cited and Literature Review Research Proposal: Ethnicity, Gender, and College Scholarships 1.0 Introduction Financial assistance for college students has been in existence for as long as the higher education itself. While the earliest scholarships were purely based on the financial need and academic merit of individuals, things seem to have changed today in that minority and female students tend to get more than a fair share of scholarships (Wells, 6). There have been various myths surrounding this issue with some arguing that ethnicity and gender influence the awarding of college scholarships and other people disagreeing with these remarks. 2.0 Background College scholarships are no longer based on academic merit and financial need of student: instead, the financial aid is divided along ethnicity and gender. Students from minority backgrounds include Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Hispanic students. Some organizations consider women and LGBTQ as minorities in college. Donald Heller in his research paper “The Role of Race and Gender in the Awarding of Institutional Financial Aid” debunks the popular myth that minority students get more financial aid than what they deserve Silva 2 and that scholarships are purely based on ethnic backgrounds and gender (Heller, 8). The largest percentage of the population in U.S. colleges is minority students who hail from different backgrounds, including Latinos and African Americans (Wells, 10). Studies also indicate that female students make the highest population in higher education institution. Therefore, it is not surprising that most of the individuals who awarded academic scholarships are women or the minority groups. Some scholars, however, argue against this statement, saying that college scholarships are biased and people from certain racial backgrounds and female students are Data analysis refers to all procedures and processes needed explain, understand and interpret the collected qualitative data (Ott & Longnecker, 22). An inductive approach will be used to analyze the data. A documentary analysis will help analyze the collected data. In this section, the researcher will compare how students from different ethnicities and of different gender are awarded scholarships in college and how this has changed over the years. Works Cited Silva 3 Heller, Donald E. "The Role of Race and Gender in the Awarding of Institutional Financial Aid." (2000). Ott, R. Lyman, and Micheal T. Longnecker. An introduction to statistical methods and data analysis. Nelson Education, 2015. Wells, Ryan S., and Frances K. Stage. "2 NEW SCHOLARSHIP IN CRITICAL QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH—PART 2." New Scholarship in Critical Quantitative Research, Part 2: New Populations, Approaches, and Challenges: New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 163 163 (2015): 1. Savannah Silva Ha Sociology September 2, 2017 Research Paper Proposal Proposed research steps to be applied to the research topic: Ethnicity and gender affecting college scholarships 1. Define the problem Does a person’s ethnicity or gender affect their chances of receiving a scholarship to college? Why? 2. Review the existing evidence I will search the Cuesta library databases and the internet looking for books and articles related to how a person’s gender or race effects their chances of being offered scholarships to college. 3. Formulate a hypothesis Hypothesis: Things like a students ethnicity and gender will effect a students chance of receiving a scholarship to college. 4. Develop a research design I will perform basic research looking for facts and figures 5. Collect the data I will search the Internet, get books at the library, and utilize Cuesta’s library databases to collect my information. 6. Analyze the data I will compare different ethnicities and genders chances of receiving scholarships now to that of past years. 7. Develop conclusions In the conclusion section of my research paper, I will discuss how my topic relates to bigger societal issues such as how discrimination and racism are growing problems in our world. 8. Present findings I will present my findings to the class. Research paper grading rubric (approximate value in parenthesis) Introduction (10 percent) Here, you will tell me what you are going to tell me. Also, tell me why your research is important. That is, provide social relevance for your topic. Furthermore, guide the reader to your primary research questions. The research questions should be sociological in nature, clear, interesting, sociologically relevant, and testable using sociological methods. You can also introduce your hypothesis here. Literature Review (20 percent) A complete literature review is not required for this class. Your literature review must include a discussion of at least two sources, one of which should be similar in methods to the method you used, and another of which should be an academic source. Contact me if you have any questions about this. Discuss how your sources relate to your research questions and methods. Note: A literature review should be a separate section for most projects. However, it can be embedded into the paper for ethnographies and content analysis papers. You must get prior approval if you do not want to include a separate literature review section. Methods (10 percent) Describe how you conducted your data collection (Facebook? Survey Monkey?). Describe how you analyzed your data. Describe the variables you examined. Provide a short description of your subjects, for example, age range, gender, and any other relevant characteristics. Did you choose appropriate methodology, employ it competently, and critically examine data? Results and Analysis (40 percent) Your analysis should be detailed and comprehensive. Did you clearly and competently present/discuss results and evaluate findings in relation to hypothesis? Use graphs (preferred) or tables for presentation of numerical statistics. State your findings in essay form if you are doing qualitative research. Conclusion (10 percent) In this section, connect findings to other research, put research in perspective, and acknowledge limitations and future implications. In the other sections, I want you to be scientifically rigorous, making sure that you are following the rules of the scientific method; however, in this section, I want you to be more creative and imaginative. Talk about what your findings suggest about larger concerns. Here I want you to speculate on the implications of your findings to more general sociological concerns. For example, if you found that men care more about physical appearance then women, talk about what you think the significance of this finding is with respect to gender relations in general. References Cited (10 percent) In this section include and cite appropriately the relevant literature. Simply giving me a web address is not enough. Here is a link to a resource guidance on how to appropriately format the works cited section and in-text citations: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/1/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Sociological Perspective (will add or detract from your grade) Did you demonstrate understanding and use of sociological imagination throughout paper? Writing Quality (will add or detract from your grade) Think carefully about organization, style, grammar, etc. Make sure you proofread carefully.
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