Effective Presentations

Class 7

Make it simpleMake it clearDon’t let technology dominate

Guiding Principles

Dark room: Dark background with light letters

Lighted room: Light background with dark letters

Format

Maximum of two READABLE typefaces

Keep it short, especially titles

Leave empty spaces

No punctuation marks

Few or no citations

Format

Don’t include every word you will say

One idea per slide

Use a big font ◦This is 40 points◦This is 36 points◦This is 32 point

Fight clutter!

Outlines rather than text

Tables rather than text

Graphs rather than Tables

Go for

General College Stress

Minority StatusStress

• Academic

• Social/ Emotional

• Financial

• University climate

• Academic Confidence

• Ethnic discrimination

• Inter-ethnic pressure

Stress

University Climate Stress◦ perceptions of the campus environment as unwelcoming to

members of the student’s group

Academic Confidence ◦ concerns about the adequacy of their academic preparation

and ability that are compounded by their racial, ethnic and social class background

Ethnic Discrimination◦ concerns related to personal experiences of prejudice and

discrimination based on the person’s ethnicity or race

Inter-Ethnic Pressure• perceptions of negative relations among students from

different racial and ethnic groups, including white students

Minority Status Stress

University Climate Stress◦perceptions of the campus environment

as unwelcoming to members of the student’s group

Academic Confidence◦concerns about the adequacy of their

academic preparation and ability that are compounded by racial, ethnic and social class background

Minority Status Stress

Ethnic Discrimination◦Concerns related to personal experiences

of prejudice and discrimination based on the person’s ethnicity or race

Inter-Ethnic Pressure• perceptions of negative relations among

students from different racial and ethnic groups, including white students

Ethnic Minority Stress

General College Stress

Ethnic Minority Stress

• Academic

• Social/ Emotional

• Financial

• University climate

• Academic confidence

• Ethnic discrimination

• Inter-ethnic pressure

Stress

Compensatory Factor◦Shows a direct unique relation to outcome in presence of risk factor

Protective Factor◦Buffers (moderates) the relation of risk factor to outcome

Resilient Adaptation

309 students in a major urban university in the southwest

In terms of gender 53% were men

In terms of age the mean was 21 years old an the range was 18 to 29 years old

69% were of Mexican descent and 70% were born in the US

Most (59%) were first generation in college

Participants

Participants

N = 309 Major urban university in the Southwest

Gender 53% Men 47% Women

Age Mean = 21 Range: 18 to 29

Sub-Group 69% Mexican Descent

Place of Birth

70% U.S.

Parental Education 59% neither parent attended college