- Results reaffirm the status of the self as a social product and contextual consonance as one of its important determinants.
- African American racially consonant college experiences seem to increase self-esteem , but not self-efficacy.
- In their status as ‘frog ponds’ racially consonant colleges may nurture both Black’s self-esteem and their self-efficacy.
- As contexts the capacity of racially consonant colleges to nurture Blacks’ self-efficacy in particular appears to be limited.
- Higher pre-college self-esteem and self-efficacy translate into more privileged socioeconomic circumstances.