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GEAR UP Aspirations Project Evaluation
… Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Aspirations Project (Aspirations) using a Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) model so as to gain an in-depth understanding of the project during the middle school implementation and inform future practices. The evaluation employed …
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Peer Effects on Educational Aspirations
… on multiple measures of students' educational aspirations in Hungarian primary schools before students are distributed to stratified tracks. The dissertation discusses and examines various mechanisms through which friends can influence students' aspirations, such as the adaptation to norms, …
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Career aspirations of undergraduate economic students
… this research specifically at the career aspirations of undergraduate economic students, much could possibly be done in teaching, and guiding them toward the realisation of their aspirations. The aims of this study were: * To pursue a study of relevant literature on achievement motivation, …
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Determinants of Aspirations Among Urban Homemakers
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-12T22:32:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 7511742.PDF: 4067169 bytes, checksum: 9f7a528990e4126dce054f45ede81487 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Factors Influencing Undergraduate Women's Educational Aspirations
… exist among the genders. Educational aspirations are influenced by students' socialization experiences. Faculty teach students about their discipline. Families influence educational pursuits. Peers serve as reinforcements or challenges to academic progress. All three groups are …
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Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa: Realising Māori Aspirations
Indigenous psychology in Aotearoa positions the aspirations of Māori as central. The aim of this thesis is to describe and contribute to the development of a psychological discipline which is relevant and of benefit for Māori communities. Part One sets the scene in Aotearoa, examining the …
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English Learner Course Scheduling: Practice, Implications, and Aspirations
<p>Educating English learners (ELs) is a complex, multifaceted job that takes into account numerous constructs, some tangible and others not. For this endeavor to work optimally, all parties need to work closely and rely on each other with the end result in mind: offering a quality and equitable …
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Emerging Adult Career Pathways: Understanding Aspirations and Switching
… majors and occupations compared to later career aspirations using data from Wave 4 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NSYR). The results indicate that most emerging adults in the sample who are in their mid-to-late twenties intend to switch careers. However, women are less likely to …
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Professional Aspirations of Student Teachers in Home Economics
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The Aspirations Formation of Disadvantaged Jamaican Male Youths
This study examined the aspirations formation of disadvantaged Jamaican male youths. The design of the study was a Type 3 holistic design which considered the global nature of multiple cases, and focused on the impact of work, family, school, peers and siblings on subjects1 aspirations. Six case …
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Examining the Influence of Negative Labeling on Educational Aspirations
… placed upon youth that could inhibit future aspirations more so than the delinquent acts themselves. Using data from the National Youth Survey, this study examines the influence of negative labeling by significant others on educational aspirations among youth with varying levels of …
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The Expansionistic Aspirations Of The People's Republic Of China
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has undertaken and aggressive military modernization program in Asia over the past decade. Although the PRC claims that its development is peaceful, the PRC's growing economy, fierce territorial claims, and strategic deception are allowing the PRC to use its …
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Entrepreneurship and environments: start-ups, growth aspirations, and exit
… the second study looks at entrepreneurs’ growth aspirations in China. The results suggest that there is a positive relationship between attitude and growth aspirations and that people who perceive a greater sense of control over the outcomes of their actions are more likely to possess growth …
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Career commitment, aspirations, and expectations of Black college students
… level and race-traditionality of career aspirations and expectations. Three sets of predictors were examined: (a) demographic variables (sex, parents' education, socioeconomic level and race-traditionality of parents' occupations, family income, community size, marital status, and …
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Organizational Performance Relative to Aspirations: Exogenous Roots of Performance Feedback
… making with respect to performance relative to aspirations and the role of external coalition members and reciprocal internal organizational responses. In doing so, it contributes to the behavioral theory of the firm literature. While most behavioral theory of the firm studies focus mainly on …
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The academic middle manager in higher education : perceptions and aspirations
… in higher education institutions and the aspirations of academics to move to a management position. Taking a grounded theory approach to the design of the study and the analysis of the findings, 26 middle managers from three 'post 1992' universities in England were interviewed in depth …
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Educational and Career Aspirations and Expectations of Selected Jamaican Students
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Old masters and aspirations : the Randlords, art and South Africa
… rest of their lives. By the mid-1890s, as their aspirations became increasingly pronounced, the term 'Randlords' was coined in the London press to describe them. In this study, I have used this collective term in reference to the men who took part in the rough-and-tumble scramble for gold and …
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Sex Role Expectations in Children's Vocational Aspirations and Perceptions of Occupations
… held sex role expectations in their vocational aspirations and perceptions of occupations. In addition, the differences in responses between boys and girls; between preschool, lower elementary, and upper elementary school children; and between children attending schools in two neighborhoods--one …
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