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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Barriers to Higher Education"”.
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Access Barriers To Higher Education For Rural Community College Students
<p>The purpose for conducting the study was to examine factors related to rural low-income, first generation college students' obstacles to community college enrollment. The study examined barriers students overcame to attend college and focused on rural college students from two community colleges …
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Engaging rural students at the University of Montana through digital stories: supports and barriers to higher education
… Martinez, Pace, Pavel, Garza & Barnett, 1998; Torres, 2013). In this study, I examined factors that have been proven barriers and supports for rural students. These factors include being first-generation, financial status, geographic isolation, parents’ expectations and support, and academic …
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BARRIERS TO ATTAINING HIGHER EDUCATION AMONG SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS
… of injury-related death in the US. From 1999 to 2017, almost 218,000 people died from overdoses related to opioids. In 2017, opioid overdoses were five times higher than they were in 1999. The financial cost of substance abuse in the US is estimated at $700 billion annually. Evidence-based …
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Formerly Incarcerated Adults in Higher Education: A Life-History Study of a Restorative Approach to Prisoner Reentry
… of released prisoners lack the necessary education, work experience, and life skills to successfully reintegrate back into society.</p> <p>One alternative to the retributive model of justice used in the United States is a restorative justice strategy. A restorative approach to prisoner …
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Essays on housing, education, and inequality
According to standard economic theory, more people will obtain postsecondary education in response to the rising college wage premium. However, students from low income families remain less likely to earn a college degree than high income students, even controlling for academic preparation. My …
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Predicting New Jersey High School Proficiency Test Results in Mathematics and Language Arts Using Community Demographic Data
… Mathematics scores and school level data related to family human capital and community social capital found in the extant literature to influence student achievement on high-stakes standardized assessments. School level data included percentage of families in poverty for 12 months, percentage of …