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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Campus life"”.
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You Are in the World: Catholic Campus Life at Loyola University Chicago, Mundelein College, and De Paul University, 1924-1950
… hegemonic presence, not only on the Loyola Arts campus, but throughout Chicago's network of Catholic schools. By 1928 Loyola students headed a federation of 52 Chicago-area Catholic universities, colleges, and high schools, initially known as the Chicago Intercollegiate Conference on Religious …
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Re-engaging Campus Life: A Phenomenological Study on Student Well-being and Co-curricular Participation in the Post-Covid-19 Era
… institutional setting of Midwest liberal arts campuses. This document outlines the study’s conceptual foundation, research design, and qualitative procedures to describe how the post-pandemic climate influenced students' developmental pathways and their ability to participate fully in …
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Former Boy Detective
… follows its titular character as he leaves the life of sleuthing behind and attends college in search of a new identity. As he adjusts to new life on campus, making friends, entering a relationship, a student goes missing. Campus life is disrupted. Former Boy Detective must now consider whether …
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Uncertainty Reduction in Initial Interaction of Collectivist and Individualist Students
… initial interactions during their adjustment to campus life. Participants also described uncertainty reduction strategies they remembered using during their initial adjustment period and their assessment of the university's role in reducing those uncertainties. Data was thematically analyzed. …
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Finishing on-time: A qualitative examination of contributors to timely undergraduate degree completion
… should be strongly encouraged to engage in campus life by participating student clubs, organizations, and/or athletics. Participation in campus life encourages persistence and therefore supports on-time completion.
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Extending the infinite corridor : building the connection between academics and athletics
… significance of the athletic community to the campus as a whole. This thesis proposes a built extension of the Infinite Corridor in the West Campus. The extension, an elevated walkway, supports campus activities, including athletics, becoming the connection between academics and athletics. The …
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“Can’t I be Black and smart?”: Examining the experiences of Black high-achieving college women inside and outside the classroom
… representatives for their identity groups. In campus life, they were isolated and faced microaggressions from peers. Participants described their intersectional race x gender x academic identity as most salient in their experiences at college. Implications discuss strategies for creating more …
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Women in Technology: College Experiences that are Correlated with Long-Term Career Success
… technology graduates while participation in campus life was not found to be significantly correlated with such success. These findings were used to create evidence-based recommendations for degree-granting universities to improve career outcomes for their female technology graduates, which …
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Christian Liberal Arts Higher Education in Russia: A Case Study of the Russian-American Christian University
… insight into the academic, organizational, and campus life of RACU. The study led to the creation of an operational framework of the historical development of RACU. The study also provides recommendations for the development of new Christian liberal arts colleges and universities based on the …
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Social Accessibility for Students with Visual-Impairments: A Mixed-Methodological Study of Current Students at a Land-Grant and Regionally-Known University in Western Virginia
… their social integration into higher education campus life. Attending college provides numerous learning opportunities outside the classroom. The study explores the process by which students at two universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia were able to identify, navigate, and participate in …
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Social Class and Elite University Education: A Bourdieusian Analysis
… theory and have generally ignored college life and achievement. With detailed survey and institutional data of students at elite, private universities, this dissertation addresses a gap in the literature with an underexplored theoretical approach. </p> <p>First, I examine the class …
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A Pictorial History of the Drury College Student: The First Fifty Years
… in the area of their involvement and overall campus life? What according to archival images and documents, was the collegiate experience like at Drury University from 1873-1923? How were undergraduate students represented in archival images, documents, and additional resources? The findings …
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An exploration into the meaning that trans* students attach to their experiences at a South African University
… little work has considered the implications of campus life where transgender students may experience discrimination because of gender-exclusive policies and practices (residence halls, bathrooms, public inclusion, training, and support). This study sought to address this gap. Data from a …
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Utilizing Facebook to Articulate Self and Sustain Community: Experiences of Undergraduate Students on a Midwestern Campus
… It has been an integral component in campus life throughout the world since 2006, extending outside of higher education networks and into mainstream society (Moral & Sandhu, 2009). Facebook has changed the landscape of human social, political and romantic interactions. This research …
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A Case Study Analysis of Settings Approaches to Health Promotion in Higher Education
… on HEIs to embed health into all aspects of campus life and institutional culture using a settings-based, whole university lens. In the U.S., where public health efforts often emphasize individual behavior change, this approach remains underexplored and unevenly applied.</p><p dir="ltr">This …
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Differences in Perceptions of Student Experiences Between Residential and Commuter Sub-Populations in Higher Education
… enrolled collegians nationally, do not reside on campus during their tenure. </p><p>In an effort to better understand some of the contemporary student experiences and their perceptions, this study utilized NASPA Assessment and Knowledge Consortium instruments to determine whether student …
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"And then you can prove them wrong": The college experiences of students with intellectual and developmental disability labels
… participation in social and academic facets of campus life, friendship dynamics between students with and without disabilities, and the presence of support staff in students’ lives. Additionally, this dissertation foregrounds key methodological questions about how to deliver on the promise of …
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Bridging the Gap for First Generation Students (BG4FGS): An Occupation-Based Peer Mentoring Program at Dominican University of California
… demands and to integrate socially into the campus community (Prospero & Vohra-Gupta, 2007; Ramos-Sanchez & Nichols, 2007). To ease the transition to college, peer mentoring programs can assist new college students by offering guidance, one-on-one and group sessions, providing information …
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Understanding Why Women Stay: Examining Persistence Factors of Women Majoring in Science and Technology Programs in Public Ethiopian Universities Using a Mixed Methods Design
… in science and technology? 2) What aspects of campus life help women succeed in these disciplines?, and 3) How do women seek out and find institutional and social support at the various stages of their education? Postcolonial feminism and the "Circles of Progression Model" from Jama, Mapesela, …
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Dreams and disappointments: Chinese undergraduates and investment in the US writing classroom
… of linguistic fluency and as a portal into the campus mainstream, where they hoped to amass cultural knowledge they could leverage in a global and competitive job market. However, they more often through these courses came to see themselves as incapable of participating in campus life. One, for …
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