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Showing 1 to 20 of 148 for “"College Experience"”.
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Information mismatch: what international students thought their community college experience would be like
… main information source about the community college is word of mouth from family and friends, agents, and online sources (Bodycott, 2009; Bohman, 2010; Doku, 2007; Hamrick, 2007; Jones, 2006; Lee, 2008; Ottinger, 2009; Zeszortarski, 2003). Little is known about what prospective students are …
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A Phenomenological Study Of The First Year College Experience Of First-generation Latinx Students
<p>This qualitative study explored the first-year college experience of four first-generation Latinx college students and how they made sense of that experience. The participants were all graduates of a private independent high school in a suburban community, and research was conducted through …
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The Impact of the College Experience on the Lives of Female Single-Parent Students
… qualitative data to explore the impact of the college experience on 56 single parents who had attended a tuition-driven, faith-based college during the 10-year period of 1987-1997. Responses from a mailed questionnaire and focus group narratives presented the subjects' perceptions of changes in …
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UNDERSTANDING HOW INTENTIONALLY UNPLUGGING FROM CELL PHONES SHAPES INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THE UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
… was to gain an understanding of what motivated college students—the Unplugged Students—to intentionally use their cell phones less and how they understood the impact that unplugging had on their interpersonal relationships and college experience. Nine undergraduate college students from four …
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Model Minority Mismatch: Exploring the Community College Experience and Persistence of Southeast Asian American Students
… involvement and persistence in urban community colleges of Illinois. There are large gaps in research regarding the academic struggles of Southeast Asian American students because most data concerning Asian Americans is aggregate, consolidating all experiences rather than considering each …
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A Qualitative Study of Immigration Trauma, Posttraumatic Growth, and the College Experience Among MENA Immigrant Students
… on the challenges MENA immigrant students experience without deeply exploring how these students adapt and grow. The focus in this qualitative study was to understand how MENA immigrant college students experience and make meaning of their academic journeys. Semi-structured interviews were …
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How Organizational Learning Occurs Through Academic Quality Improvement Program (Aqip) Action Projects: A Community College Experience
AQIP stimulated a sense of cohesiveness and teamwork. It helped people see how they fit into the big picture, understand colleagues' needs, appreciate the use of data in decision-making, and feel valued by the institution. The results of this study suggest that AQIP activities contribute to …
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Facilitating a Successful College Experience: Increasing Graduation Rates Using a Global Village Approach to International Student Retention
… but also in adapting to new surroundings and experiences. International student services staff must provide programs and services that meet the needs of the international student population on campus. An online survey was sent to 1913 identified international students. The survey instrument …
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Giles High School Graduates at Virginia Tech: Investigating the Relationship between Appalachian Identity and the College Experience
… between Appalachian identity and the college experience among Giles High School graduates who attend Virginia Tech. The population for this study was Giles High School graduates who attend Virginia Tech. The sample size included ten volunteers who graduated from Giles High School in …
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Perceptions of College Students Diagnosed with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia: Academic, Psychosocial, and Environmental Views of their College Experience
… and/or accommodations is steadily increasing on college campuses. Much of the research and documentation that surround the study of college students with psychiatric disorders is extremely broad in focus and tends to group all psychiatric diagnoses together when reporting outcome studies. The …
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Transcending the status quo: a communication perspective for improving health behaviors at Eastern Washington University
<p>"There is a belief known as the 'college experience;' an experience that some understand as a right of passage. This notion continues to be passed from generation to generation; what happens without our noticing is that the demands of that 'college experience' are changing. Survey results …
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A Profile of the Nontraditional College Student and Implications for Institutional Policies
… This study examined the growing number of college students outside the traditional eighteen to twenty-three year old age group often referred to as nontraditional students. For this study, nontraditional student was defined as any undergraduate student age twenty-five or older. The purpose …
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Ego Identity Development as a Mediator Between Negative Affectivity and Wellness of College Students
<p>For emerging adults, the college experience is a time for new experience that create excitement, lifelong memories, spiritual enrichment, cultural development, and success. Yet for many, the college experience presents with a series of physical, emotional, and psychological challenges, and for …
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Parent expectations of teaching and caring at different kinds of higher education institutions
Today's college students arrive at higher education institutions with parents who remain involved well beyond the admissions and financial aid processes. Many of these parents attended college themselves and have strong beliefs about what the college experience is like or should be. Some of these …
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Veterans Education: Coming Home to the Community College Classroom
… identify the needs of veterans who are community college students and to examine community college programs and services essential to meeting their needs. A qualitative case study design using interviews, observations, field notes, document reviews, a focus group, and a preinterview demographic …
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Identity Negotiation of Young Arab Muslim Women Attending College in the United States and France
… to explore how young Arab Muslim women attending college, in the United States and France, negotiate their identity vis-à-vis multiple contexts of citizenship in secular state, gender, religion, culture, and race. Sixteen interviews were conducted, eight in Paris and eight in Chicago. Using the …
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The Effectiveness of Peer Mentoring in Helping First Year Students Develop Occupational Adaptation Skills
… in helping first year, first-generation college students at Dominican University of California (DUC) adapt to university life and navigate the occupational challenges experienced during the first year of college.</p> <p><strong>Method.</strong> Sixty-seven students voluntarily completed …
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Accommodating the Ethno-cultural Differences of Students: An Analysis of Ontario Community Colleges
… interviews were used to gain insight into the experiences of students of ethnically diverse backgrounds from three Greater Toronto Area (GTA) community colleges. Additional data were collected from college websites and meetings with college student services directors to gain a broader …
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