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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"College choice process"”.
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Understanding the College Choice Process of Catholic Homeschooled Students
… how Catholic homeschooled students navigate the college choice process. With the growth of homeschooling in the United States nearly doubling in the past eight years (Cogan, 2010), this study explored a segment of this growing population to give researchers and practitioners a deeper …
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Where to Play?: How Student-Athletes Perceive the College Choice Process
… to other institutions, yet they made their college choice decision based on multiple factors. The data revealed that although student-athletes undergo a similar process as non-athletes, their experience in many ways was different due to the additional factors they have to consider. As …
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Factors that Influence the College Choice Process for African American Students
… that may influence these success rates is the college selection process. That is, if there are different types of African American students attending PWIs versus HBIs, those differences may account for some of the differences in success rates at the two types of schools. It would seem that …
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A study investigating the college choice process of selected freshmen minority undergraduate students at Rowan University
… purpose of the study was to investigate the college choice process of selected freshmen minority undergraduate students at Rowan University. Convenience sampling was used to select 66 minority freshmen undergraduate students. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 29 items. …
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The Dissipation of Urban High School Students' Post-Secondary Educational Aspirations and Career Planning During the College Choice Process
<p>Given the gap in the college choice literature about the decision-making process students use when making a decision on whether or not to attend college (McDonough & Calderone, 2010), the purpose of this study was to explore urban high school students’ perceptions of the structural factors that …
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How Navy and Marine Corps Veterans Make Meaning of the College Choice Process in the Post-9/11 GI Bill Era
… period there has been a shift in the types of college and universities veterans attend, as well as the educational models they select. These shifts are different than the general population of students. This period also included a spike in questionable recruiting practices by some colleges. In …
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A family affair: African immigrant families conceptualizing and navigating college choice
… how 1.5- and second-generation African immigrant college going students and their first-generation immigrant parents conceptualize and navigate the college choice process. The primary framework utilized for this study was Hossler and Gallagher's (1987) combined model of college choice, with funds …
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Prestige vs Practicality: Transition of Dual Enrollment Secondary Students to Post-Secondary Options: A Case Study
… the perceptions of support during the college choice process of former CTE dual-enrollment students at one technical college campus. In addition, it examined the types of support participants received as they progressed through the three-stage college choice process (predisposition, …
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The Factors that Influence the College Choice of Hispanic College Students
… of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in college have increased, that growth has not been proportionate to the changing numbers in the United States' population. For example, in 1990 the census reported over 22 million Hispanics in the U.S., or 9% of the total population, yet the 724,600 …
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Reimagining the Polynesian Pipeline Phenomenon: An Intersectionality of Race & Athletics in the College-Going Decisions of Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander High School Student-Athletes
… 2014; Vainuku and Cohn, 2015). However, the college graduation rates of NHOPIs remain comparable to those of other minoritized communities. Utilizing an adapted conceptual framework of college access (Ogbu, 1990; Tierney and Venegas, 2009) which argues that college-going decisions are …
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Why Not Community College as a Pathway to a Degree
… X parents are motivating their Gen Z students' college choice not to attend community college. The few studies that focused on parent involvement in choosing a community college did not focus on the generational differences between parents and their children when it came to college choice, they …
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Shoot the Messenger or Change the Message: What are African American Men Learning About Choosing College?
… twelve African American men that influenced the choice to participate in postsecondary education. This qualitative study used a phenomenology framework to determine 1) the formation of predisposition in the college choice process, 2) the messages received about college from influential people, …
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The Locus of Preparation and Privilege: College Choice and Social Reproduction
… qualified to succeed at a highly selective college or university, but who come from low income families. Such variations in enrollment at highly selective colleges and universities aligned with family income and not academic merit raise important social justice and institutional policy …
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Determining agriculture students' motivations for choosing a college
… study of the motivations in the college choice process of high school juniors and seniors enrolled in agriculture classes at three central Illinois schools. A total of 78 students were given surveys out of a total sample size of 81 potential participants. The results showed that …
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High school counselors’ knowledge and perspectives related to supporting undocumented students to navigate post-secondary options
… school students to support their transition to college. This study relied on the theoretical frameworks of Perna’s Model of College Choice (2006) and Stanton-Salazar’s concept of Institutional Agents. Using this combined framework, the researcher was able to analyze the role that high school …
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Rethinking Counseling for College: High School Counselors' Perceptions of Community and Technical Colleges
… 62% of high school graduates enroll in college, almost half of these students do not return for their second year in school. This demonstratable gap in college interest and reaching actual goals speaks to a need for information on how to facilitate the precollege guidance process to …
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African American Males and Academic Achievement: Understanding the Challenges of Transitioning From High School to Higher Education
… from</p> <p>kindergarten and continuing through college enrollment and completion. The study</p> <p>explores African American males and the challenges they face making the</p> <p>transition from high school to higher education. The study used quantitative survey</p> <p>(s) and an African American …
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A Simulation Model of the Effect of Admissions Testing Policy on How Students Sort to Colleges
… students are underrepresented at selective colleges. Most evaluative criteria used by admissions officers are correlated with income, including test scores and performance in high school. Inspired in part by the current state of the use of testing in college admissions, this study examines …
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Making the college choice: a phenomenological study of high-ability engineering students of color
… and better understand the decision-making process and the factors high-ability students of color use in choosing a college at which to study engineering. Hossler and Gallagher's (1987) 3-phase model on college choice was explored to understand how the participants' college selection …
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