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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"College graduation"”.
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The impact of the Illinois Promise Grant on college graduation
… the Illinois Promise grant on four and five-year graduation rates. As a loan replacement or last-dollar grant, Illinois Promise covers the difference between other grants and scholarships and educational costs for low-income students for up to four years at the University of Illinois at …
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College Graduation Rates of Hispanic Students: A Review of the Literature
… review examines what factors cause Hispanic college students to drop out before completing their bachelor's degrees. Factors include the type of college attended, financial aid, attending college part-time, enrolling in college later in life, stopping-out, taking a gap year, parents' …
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Investigating the economic returns from college graduation for re-entry women
… concerned with whether or not returning to college and acquiring a degree will result in increased earnings. While sufficient evidence exists to show that earnings increase as years of education increase, this study concluded that this may not hold true for re-entry women. As a result of …
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Educational attainment in second generation immigrants : creating context for predicting college graduation.
… predicting educational attainment. Second, while college graduation will serve as a measure for educational attainment, high school grade point average will also be evaluated as a preceding variable to predicting college graduation. Lastly, a greater investigation of the influence of children's …
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The impact of college graduation on the next generation: A path analytic model.
The impact of college graduation on the next generation: A path analytic model.
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The Impact of State Characteristics on College Graduation Rates at Land-Grant Institutions
… competitive edge in a global marketplace. Thus, college participation and completion have emerged as the gateway to survival and growth for individuals, states, and the nation, making college completion rates a top priority. Stakeholders have begun to equate graduation rates with institutional …
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Predicting College Graduation: Are Admissions Test Scores and High School Performance Measures Adequate
… likely graduate. I found the best predictors of college graduation are the number of terms enrolled and the mean hours earned per term, not the grades earned, though cumulative grades are the third best predictor. The results varied somewhat by race/ethnic group. Also important to success are …
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Poverty and the public school system: Student persistence from elementary school to college graduation
… that at-risk youth employ to graduate from college. More specifically, this study described, analyzed, and interpreted the experiences of people who formerly lived in chronic poverty and graduated from college using resilience as a framework. Using a phenomenological approach, I interviewed …
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Disparities in College Graduation Rates for African American and Latinx Students at a Small Midwestern College: A Case Study
… that lead to the disproportionality of the graduation rates of African American and Latinx students at College X. This qualitative case study utilized interviews with faculty, staff, and administrators, document analysis, and site observations to study a small Midwestern college, College X. …
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Graduation rates: a comparison of college graduation success rates of dual enrollment versus non-dual enrollment students in the community college
… to offer students academic opportunities and college access, along with the potential to decrease the amount of time it takes to complete a college degree and to lower the cost of college. This study was a comparison of college success rates for dual enrolled and non-dual enrolled students at …
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LOCUS OF CONTROL AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: INTEGRATING SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY AND EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY
… examines predictors of math achievement and college graduation by integrating social learning theory and expectancy-value theory. Data came from a nationally-representative longitudinal database tracking 12,144 students over twelve years from 8th grade forward. Models for math achievement and …
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The Contributions of the Unwanted
… specifically the process of persisting through college graduation and their contributions to society post graduation. This study employed qualitative data methods to explore undocumented students' collegiate experiences. Twenty-one in-depth interviews were conducted. A concept modeling approach …
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The Female Occupational Selection Process: Atypicality of Occupational Choice
… Since sex segregation is most prevalent among college graduates, a sample of female college graduates would provide an excellent opportunity for studying female success in male occupations. The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) longitudinal study of 1961 college graduates provides a …
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Decoding minority student retention: An investigation of student experiences and institutional characteristics
… Hispanic students from their first year through graduation at colleges and universities in the United States. Other studies have investigated the experiences of minority college students (Massey et al. 2006, Steele 1999, and Bowen and Bok 1998) and have focused primarily on student experiences. …
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Essays on the Economic Well-Being of Women
… /></strong></p> <p><strong>1. The Effect of College Distance on Economic Opportunity for Low-Income Youth</strong></p> <p><strong></strong> This chapter studies the impact of one obstacle to college completion among low-income youth: geographic distance to the nearest four-year public …
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES’ PERSPECTIVE ON PERSISTENCE DURING THEIR SECOND YEAR AT AN HBCU
The college graduation rates for African-Americans, as compared to other ethnic cohorts, remains at a continuous low level. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2014), 1,602,480 baccalaureate degrees were conferred nationwide to college students during 2009-2010. The purpose …
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Modern Change at Charter Schools: New Evidence from the Noble Charter Network
… impacts on high school standardized testing and college enrollment, positioning charter schools at the forefront of educational economics research and policy. The Noble Charter Network, part of the Chicago Public School (CPS) system, is one such notable network. However, current literature on …
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Developmental Education: Resilience and Academic Success in Rural Appalachian Students
… higher education as more students annually enter college underprepared for entry level college coursework. Underpreparedness is a pervasive concern in higher education. Community colleges in particular are the primary means of shepherding developmental education. Academic underpreparedness is just …
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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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Getting Off Track: Roanoke, Altoona and the Derailment of Norfolk Southern
… rates, median household income, high school and college graduation rates and poverty rates. I attempt a research design such that community leaders whose cities suffer similar economic blows can walk away with recommendations concerning their roles in recovery. Both cities relied greatly on the …
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