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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"College graduation rates"”.
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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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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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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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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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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
… of Norfolk Southern with regard to unemployment 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 …
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Confronting the Intra-Racial Gender Gap: A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Gender on African American Students' Perceptions of Campus Climate at a Predominantly White Institution
For the last decade, the attainment gap in college graduation rates between Black males and females has continued to grow, despite the best efforts of researchers interested in identifying both its causes and suggesting possible policy remedies. Although much of the work has focused on the search …
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Black males' perceived college readiness and college achievement after attending a charter high school : a multiple case study.
Black men had the lowest college graduation rates of any demographic at the time of this study, and those from low-income backgrounds fared much worse. The intersection of students who identity as Black and come from low socioeconomic backgrounds has a high presence in charter networks. The purpose …
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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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Academic Coaching As A Transition Model For Graduating College Students With Disabilities
… significant difference in the bachelor’s degree graduation rates of three groups of undergraduate students at a regional, public university in Kentucky. The three groups consisted of those registered with disability services, those registered with disability services who received individual …