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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"College life"”.
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Navigating College Life: College Transition Experiences and Persistence of Minority Immigrant Students
… in most cases students considered the cost of college education, geographic location, and college quality as the determining factors in university selection. During the first year of college, the students had to (a) overcome linguistic minority status, (b) negotiate parental expectations and …
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The relationship between college life and successful student teaching in homemaking in Colorado
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The moderating influence of personality on combat veterans transitioning into civilian college life
Combat veterans returning to a civilian lifestyle are assisted in many ways during their transition. These services are not only demonstrations of patriotic support, but are typically intended to aid veterans with their transition. The transition for combat veterans is, in many ways, completely …
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Cannabis Sleep Aid Use in Daily College Life: An Intensive Longitudinal Assessment Approach
<p>Objective: Emerging evidence suggests that college cannabis sleep aid use may increase vulnerability to diurnal impairment, despite proximal sleep-related benefits. In contrast, relatively little is known about proximal precipitants of cannabis sleep aid use in daily college life. The …
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A University Course to Facilitate the Transition Into, Through, and Beyond College Life
… athletes face as they transition into college and create a mandatory course to assist them through their transition into California Polytechnic State University. This project led to the creation of an academic course that will be offered at California Polytechnic State University in the …
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Relationships Among Predictors of Collegiate Performance, Introduction to College Life Courses, and Measures of Academic Success
… equation designed to predict cumulative college grade point average. The analyses included both traditional and non-traditional predictor variables. These variables included ACT composite scores, ACT math scores, ACT reading scores, high school GPA, high school percentile rank, …
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A cross-discipline study in the school of health and education: examining interpersonal conflict in college life through collective cultural lens
… examines interpersonal conflict management by college students through the integrative lens of health and education, with a particular focus on students’ perceptions of conflict in their college life. As an insider-researcher, my deep involvement with the students’ college life experiences has …
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Understanding First-Generation Hispanic Student Experiences With Community College Campus Resources
<p>Community colleges serve as an essential gateway to higher education for Hispanics. Although first-generation Hispanic (FGHC) students continue to enroll in community colleges, there is limited research to explain their experiences using campus resources. This study’s purpose was to contribute …
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Factors that influence adjustment to postsecondary institutions as perceived by students with learning disabilities in Virginia
… In previous studies the perspectives of college faculty and staff have been explored regarding services for LD students, but few have investigated the perspectives of the students themselves. Therefore, more information is needed about what postsecondary students consider helpful as they …
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The Relationship Between Freshman Entrance Examination Scores and Academic Success in the Curriculum of Central Washington College of Education
… Freshman Entrance Examinations employed at this college and subsequent success in the academic aspect of college life.
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"Examining the Effect of Academic ""Mismatch"" and Campus Racial Composition on College Students' Early Attrition"
… students' retention at the early stage of their college life, both through shifting these students to higher-rank institutions and through increasing minority students' enrollment in the student body. The evidence calls for the continuation of considering race in admission to reduce social …
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A study of undergraduate drinking behavior, attitudes, and membership in Greek letter social organizations
Alcohol is a part of college life for many students. Numerous studies have shown the prevalence of alcohol use by undergraduates. Fewer studies have focused on the use of alcohol by members of fraternities and sororities. There are no studies presently available which explore the motivations for …
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Minority and Non -Minority Students With Disabilities in Higher Education: Are Current University Policies Meeting Their Needs
… quite differently and have a very dissimilar college life compared to ""traditional"" students without disabilities. In addition, students with physical disabilities require different accommodations in order for learning to take place. Likewise, minority students also face many of these same …
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A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Effect of Freshman Seminars on Student Attrition at Four Year Colleges and Universities
… seminars are designed to ease students into college life and provide them with skills to cope socially and academically, thereby paving the way for institutional integration and, ultimately, degree completion. Researchers at a number of institutions have evaluated the effectiveness of the …
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Media Influence On Young Adults Sexual Attitudes And Behaviors
… of attitudes, before they were influenced by college life. In addition to examining the effects of television viewing, the researcher looked at the effects of exposure to other media that may contain sexual content, such as magazines, Internet, DVD's, video games, and music. The study did not …
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Supporting students with Asperger Syndrome in higher education
… with AS and other disabilities adjust to college life and learn skills that will also help them be successful in the future.
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The Creighton Student-Worker: A Study of Fifty Students Who are Working their Way Through the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences
… (1), whether or not working while attending college was a handicap to scholastic attainment, (2), whether or not it impaired the student's health, and (3), whether this self help prevented the student from enjoying a normal college life. Briefly, the writer's objective is to answer the …
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Leveraging large-scale educational data to examine the freshman experience using machine learning and causal inference methods
… enrollment decision prior to starting their college education and their first year on campus as they adjust to college life and push towards graduation. In all, this work demonstrates how academic institutions can apply data-centric techniques and contributes to long-standing education theory …
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Predicting Socioeconomic Success and Mental Health Outcomes for Young Adults who Dropped out of College
… population of young adults who dropped out of college. Life course theory and the theory of emerging adulthood were used to create the theoretical foundation for the studies. The first study explored how students who dropped out of college were faring during young adulthood on multiple measures …
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