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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Collegiate Experience"”.
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Employment Preparedness Through the Collegiate Experience
… is more than the culmination of an educational experience today; studies indicate that two-thirds of jobs require a postsecondary education or specialized training beyond high school. College graduates expect their studies to provide the necessary training to enable them to be successful in the …
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From High School to College: Factors Shaping the Collegiate Experience
… college students' Social readiness for the collegiate experience. The study made use of a qualitative approach and a narrative research design that used focus group interviews. The seven focus group interviews were conducted at four sites across the Southern and Midwest United States, …
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The Impact of Retention Efforts on the Collegiate Experience of Students of Color at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI)
… the Minority Orientation Program affects the collegiate experience for students of color in several ways. Positive influences in student acclimation were connected to the program environment, support from professional members, outstanding leadership from upperclass student leaders and a deep …
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A Review of Literature on the College Experience of Students Employed in Campus Recreation Programs
… work in Campus Recreation in relation to their collegiate experience and level of job satisfaction. There has been plenty of research conducted on students in regards to the collegiate experience or job satisfaction, but not together. Selected by strict criteria, eleven accredited scholarly …
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Black Women's Literary Mixtape: Our Self-Defined Experiences of Student Success
… the definition of success and what a successful collegiate experience looks like. This research study, grounded in Black Feminist Thought, and the Conceptual Model of Black Women College Student Success, uses sista circle methodology to explore how 3rd and 4th-year Black college women at …
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Transgender in College: Engaging Marginalized Collegiate Students
… this community, and reviewing the transgender collegiate experience. These cumulative aspects of the transgender experience will prove the need for specific policies and practices for these students on college campuses. In response to this foundation, this thesis outlines examples of needed …
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A Detailed Investigation of the Group Exercise Experience from the Participant Perspective
… undergraduate students' perceptions of their experience participating in group exercise. The study was designed to narrow the focus of previous studies on campus recreation by focusing specifically on group exercise. Further, qualitative methods were employed to better understand participants' …
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A Pictorial History of the Drury College Student: The First Fifty Years
… in Springfield, Missouri, provided a unique experience for their undergraduate students. A limited amount of research has been conducted on the institution but no work has been done to specifically look at the undergraduate student experience. Using archival research methods and information …
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The Ripple Effect: the Implications of Shootings At Institutions of Higher Education
… safe, as well as maintaining the appeal of a collegiate experience.</p>
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An examination of the perceived factors of internship programs that lead students to remain with an organization after completing an internship
… career readiness skills, gaining first-hand experience in the workplace, and bridging the transition from academia to the world of work. As illustrated by the elevated number of college graduates reporting an internship experience upon graduation, internships are becoming a high-impact …
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Mentoring Experiences of Undergraduate Black Males: A Case Study of Their Journeys, Access, and Participation
… study documents the mentoring relationships and collegiate experiences of eight undergraduate Black males as well as their self-reported participation and access to mentoring. The main research question guiding the study was: What are the mentoring relationships and collegiate experiences of …
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You Are in the World: Catholic Campus Life at Loyola University Chicago, Mundelein College, and De Paul University, 1924-1950
… schools, initially known as the Chicago Intercollegiate Conference on Religious Activities (CISCORA). Under Vatican pressure to reaffirm the bishop's catechetical role, six years later Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Bernard Sheil adopted the federation--renamed Chicago Inter-Student Catholic Action …
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African American Undergraduate Students' Experiences in Residential Learning Communities at a Predominantly White Institution
… and a questionnaire - to explore students' experiences in six academically-tied residential learning communities. Thirty-two current and former members participated in individual interviews. Sixteen full-time male and sixteen female students include twenty-two freshmen, four sophomores, four …
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They Who Persist: A Longitudinal Quantitative Case Study of a University Student Cohort
… factors; as well as select qualities of the collegiate experience influenced the year-to-year persistence of these freshmen over a five-year period. In addition, the study also examined the extent to which the importance of these factors varied as students progressed through their studies to …
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Culture, surprise, and adaptation: Examining undergraduate students’ matriculation processes
… were to (a) explore undergraduate students’ experiences as they transitioned to the university, (b) explore how the cultures of students’ hometowns influenced student culture at the university, and (c) provide a conceptual model which has analytical generalizability across higher …
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Intersectionality: A critical qualitative exploration of the experiences of LGBTQ persons with disabilities at the collegiate level
… needs of LGBTQ persons with disabilities at the collegiate level. The purpose of this research was to capture the lived experiences of LGBTQ persons with disabilities who were enrolled at postsecondary institutions throughout the United States. Currently, only a few studies have focused on these …
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City Sons: How First-Generation College-Going African American Males Attending College in and around Their City of Origin Transition to and Persist within Post-Secondary Education
… intersecting identities play a role in the collegiate experience, and the importance of engaging in campus life to form strong support networks and succeed academically. The young men of this study faced myriad challenges in the journey towards a college degree. From complex family …
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Defining and Achieving University Student Success: Faculty and Student Perceptions
… balanced and represented a fairly wide range of collegiate experiences. Faculty and students have demonstrated through this study that they are quite valuable as a resource to consult when conducting needs assessments or developing student interventions. Many of the solutions that were suggested, …
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Technology supported learning and teaching within the context of higher education in a 21st century society
… leaders. The changing nature of students, the collegiate experience, learning, teaching, and outcomes assessment all have substantive implications for altering educational practice. The information age has encouraged the ubiquity of a seemingly endless supply of information that is there just …
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