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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"Degree-Completion"”.
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Student-College Match and Bachelor's Degree Completion
… and explores its relationship with bachelor’s degree completion. This study differentiates itself from existing undermatch studies by examining alternative student-college match scenarios – including undermatch, match, and overmatch and examining the phenomena’s relationship with a student …
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USMC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATION SNCO DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM ACCOUNTING DEGREE
… of the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Degree Program (SNCODP), specifically the baccalaureate degree in accounting, improve the Marine Corps capability to achieve an unmodified audit opinion? Our methodology consisted of a task comparison, a capabilities comparison, and a cost benefit …
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Degree Completion Among College Students and Astin's Student Typology Framework
Degree completion is an issue for stakeholders and others concerned with higher education (Astin, 1997; Braxton, 2000; Porter & National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities, 1990; Selingo, 2001). The research on degree completion in American higher education is extensive. Studies …
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Finishing on-time: A qualitative examination of contributors to timely undergraduate degree completion
… that contributed to on-time undergraduate degree completion. On-time degree completion requires that a student complete all the requirements of their degree within 4.5 years or less. A grounded theory methodology was used to conduct the study. Narrative data was collected through …
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Examining Predictors of Professional Master Degree Completion at a Highly Diverse Research Institution
… students comprise over 81% of the graduate degrees awarded in the United States, but limited research focuses on master programs; most research has instead focused on baccalaureate or doctoral degree completion. Consequently, there are major gaps in knowledge about the demographic and …
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Teaching/ Learning Experiences: Meanings Constructed by Participants ini a Degree Completion Program for Adult Students
… learners in one cohort of a non-traditional degree completion program were interviewed as to their understanding of what was occurring in class, what they were learning, and what aspects of their experience were important to them. Three specific course modules of this program were used as the …
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Mentoring to Degree Completion: Examining the Influence of Race and Mentorship on Black Students' Doctoral Experience
… sixty percent of doctoral students leaving their degree programs without earning the degree. Of particular concern is the disparity between Black graduate students’ attrition rates and their peers. Less than half of Black doctoral students earn their degree within ten years. To address this …
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Exploring how Pell Grant recipients navigate to degree completion at a selective four-year private university
Supporting bachelor’s degree completion for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds has been a focus for a number of selective four-year colleges and universities. Bachelor’s degree completion rates for recipients of federal Pell Grant funds have been reported by the National Center for …
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The Four-Year College Pipeline and Factors Related to Bachelor's Degree Completion for High School Graduates
… school graduation through college enrollment and completion. Much of the existing research frames high school dropout, college access, and college completion as separate phenomena; few studies examine individuals' transitions across these points. Thinking about these events as related pieces of a …
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Measures of Student Engagement as Predictors of Grade Point Average (GPA) and Degree Completion at Andrews University
… discourse questioning value of an undergraduate degree, and declining enrollment, institutions of higher education are under increasing pressure to provide stakeholders and potential students with measures of accountability and student success. These pressures renew the need to leverage student …
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The adult degree completion program among three selected historically black colleges and universities in the United States
… impact of a nontraditional baccalaureate degree program. Data were collected through self-reports of graduates from three predominantly black colleges in the United States. Surveys were mailed to a total of 272 May, 1991 through May, 1994 graduates in Organizational Management from Edward …
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The relationship between financial aid and on-time degree completion for accounting students at a South African university
… little is known about its effect on ‘on-time' degree completion. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate to what extent financial aid affected the likelihood of on-time graduation as a function of selected student input and higher educational factors for students' success in studying …
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What Factors Support Degree Completion For African American Women Students At A Land-Grant Historically Black College University (HBCU)?
… research conducted on African American women degree completion who attend a land-grant HBCU. This study investigated key factors that assisted 9 African American women and promoted their degree attainment. My research utilized the ethnography framework to observe a specific culture group, …
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The Significance of Interactions: Understanding Gender, Ethnicity/race, and Socioeconomic Status as Related to the Likelihood of Bachelor’s Degree Completion
… exponentially since 1970, access to a bachelor’s degree has not grown as swiftly. National data highlight improvements in the aggregate, but disguise important disparities in completion across groups. Specifically, these data mask inequality in bachelor’s degree attainment across and within groups …
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An Event History Analysis on the Effects of Academic Integration Factors on Degree Completion of Low-Income Underrepresented Minority Students
… academic integration factors that contribute to degree completion of low income, underrepresented minority community college students over the course of seven years. In order to identify the temporal aspect of academic factors associated with degree completion and withdrawal, this study utilized …
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Goals and Objectives of Successful Adult-Degree-Completion Students in the School of Continuing Studies at East Tennessee State University.
… goals and objectives of successful adult-degree completers in 4 baccalaureate-degree programs at East Tennessee State University. Although there has been much written about adult motivation to re-enter formal education, there have been few studies of adult students' goals as they entered …
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Blood, Sweat and Tears: Insights into the Lived Experiences of Graduates of an Accelerated Undergraduate Degree-Completion Program, A Phenomenological Study
… more options for completing their bachelor‘s degrees. Accelerated degree-completion programs emerged in the 1970s and have gained popularity over the years. These programs are an option for adults to complete their studies without disrupting their schedules. The purpose of this research study …
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An application of investment theory of community college transfer students to understand bachelor degree completion and the role of articulation agreement
… purpose of this study was to examine bachelor degree persistence of community college transfer students, utilizing investment theory as the conceptual framework for examination and further explore the role of articulation agreements. The goal of investment theory is to understand commitment to, …
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The assessment of student learning outcomes in management and business-related adult accelerated degree completion programs in the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities
… by administrators in adult accelerated degree completion programs (AADCPs) in management and business-related majors within the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The study was descriptive in nature; it described the various methods employed by administrators to …
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Mentoring Latinx Students through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies at a Predominately White Institution
… However, an alarmingly low number complete their degrees. Institutional barriers such as racism, language discrimination, cultural conflict, privilege of citizenship, and lack of role models present challenges to degree completion for Latinx students. One important yet understudied mechanism of …
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