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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Educational Aspiration"”.
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Linear Structural Equation Models for Intention and Achievement in Mathematics: A Study of Sims Student Data
… male domain, age, self-concept of ability, educational aspiration, emphasis on memorizing, taking more math classes, and achievement. Two models were suggested to investigate (a) students' intention to do well in mathematics, and (b) achievement in mathematics. The result of the first model …
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Financial aid and the college enrollment decision: a causal model
… academic ability, academic performance, and educational aspiration. The endogenous variables in the model were: high school program, encouragement for college attendance, cost of the postsecondary institution, size of the postsecondary institution, and student aid both in the form of grant …
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The retention status of students enrolled in academic and vocational curricula in two-year colleges
… race, high school program, high school grades, educational aspiration, curricular type, enrollment status, and entry status. Ability, socioeconomic status, sex, high school program, high school grades, and entry status were related to retention status in a positive direction. Race, curricular …
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Measuring the educational attainment of proprietary students: an assessment of equal opportunity from national data
… schools' contribution to the equality of educational opportunity in the postsecondary educational system. Two compatible databases, the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) and High School and Beyond (HSB), were used to draw two parallel proprietary samples. …
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College choice and African American males: A case study exploring the intersection of family, school, and society on the college choice decision-making process
… African American males develop and nurture their aspiration to enroll in college? (b) In what ways, do family members influence the college choice decision-making process of African American males who are first-generation college students? (c) How do peers influence the college choice …
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Black and White Adolescents' Aspirations and Achievement in Mathematics: A Regional Comparison
Research on the comparison of educational aspirations among Black and White students has produced conflicting results. Some studies at the national level have shown that the level of educational aspirations for college between these two groups is similar, while other studies at the state, regional, …
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A study of high-achieving transfers from twenty-three Virginia community colleges to Virginia Tech
… faces increased demands from the legislators for educational accountability and the critics who question the two-year college’s ability to maintain the quality of its transfer function at the same time that it provides vocational, community, and developmental education. Among the issues in the …
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A thematic plan to promote college and career aspirations for low socioeconomic status students
… Just as important is the development of the educational aspirations of low socioeconomic status (SES) students; this is called the predisposition stage (Brown v. the Board of Education, 1954; Perna & Swail, 2001; Walpole, 2003; Wilt, 2006). While much has been written on the subject of higher …
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Understanding Racial Differences In Aspiration Realization: Middle Income, Middle Class, And College-Going Behaviors
… college is not lower than whites; rather their aspirations are higher than those of whites. Because there is such disparity between African American's educational aspirations and attainment, further investigation into this paradox is necessary. Literature shows that membership in the middle …