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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Higher education enrollment"”.
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Geography: Its Place in Higher Education Enrollment
… presents previously underutilized strategies for higher education recruiting methods. In addition, the incorporation of a Hierarchical Bayesian model will effectively model influential enrollment factors, which successful students possess. Hierarchical Bayesian models use the prior distribution, …
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Higher education enrollment patterns by school district characteristics: An analysis of relationships between student educational contexts and postsecondary enrollment
… students is an ongoing priority for states and higher education institutions, but the educational and community contexts informing student enrollment decisions needs to be better understood. This study used 2016-2017 K-12 district characteristics and postsecondary enrollment outcomes for 766 …
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Navigating college pathways : an intentional approach for youth mentoring organizations to serve as agents of empowerment to increase higher education enrollment for African American students
… opportunity to become architects of intentional educational empowerment and college pathways for African American students. The objective of the research was to identify strategies implemented by youth mentoring organizations to empower African American students aged 14-18 in their pursuit of …
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Living in Franklin Square: an exploration of black culture
… why blacks continue to be underrepresented in higher education enrollment; however, none of these studies provides a full explanation. Ogbu (1969, 1978, 1985), who has given the fullest explanation of black underachievement for students at the primary and secondary levels, suggests that his …
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Understanding the decision to enroll in graduate business programs: influence of sociological and economic factors and gender
… well as social and cultural capital variables on enrollment in business master's degree programs and differences of associations by gender and race/ethnicity. Data from the 2008/2012 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B: 08/12) of those who completed a bachelor's degree in 2007-2008 …
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Voices of persistence: a case study analysis of African American male community college students participating in a first-year learning community
Higher education scholars continue to investigate the factors and forces that impede enrollment and persistence of African American male students (Cuyjet, 1997, 2006: Harper, 2004, 2006a; Pope, 2006; Bush & Bush, 2010; Strayhorn, 2012). While research into the deficits of these male college …
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Enrollment Management in Higher Education: From Theory to Practice
This study investigated enrollment management practices found in higher education. The research identified enrollment management and retention practices described in the higher education literature. These suggested practices were incorporated into a sixty-six question survey that was distributed to …
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UNDERSTANDING WHY INTERNATIONAL STUDENT APPLICANTS CHOOSE A PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION
<p>The purpose of <em>Understanding Why International Student Applicants Choose a Public Four-Year Institution </em>was to apply a mixed-methods research approach to California State University, San Bernardino’s (CSUSB) international student population to better understand the factors associated …