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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Pell Grant"”.
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Exploring how Pell Grant recipients navigate to degree completion at a selective four-year private university
… completion rates for recipients of federal Pell Grant funds have been reported by the National Center for Education Statistics for a decade. Statistical data reported fewer Pell Grant recipients have earned a bachelor’s degree in comparison to non Pell students at a number of four-year …
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Evaluation of a Conceptual Model of Student Retention at a Public Urban Commuter University
… of Employment, receiving (or not receiving) a Pell Grant Award and Financial Concerns. Structural equation modeling techniques were utilized to simultaneously assess the quality of the theoretical construct known as Deep Learning and to test the hypothesized causal paths linking the engagement …
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Essays on Charitable Organizations and Public Policy
… their donors. Chapter 3 estimates the impact of Pell Grant aid on student attainment and borrowing.
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Social disorganization theory and crime rates on California community college campuses
… receiving general financial aid in the form of Pell Grants demonstrated a strong relationship with an increase in both personal and property crimes. Additionally, an increase in the ratio of part-time to full-time faculty members demonstrated an increase in property crime on campus. The findings …
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Mobile device acceptance in nursing education
… (FGCS), English as a second language (ESL), Pell grant eligible, recipient of welfare/public housing, and ethnic minority. The study also tested moderating effects between demographic variables and MDA constructs.</p> <p>The study sample included 327 nursing students from two BSN programs who …
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Motivational Factors Underlying College Students' Decisions to Resume Their Educational Pursuits in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
… variables including, sex, residence status, Pell Grant status, campus housing status, college grade point average, attendance before Hurricane Katrina, and having parents or another close relative attend SUNO were used to predict educational aspirations, campus environment, and financial aid …
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Building a Model to Test the Relationship Between Higher Education Spending and Student Debt
… found that the number of students receiving the Pell grant, the percent of students that identify as Hispanic and the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) students were statistically significant regarding their student loan use. The percent of students receiving the Pell grant within an …
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Exploring The Impact Of A Targeted Support Program For Underrepresented Minority Students At A Predominantly White Regional Institution
… included race and ethnicity, gender, residency, Pell Grant eligibility, first-generation student status, parental education level, high school grade point average, and ACT composite score. Collegiate covariates included Rodney Gross scholar program participation, NOVA program participation, …
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The Efficacy of Residential Learning Communities on First Generation, First-Year College Students' Success at a Rural Regional University
… differences. When controlling for gender, race, Pell Grant eligibility, high school GPA, and composite ACT scores, results showed participation in residential learning communities did not make a significant difference in the fall-to-fall retention rates or the EKU GPA of first-generation …
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Factors Associated with First-Year Student Retention in Higher Education: A Quantitative Analysis of Student Confidence and Use of Support Services on Persistence and Success
… key demographic variables such as gender, race, Pell Grant eligibility, and first-generation status that impact retention. The findings revealed that Standard Admit students had higher retention rates than Success First students, while student check-ins at the SSC were not significantly …
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Investigations Of The Impostor Phenomenon Among Female First-Generation College Students And A Research University
… a high school education, or receipt a Federal Pell Grant. Bivariate (Pearson) correlations found no differences between IP feelings and time in college, nor between IP feelings and grade point average. Although no differences were found between the varying demographic characteristics, the …
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Through the Wire: Examining the Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Students in Prison Education Programs and the Wraparound Services Needed to Support Their Success
… expanding equitable PEP access, restoring Pell grant funding, and strengthening collaborations between higher education and correctional systems. Future research should examine other marginalized groups, assess long-term reentry outcomes, and investigate institutional support for PEP …
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The proprietary school sector: a demographic and financial aid profile
… government with the Guaranteed Student Loan and Pell Grant programs the predominate sources.
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The relationship between traditional student success variables with retention of the Tennessee Lottery Scholarship Program
… with retention of the lottery scholarship. Pell grant eligibility, college, and parent adjusted gross income did not indicate a relationship with retention of the lottery scholarship. Logistic regression analysis revealed two variables, college grade point average and cumulative attempted …
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The Neglected Minority: Interviews with Successful Community College Students from Poverty
… included interviews with highly successful, Pell Grant recipients in community colleges who came from diverse backgrounds. The participants had a 3.0 GPA or above, and they were enrolled in their second consecutive year of coursework. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. The researcher …
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A Study of First-Time Full-Time Freshmen's Attributes and Their Associations with Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates at a Two-Year Public Community College.
… of financial aid in the form of Pell Grant funds only (negative association),</li><li>associate of applied science student status (negative association), and</li><li>GED graduate (negative association).</li></ol>