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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Rural College"”.
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Examining the College Choice of Black Students Enrolled at a Rural College
Mountain View College is a rural 2-year and 4-year degree granting school in the state of West Virginia that is plagued by declining enrollment, unstable financial assets, and minimum resources. In addition, the college exists in a community plagued by high rates of poverty and minimal racial …
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Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic Monitoring and AADT Estimation in a Small Rural College Town
… AADT of bicycles and pedestrians in a small college town (i.e., Blacksburg, VA). I used a previously developed count campaign in Blacksburg, VA to collect bicycle and pedestrian counts using existing monitoring technologies (e.g., pneumatic tubes, passive infrared, and RadioBeam). I then …
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Engaging rural students at the University of Montana through digital stories: supports and barriers to higher education
Access has been an ongoing issue for rural students (Eller, Martinez, Pace, Pavel, Garza & Barnett, 1998; Torres, 2013). In this study, I examined factors that have been proven barriers and supports for rural students. These factors include being first-generation, financial status, geographic …
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On the Making of Man: A Qualitative Study on the Meaning of Motherhood, Issues of Masculinity, and the Experience of Raising a Son
… conducted with five working mothers living in a rural, college town.
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DISORDERED EATING, ANTIFAT ATTITUDES, AND BARRIERS TO TREATMENT IN COLLEGE WOMEN FROM URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
… incidence studies comparing rates in urban and rural regions are international. Only one examined regional differences within the United States, and no significant differences emerged. Additionally, no investigations focus on DE treatment barriers specific to rural regions. In 106 college women …
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DISORDERED EATING, ANTIFAT ATTITUDES, AND BARRIERS TO TREATMENT IN COLLEGE WOMEN FROM URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
… incidence studies comparing rates in urban and rural regions are international. Only one examined regional differences within the United States, and no significant differences emerged. Additionally, no investigations focus on DE treatment barriers specific to rural regions. In 106 college women …
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A Study of the Impact of the Associate of Applied Science Degree on the Region Served by Walters State Community College.
<p>This study investigated the impact a community college associate of applied science degree from a rural college in east Tennessee has on the area served by the college. Variables explored in this study included residence location, employment status, employment location, salary range, and …
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Rural Student Career Development: Examining Between-Group Differences in Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectation
… found no existing comparison of between-rural differences in career self-efficacy and college outcome expectation when considering students from rural fringe, rural distant, and rural remote communities. Utilizing Social Cognitive Career Theory and Critical Pedagogy of Place as guiding …
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Access Barriers To Higher Education For Rural Community College Students
… the study was to examine factors related to rural low-income, first generation college students' obstacles to community college enrollment. The study examined barriers students overcame to attend college and focused on rural college students from two community colleges in Missouri and …
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Deans of Career and Technical Education: Charting the Course to Senior Administration
… fit into the succession process of the community college. A qualitative case study was conducted with three dyads of career Deans and their supervising senior administrators, using the comparative case method to analyze the data collected from the participants. The data were collected from …
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The 21st Century University President: Building Blocks for Effective Rural Leadership
… shape effective leadership for the 21st century college or university president in a rural setting. In the last few years, centuries of long held traditions, behaviors and expectations inside and outside of the university community have quickly and radically changed. The new and evolving …
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The Impact Of Faculty Development On Community College Adjunct Faculty
… regardless of their size or access to resources. Rural community colleges face the same challenges as all other higher education institutions; however, small, rural colleges have added difficulties due to their size and location. Recruiting qualified faculty is one challenge due to the small …
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Rural Midwestern Public College Safe Ride Program Case Study
… institutionalize a safe ride program at a small, rural college. The purpose of this single/within-site case study was to describe the changes that happened at a rural public institution of higher education and the surrounding community in the Midwest where safe ride services were provided to …
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Development and validation of an instrument to measure credit curricular comprehensiveness in small/rural community colleges
… an essential ingredient necessary for community colleges to carry out their mission, this study focused on the development and validation of an instrument to measure credit curricular comprehensiveness in small/rural community colleges. To accomplish this measurement, an index of …
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Enhancing cognition of circle theorems via adaptive technology in rural-based Eswatini: pre-service teachers' usage and acceptance of geogebra
… the inadequacy of research establishments in rural college settings of Eswatini, this study designed and employed the “Rural Eswatini Pre-service Teachers' Acceptance of GeoGebra” Model to examine the characteristics that influence rural Eswatini pre-service teachers' usage of GeoGebra. …
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Experiences of gender policing within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community
… on identity work in the LGBTQ community in a rural college town. Results are presented within the context of gender and gender policing on structural levels, interpersonal levels, and the level of internalized self-policing. Instances of gender policing on an interactional level were often …
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Faculty of Color at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System: A Survey of Ethnic Diversity, Geographic Location, and Personal Perspectives
<p>Rural universities and colleges with traditionally homogeneous ethnic and cultural populations have to work especially hard to ensure faculty diversity. Despite efforts to increase the number of faculty of color in Kentucky's statewide system of community colleges, minority representation …
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Sexuality Workplace Issues Among Direct Service Personnel Working With Populations Who Are Intellectually Disabled In Community Integrated Living Arrangements: A Case Study
… from the selected organization, located in a rural college town of approximately 25,000 people. Nine DSPs from five different CILA homes participated in the study. Data were generated using semi-structured interviews, observation of behaviors on interview video tapes, observation of emotional …
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The Influence of Cognitive and Psychological Well-being Factors on Freshmen Community College Student GPA: A Prediction Model
… that a large number of freshman community college students are unsuccessful in their academic endeavor. However, there is insufficient research conducted to determine the holistic causes of this problem. Current research focuses on two types of traditional predictors: cognitive (ability, …
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Rural Students on College Enrollment: Perceptions of Influence Surrounding College Choice
… experiences, and life events of individuals from rural Arkansas communities in developing their decisions to attend college and how the community impacted their successful enrollment at the University of Arkansas. Specifically, the study set out to explore how rural communities were perceived to …
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