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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Student Retention and Persistence"”.
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Surviving Higher Education: Retention & Persistence Through The Lens Of Psychological Survivorship
… study was to examine the lived experiences of students categorized as at-risk, non-traditional adult learners who persisted in pursuit of their higher education degree. These students demonstrated perseverance and grit when faced with challenges that might have caused them to drop out of …
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The Influence Of Student Engagement On Student Retention At A Midwest Urban Research Institution
<p>This study examined the importance of student retention and persistence and the role that student engagement has on those areas. Three research questions were posed for this study. The questions looked at the differences between national outcomes as compared to those in an urban-commuter, …
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The Adjustment of First Year African American Women to Predominately White Institutions: Implications for Best Practices
<p>Currently, both scholarly literature and educational practice are lacking depth and scope about the lived experience of African American (AA) female students, and, as a result, they lack effectiveness for this population of students. In particular, they do not address the varying ways AA female …
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Investigating exploratory students' sense of belonging
No studies about undecided and exploratory students have focused on sense of belonging. In addition, few of these studies feature or spotlight the student voice. My dissertation fills this gap by purposefully investigating exploratory students and experiences and how they develop or do not develop …