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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Student integration."”.
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EMERGING SOCIAL SPACE: THE ROLE OF FACEBOOK IN AUSTRALASIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INTEGRATION
The number of international university students in Australasia is set to increase dramatically over the next five to ten years, making the integration of this group increasingly important to the region. In addition, much of university students’ communicative behaviour continues to shift to Social …
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*Validation Experiences and Persistence Among Urban Community College Students
… with items loading onto four components: students known and valued, good instruction, appreciation for diversity, and mentoring. Faculty validation was found to strongly predict students' sense of integration; each of the sub-constructs of faculty validation predicted student integration …
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Student aid and persistence in public community colleges
… a conceptual model for assessing the effects of student aid on community college student persistence. A sample consisting of all students who had entered a public community college during the 1980 fall term was drawn from the database of High School and Beyond, 1980 Senior Cohort. Omitting …
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Their Story: College Persistence Of Hispanic/Latino Students At Predominantly White Institutions
… qualitative study examined the Hispanic/Latino students’ college experiences at Predominantly White, 4-year institutions in an effort to better understand what these students perceived as contributing factors to their sense of belonging and persistence through their first year. Participants …
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Integration of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Modern Day Military Veterans in American Higher Education
<p>This study focused on examining the integration and transition challenges of racially and ethnically diverse modern day military veterans at a predominantly white research university. Modern day racially and ethnically diverse veterans who have been retained at the institution past their …
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Academic tracking: survival of the fittest
… of academic tracking as it affects Chicana/o student populations. First, I will provide a trajectory of the historical racialization of Chicana/os and then demonstrate how and why these effects connect to the Chicana/o experiences with educational practices, specifically academic tracking in …
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Investigation Of The Relationship Between Orientation And Persistence
… study sought to understand persistence from a student’s perspective. In the past, student success courses were able to provide students with the opportunity to learn the college-readiness skills essential to student persistence. Developmental education reform in Florida has restructured course …
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The Impact of Retention Efforts on the Collegiate Experience of Students of Color at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI)
… a pre-entry initiative focused on retaining students of color at a private, four-year university located in the northeast region of the United States. Situated in Vincent Tinto’s Theory of Student Integration and Critical Race Theory, the author qualitatively assessed the Minority Orientation …
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First time entrants’ student support services in contributing to academic success in technical and vocational education and training colleges
… study was to determine the level of contribution student support services may have on the academic success of first college entrants. The study was carried out in two public TVET Colleges, purposely selected. Data were collected from a sample of 172 respondents of which 100 were first-year …
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The intentional design and assessment strategies for character development of students in Christian coalition colleges
… written character development objectives for integration into curricular and co-curricular activities. A second purpose was to determine what sponsored curricular and co-curricular activities were designed as effective means to develop desirable character traits in students of the …
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A study of teacher-student discourse in a college reading course using the portfolio process
… course using the porfolio process. Determining student integration and self-assessment also were studied. A qualitative case study using ethnographic techniques was used to illuminate this phenomenon. Data were collected from one college instructor and 27 preservice teachers through audiotaped …
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Examining Indigenous Students’ Persistence in a Hybrid Pre-Nursing Transitions Environment
Transitions programs to support non-traditional students have been in existence in Canada since the educational reform movement of the 1970s (Malatest & Associates, 2004). Scholarly research in the success of such programs is frequently presented in terms of institutional directives such as …
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Test optional admissions, student persistence, and equity in higher education
… of standardized testing requirements affects student persistence, particularly among historically underserved populations (Engle & Tinto, 2008; Goldrick-Rab, 2016). Guided by Astin’s Input–Environment–Outcome Model (1993) and Tinto’s Student Integration Model (2012), this dissertation examines …
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A qualitative single case study exploring student persistence and family re-enrollment decisions at an independent day and boarding school in the Southeastern United States.
Boarding student retention continues to be a major concern for independent day and boarding schools in the United States. Boarding student retention is negatively impacted by the low enrollment of students in United States boarding schools and concerns about the decreasing size of the larger …
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Examining the Persistence of Students in Academic and Leadership Development Programs
… programs improve persistence among Black male student participants. Using modified versions of Tinto’s Student Integration Model (SIM) as the theoretical framework, the researcher hypothesized that participants involved in institution-driven programs would be more connected to the academic and …
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Relationships Among Mentoring Support and Student Success in a Chinese First-Year Experience Program
… expanded access to higher education, quite a few students have not been well prepared for study at this level. Therefore, private colleges in China need to provide more resources for students to help them succeed. Western countries, with more robust histories of private higher education, adopted …
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Going all in : an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of the impact of social engagement on the success and sense of belonging of first-generation college students.
First-generation college student success is a matter of significance to college leaders across the United States. According to a recent study, over half of all undergraduate students are first-generation (RTI International, 2019). The problem, however, is that first-generation college students are …
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War-Displaced International Students: A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing the Integration of Ukrainians at a Midwestern Healthcare College
… higher education system, displacing Ukrainian students and affecting their mental well-being. These students encounter numerous challenges while adapting to new academic and cultural environments abroad. Higher education professionals must recognize and address the unique experiences and needs …
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An investigation into the implementation of relationship marketing on international student retention : a review of four business schools in the Greater Manchester area
… terms of attracting and retaining international students, has become increasingly significant. Based on these competitive forces the aim of this study is to evaluate critically the implementations of relationship marketing initiatives by Business Schools as it relates to international student …
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The Impact of Campus Housing on Student Outcomes
… behavioral variables explained by incidences of student conduct violations, and engagement explained by involvement in activities and perceptions of campus environment. This research study used qualitative and quantitative data to; explore the effect that student housing has on academic …
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