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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Students persistence"”.
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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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Black and Hispanic Male Transfer Students' Experiences of Persistence at a Four-Year Research Institution
… still exists between White and minority students in America. Many people of color are unemployed and continue to experience high poverty rates compared to the non-Hispanic White population. The racial minority population continues to be disproportionately underrepresented in higher …
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Rethinking the STEM Fields: The Importance of Definitions in Examining Women's Participation and Success in the Sciences
… study uses longitudinal data of undergraduate students from five public land-grant universities to better understand undergraduate students' persistence in and switching of majors, with particular attention given to women's participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics …
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FACTORS AFFECTING PERSISTENCE RATES AMONG COLLEGE FRESHMEN
… of predominately low socio-economic status students. Participants (N=251) were students enrolled in fall semester 2009 in an introductory psychology course. Participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their college experience, demographics and family background. Survival …
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Understanding First-Generation Latinx Students' Experiences in a Predominantly White Private Institution: A Grounded Theory Study
… is also an increase of Latinx first-generation students dropping out of higher education. Not only are they not earning a degree, but they are leaving these institutions with debt. This is a concern because students dropping out affects the institution's overall graduation rates. This …
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Conceptual understanding, career aspiration, self-efficacy and experience of third-year chemistry students
The retention of science students in universities has become a concern over the recent years, globally and in South Africa. Literature reveals that students’ retention is affected by aspects such as conceptual understanding, career aspiration, self-efficacy and experience; which were considered …
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Factors That Influence the Persistence Rates of White Undergraduate Students Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
… describe the factors that influence the persistence rates of White undergraduate students attending HBCUs from the students' perspectives. Applying Tinto's Model of Student Departure (1975, 1993) as a lens for persistence, the overall aim in this study was to focus on the students' social …
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An Evaluation of Arkansas’ Developmental Coursework Policy at Postsecondary Institutions
… study, I evaluate the impacts of the policy on students’ academic achievement and attainment as measured by graduation rates and persistence. I include subgroup analyses of these outcomes to determine whether there are heterogeneous effects for students enrolling at two-year or four-year …
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Exploring Postsecondary STEM Faculty's Experiences Teaching Underrepresented Minority Students in STEM Introductory Courses in an HSI
… a barrier to Underrepresented Minority (URM) students' persistence in STEM due to several factors, including issues with curriculum design and teaching, as well as the prevalence of racial and gender oppression. STEM Faculty play a unique role in supporting URM students influenced by their …
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The Impact of the Design Process on Student Self-Efficacy and Content Knowledge
… in a global economy. However, American students are not opting to remain in a STEM course of study, and this is especially so for women and minorities. Of the students who pursue post-secondary education, the majority of movement away from STEM majors occurs in the first two years. Thus, …
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Student perceptions of academic advising and influence on retention : a study of first-semester, first-generation and continuing-generation college students at a liberal arts college
… a full cohort of first-time, full-time college students to better understand perceptions, preferences, and satisfaction with academic advising and influence of these factors on intent to persist. Early in the transition to college, students are at risk for departure; more so for those whose …
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Adult Education: School Policies and Practices for Student Achievement
… on the varied needs and challenges of adult students who return to school to complete their secondary education and to understand how school policies and practices encourage academic achievement of students. A literature review was conducted to provide additional information on adult learning …
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The influence of conflicting role obligations on nontraditional student baccalaureate degree attainment
… with the lives of nontraditional college students and to reveal how these conflicting role obligations influence these students' persistence toward the attainment of an undergraduate degree. This study provides a brief history of adult education in the United States as well as the study …
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Climate control: Does caring really matter?
… with increasing success rates of minority students to increase diversity within the profession. Despite an upsurge in enrollment numbers of minority students in nursing programs, attrition rates are higher for minority students as compared to majority students. Persistence is paramount for …
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Who Gets to Be Taken Seriously? Three Atypical Scholars Navigate Doctoral Education at the Intersections of Race, Neurodivergence, and Veteran Identity
… by three research questions: How do atypical students experience barriers related to their intersecting identities in doctoral education? What strategies do they use to navigate and succeed? How do their identities shape their academic trajectories and aspirations?</p> <p>The findings reveal …
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The Persistence Of Community College Students: A Single Site Case Study
<p>Only 22% of all students who enroll in community colleges complete an associate degree within three years, and only 16% of students at urban community colleges earn a degree in the same time frame. Community college administrators recognize that a majority of their student population desires to …
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Making youth matter: Exclusion and its impact on the school lives of African-American students
… impact the lives of low-income African-American students. The study focused on the perspectives of youth attending both middle and high schools in Michigan, and investigated how students who have experienced forms of exclusion in their K–12 schooling viewed their educational experiences. In …
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Student aid and persistence in public community colleges
… 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 transfer students brought the sample size to …
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A Study of Persistence in the Northeast State Community College Health-Related Programs of Study.
… factors that were positively associated with persistence to graduation by students who were admitted to Health-Related Programs leading to the degree associate of applied science at Northeast State Community College. The criterion variable in this study was persistence, which was categorized …
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The Journey of Becoming and Belonging: A Longitudinal Exploration of Socialization's Impact on STEM Students' Sense of Belonging
… examined the socialization processes by which students develop a sense of belonging to both their institution and their discipline. Previously identified as an important factor in students' persistence and overall satisfaction with their undergraduate experience, belonging is a critical piece …
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