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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"college choice"”.
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Social network analysis in college choice.
… to examine the effect of peer groups on the college application process, taking Baylor University as a case study. Degree centrality and eigenvector centrality are two centrality measures used as interested independent variables. Findings reveal that peer groups have significant effects on …
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Understanding the College Choice Process of Catholic Homeschooled Students
… how Catholic homeschooled students navigate the college choice process. With the growth of homeschooling in the United States nearly doubling in the past eight years (Cogan, 2010), this study explored a segment of this growing population to give researchers and practitioners a deeper …
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College choice and African American males: A case study exploring the intersection of family, school, and society on the college choice decision-making process
… was to explore the factors that influence the college choice decisions of African American male first-generation college students. This study employed a strength-based approach, instead of the more traditional narrative centered around values, cultural norms, and deficits. This research study …
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African American Family, Culture, and Racial Identity in College Choice
Background: College choice research shows African American students’ families, teachers, counselors, and peers influence their decision making. It also highlights the barriers these students may face due to lack of finances, social capital, information, and preparedness. Problem Statement: However, …
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Where to Play?: How Student-Athletes Perceive the College Choice Process
… to other institutions, yet they made their college choice decision based on multiple factors. The data revealed that although student-athletes undergo a similar process as non-athletes, their experience in many ways was different due to the additional factors they have to consider. As …
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A family affair: African immigrant families conceptualizing and navigating college choice
… how 1.5- and second-generation African immigrant college going students and their first-generation immigrant parents conceptualize and navigate the college choice process. The primary framework utilized for this study was Hossler and Gallagher's (1987) combined model of college choice, with funds …
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The Locus of Preparation and Privilege: College Choice and Social Reproduction
… qualified to succeed at a highly selective college or university, but who come from low income families. Such variations in enrollment at highly selective colleges and universities aligned with family income and not academic merit raise important social justice and institutional policy …
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Rural Students on College Enrollment: Perceptions of Influence Surrounding College Choice
… 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 influence college enrollment decisions and choices in degree …
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Marketing Seventh-day Adventist Higher Education : College-Choice Motivators and Barriers
… Approximately 75% of Seventh-day Adventist college-bound youth do not attend the church's 15 colleges in North America. This study explored the views of Adventist college-bound participants regarding the factors (motivators and barriers) that influence college choice.</p> <p>Method. …
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The Factors that Influence the College Choice of Hispanic College Students
… of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in college have increased, that growth has not been proportionate to the changing numbers in the United States' population. For example, in 1990 the census reported over 22 million Hispanics in the U.S., or 9% of the total population, yet the 724,600 …
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Factors that Influence the College Choice Process for African American Students
… that may influence these success rates is the college selection process. That is, if there are different types of African American students attending PWIs versus HBIs, those differences may account for some of the differences in success rates at the two types of schools. It would seem that …
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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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Influential Factors In International Students' College Choice Of A Rural, Regional University
<p>This study investigates college choice factors that influence the decision-making of international students to attend a regional, rural university. Specifically, the study examines students' priorities within and among four categories of characteristics, namely, institutional characteristics, …
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Marketing Adventist Higher Education in North America : College Choice - Motivators and Barriers
… more than 75% of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) college-bound students (rising freshmen) who live in the North American Division (NAD) do not attend an SDA college/university. This is a major challenge for the NAD colleges/universities. Discovering motivators and barriers for SDA college-bound …
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Navigating college choice: the influence of parental education, advice source, and anticipated belonging
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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BREAKING THE CYCLE? AN EXPLORATION OF ACADEMIC MATCHING AND RURAL STUDENTS' COLLEGE CHOICE PROCESSES
… undermatching involves students enrolling at colleges and universities below the level of selectivity to which their academic profiles indicate they could gain admission. Undermatching has received significant attention because students who undermatch have been shown to experience less …
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Regression Methods for Categorical Dependent Variables: Effects on a Model of Student College Choice
… logistic, and ordered logistic regressions. Choice of regression method did not affect overall model performance as evidenced by significant <italic>F</italic> and Likelihood Ratio <italic>χ</italic><super>2</super> tests. The full CLRM was fit moderately-well to the data …
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Making the college choice: a phenomenological study of high-ability engineering students of color
… high-ability students of color use in choosing a college at which to study engineering. Hossler and Gallagher's (1987) 3-phase model on college choice was explored to understand how the participants' college selection experiences relate to the model. Three in-depth interviews were conducted with …
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The transfer veteran student experience: Exploring college choice, transition, and collegiate experiences of veterans
… to their transition from the military to college. This qualitative collective case study takes a different approach as it focuses on the experiences of 14 transfer student veterans and their satisfaction at Southeast Public University. Tinto’s (1993) model of student attrition was used as …
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College Choice and Persistence at a Small Private Catholic College: Why Do Students Leave?
In today's world a college education is very important in terms of both a person's cultural and human capital. A college education can increase a person's human capital and either replicate or enhance one's cultural capital. The purpose of this study was to focus on the variables of net college …
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