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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"college choice model"”.
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Using the College Choice Model to Examine Why HBCU Graduates Choose to Attend PWIs for Advanced Studies
… students choose to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for undergraduate and Predominately White Institutions (PWI) for graduate studies. Many college students have extenuating circumstances that influence their decision to seek higher education, specifically, HBCU’s. …
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Apply Now!: Utilizing Application Date to Predict College Enrollment
Using Perna’s (2006) college choice model as the conceptual framework, the researcher utilized two data analyses to complete this study. First, multiple regressions were performed on three groups of variables: entrance examination, core high school gpa, and cumulative high school gpa; gender, …
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Investigating the Impact of Financial Aid on Four-year College Enrollment among College-Qualified Students
… policies and programs with the goal of promoting college access and equity. However, access to American higher education is unduly limited by the complex interplay of inadequate preparation, lack of information about college opportunities, and persistent financial barriers (The U.S. Department of …
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Scientia est propentia: school personnel perceptions of their role in empowering a college-going culture among low-income African-American students in a mid-size, public school district
… habitus influence a school district’s college-going culture for its low-income African American students. This qualitative case study examines the perceptions of school personnel that potentially impact educational attainment of low-income African American students in a largely …
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Factors affecting Institutional Choice of Minority Students admitted to Institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
… the factors that affected minority students' choice to enroll at private faith-based 4-year institutions in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) in the United States. These factors included: minority students' demographic and background characteristics, financial factors, …
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The Impact of Credit-based Transition Programs on Changing the Educational Aspirations of High School Seniors
… educational aspirations. Surveys and community college data are used to collect quantitative data to address six research questions. Using Hossler and Gallagher’s (1987) College Choice Model and Hossler and Stage’s (1992) focus on the predisposition phase, the researcher studied the impact of …
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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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The Dissipation of Urban High School Students' Post-Secondary Educational Aspirations and Career Planning During the College Choice Process
<p>Given the gap in the college choice literature about the decision-making process students use when making a decision on whether or not to attend college (McDonough & Calderone, 2010), the purpose of this study was to explore urban high school students’ perceptions of the structural factors that …
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A thematic plan to promote college and career aspirations for low socioeconomic status students
… and Gallagher (1987) discuss a three-phase college choice model that precludes the higher education of low SES students. The predisposition stage, as the first stage is termed, involves the development of occupational and educational aspirations. The remaining stages, two and three, address …
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A Phenomenological Study to Describe the Pursuit of a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing by Associate Degree Registered Nurses
… degree in nursing is obtained in the community college setting and is designed to be completed in 2 years of full-time study. Approximately 70% of practicing registered nurses (RNs) are educated at the associate degree or diploma (vocational training) level with only 15% moving on to achieve a …