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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"college enrollment"”.
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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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Financial aid and the college enrollment decision: a causal model
… types of postsecondary institutions: four year colleges and universities, two year junior colleges, community colleges, and vocational technical colleges. The path model is a set of structural equations that considers the college enrollment decision of the students to be a function of four …
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A Dynamic Examination of the Disparity in African-American College Enrollment
… minorities are under-represented on most 4-year college campuses. Many argue the disparity results from using biased standardized tests against speakers of different language varieties. Due to these differences, students perform poorly on tests using only Standard English. Compounding this …
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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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College Enrollment, Graduation, and Financing: The Role of Parental Income and Wealth
… financial resources in decisions made about college by parents and children entering adulthood and the consequences of those decisions for both parents and children. The second chapter examines the influence of parental wealth and income on children's college attendance and parental financing …
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The relationship between dual enrollment (de) and technical college enrollment, retention, and site of instruction
… a skill set and knowledge base offered in college certificate, college diploma, or Associate Degree programs. Dual enrollment (DE) is one type of accelerated learning opportunity that offers high school students a head start on earning a postsecondary credential. This study used a …
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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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Are early commitment programs the answer to gaps in college enrollment and outcomes by income? The case of Oklahoma's Promise
… programs and their theoretical impact on college enrollment and outcomes in general. In addition, it analyzes the effects of one state-wide early commitment program for low-income students, Oklahoma's Promise. The impact of the expansion of Oklahoma's Promise on college enrollment rates …
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An Intersectional Analysis of the Female Postsecondary Advantage: Gender, race, and College Selectivity
… gender and racial/ethnic differences in precollege achievement?; 2) Among those who have completed high school or received a GED, to what extent are gender and racial/ethnic differences explained by students' pre-college academic achievement, educational and parental expectations net of …
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Parental Involvement, Academic Motivation, and Educational Attainment among Latinx Students
… to students’ academic motivation, engagement, college enrollment, and degree attainment. Additionally, it also explores how these relationships vary by students’ gender and immigration generation status. Using data from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, which included Latinx students …
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Exploring The High School Experiences Of Black Males With Their Considerations To Enroll In College
… males with their considerations to enroll in college. The research was guided by social network theory as a lens to understand Black males’ considerations to enroll in college upon high school completion. Ten Black male college students participated in semi-structured interviews, and an …
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The relationship between African American high school students' desire to attend college, their perceived likelihood to attend college and actual college entrollment
… and engagement on student’s desire to attend college and perceived likelihood of attending college and eventual college enrollment. Using waves I and III of the Adolescent Health dataset, the researcher explores how SES and individual high school experiences impact the desire and perceived …
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Human capital, economic growth, and income distribution: Three essays on human capital
… data. Investment in human capital in terms of college enrollment rates is positively related to family income, rate of return to human capital, and unemployment rates, while it is negatively related to educational cost, and rate of return to physical capital. In addition, the average income tax …
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THE LOCAL EFFECT OF COLLEGE CLOSURES
… behind their localized impact, the absence of colleges due to their closures is expected to have local ramifications; nonetheless, comprehensive empirical evidence on the local effect of college closures is currently lacking. To address this gap, I leverage synthetic control methods to examine …
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Social Capital and the Transition to College for Asian Americans
… attention to Asian Americans’ transition to college. To better understand the transition to college for Asian Americans, this study explored if social capital is related to four-year college enrollment and the highest level of educational expectation. Whites were included in the study for …
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Crossing educational borders : the effects of state financial aid on undocumented students' pursuit of higher education
… research focuses on how ISRT policies affect college entry, this study examines the effect state financial aid policies have on college enrollment. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups (MORG) data from 1998-2017, I exploit the time variation in the passage of …
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College-Going Behaviors: Are there School Effects for the Rural Student?
This study considered the school effects of college going behavior for rural students. Of interest were the effects of location and college-going culture within a given school. The research questions asked, included: 1. What are the effects of rural school location and college-going culture on …
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Modern Change at Charter Schools: New Evidence from the Noble Charter Network
… impacts on high school standardized testing and college enrollment, positioning charter schools at the forefront of educational economics research and policy. The Noble Charter Network, part of the Chicago Public School (CPS) system, is one such notable network. However, current literature on …
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African American Males and Academic Achievement: Understanding the Challenges of Transitioning From High School to Higher Education
… from</p> <p>kindergarten and continuing through college enrollment and completion. The study</p> <p>explores African American males and the challenges they face making the</p> <p>transition from high school to higher education. The study used quantitative survey</p> <p>(s) and an African American …
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A study of the relationship between a college success course and student perception of the self-regulatory skills of concentration, motivation, and time management
… 20 million students enrolled in more than 4,000 colleges across the country. College enrollment in America is large and continues to grow rapidly. According to The National Center for Education Statistics (2013), 22.4 million students will be enrolled in degree granting schools by 2019 as …
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