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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"four-year college"”.
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General Biology Lecture and Laboratory Curriculum Outline in a Two or Four-Year College
… 1999, I wrote to 24 Texas junior and community colleges (and one four-year institution) describing my thesis agenda of a general biology lecture and laboratory syllabus for introductory biology students. I requested the titles and authors of the general biology textbooks and laboratory manuals …
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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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The Four-Year College Pipeline and Factors Related to Bachelor's Degree Completion for High School Graduates
… progress from high school graduation through college enrollment and completion. Much of the existing research frames high school dropout, college access, and college completion as separate phenomena; few studies examine individuals' transitions across these points. Thinking about these events …
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A Comparison of Career Outcomes Among Community College Transfers, Four-Year College Transfers, and Native Freshmen
… index score were related to differences in college origin. Three college origin cohorts were studied: community college transfers, four-year college transfers and native freshmen. In addition, data on gender, family annual salary, family SES occupational index, father's education, mother's …
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The voices of African American women's transition experiences from a community college to a four-year college sharing a campus
… American women transferring from a community college to a four-year university that share a campus. Using Black feminist thought as a theoretical framework and Husserl's (1964) descriptive approach to phenomenological research, four African American women were asked to share their lived …
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Can they always transfer to a four-year college later? Examining high school English learner (EL) graduates’ community college transfer pathway
… counselors and teachers to attend community colleges first, and are assured that they can always transfer to a four-year institution later. While community colleges are an important port of entry for ELs’ college education, little is known about what happens to high school EL graduates after …
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The Role of Validation Experiences and Sense of Belonging in Academic Self-Concept and Intent to Persist Among Four-Year College Students
… indicates that historically underrepresented college students are more likely to report alienating campus climates which can contribute to decreased sense of belonging and wellbeing. In turn, a lack of a sense of belonging and poor mental health may lead to decreased academic engagement and …
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A Study of Achievement by Junior College Transfer, Four-Year College Transfer, and Native Juniors as Measured by the Clep General Examinations
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An analysis of the marketing tactics used to influence millennial generation students in their decision to attend a two-year or a four-year college
… will attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of college recruitment marketing tactics used to influence Millennial Generation students, ages 17 to 22 years old, in their decision to attend either a two-year or a four-year college. Changing demographics and projections indicate a decline in the …
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A Quantitative Exploration of the Educational Paths to Completion Taken by First Generation College Students and Students Who Have a Parent with A Four-Year College Degree
… from high school into and through their initial year of college then to completion of a four-year college degree, to explore differences for both first generation college students and students whose parents have a four-year college degree. The research design uses data from four points in time to …
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A descriptive comparison of public two-year college residence hall programs
… of this study was to describe public, two-year college residence hall programs, and compare them to nearby public, four-year college and university residence hall programs. Program comparisons were made using criteria of stated purposes, educational programs and services offered, selected …
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Social Capital and the Transition to College for Asian Americans
… perceived to be disproportionately enrolled in four-year postsecondary education institutions despite evidence of Asian Americans being concentrated at both two-year and four-year postsecondary education institutions. This perception of Asian Americans has contributed to limited attention to …
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Parental Resources, Educational Progression, and Family Formation
… associated with high school graduation, four-year college attendance, and four-year college completion. Yet, the magnitude of the effect of parental net worth does decline with each educational transition. Furthermore, after controlling for parental income and net household worth, …
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Essays on Applied Economics
… economic analyses. In the first analysis, college choice for a sample of students from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 who have expressed a desire to attend college is analyzed using a multinomial logit framework. For this select sample of students, family income is …
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The "great experiment" and the Michigan State Normal School: An institutional history analysis
… its founding in 1849 through its transition to a four-year college in 1900.</p>
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Federal Government Recruiting: a Comparative Study of the Public and Private Sectors
… Personnel Management, as they attempt to recruit four year college graduates. Several decision making theories related to career and employer choices are reviewed. In addition, comparative analyses regarding decision making variables point out that federal agencies are deficient on many key …
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Examining Social Capital as a Predictor of Enrollment in Postsecondary Education for Low SES Students: A Multilevel Analysis
… The first article addresses enrollment in four-year institutions of postsecondary education, and the second article addresses enrollment in two-year institutions of postsecondary education. The research questions for this study were: 1. Does probability of enrollment in a four-year …
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Information commons service model and community colleges in New Jersey
… commons model were being adopted by community college libraries in New Jersey. The study examined how closely these characteristics matched the models represented in the current four-year college and university literature. Email questionnaires were sent to library directors of community college …
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The dream is alive: a study of selected African American males' success at Rowan University
… why African American males struggle to obtain a four-year college degree. A secondary purpose was to analyze the Black male college students' perceptions of success in college and the roles educational leaders played in their attendance and achievement in college. This study also looked at the …
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