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Depression in Freshmen College Students
… symptoms and high risk behaviors in college freshmen students. In addition, the mediating role of coping on the relationship between stress and the development of depressive symptoms was explored. A strong relationship existed between stress and depressive symptoms (r = .701, p < .01). …
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Sedentary Behavior in Honors College Freshmen
… first year of college is a transition period for freshmen as it provides a new level of independence and freedom to determine how they spend their time. Therefore it is of particular interest to determine their time spent engaging in SB as their life time habits become established. Purpose: To …
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Math Remediation for High School Freshmen
… and implemented for a select number of incoming freshmen. This study includes a correlational examination to determine a possible correlation between students' background knowledge of the middle school mathematics and predicts a possible failure or successful completion of Algebra I in high …
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VLSI design for freshmen and sophomores
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994.
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FACTORS AFFECTING PERSISTENCE RATES AMONG COLLEGE FRESHMEN
<p>This study explored new factors that may be associated with college success, including parents’ education level, annual household income, hours spent outside the classroom, and college premium. The current study provides evidence from an urban public college of predominately low socio-economic …
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Freshmen Transition Advisory Program: Achievement, Aptitude and Attitude
… then possibly it would be good for the entire freshmen class. In order to reach a large group of students, various programs were reviewed and it became apparent that a Developmental Guidance Teacher Advisory approach would meet the school and students' needs. Student mentors and Teacher …
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Factors contributing to college freshmen placed on academic probation
The responses of college freshmen placed on academic probation to a survey examining the factors leading to their poor academic performance were studied to ascertain the perceived problem areas. One hundred and seventy-two college freshmen selected factors concerning motivation, time management, …
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A Comparison of Two Preventive Interventions for College Freshmen
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:07:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7511818.pdf: 3952980 bytes, checksum: 63eece61dd8f10ff8b9c96c182d733a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Identifying recruitment efforts college freshmen see as most influential
… was to identify the recruitment efforts college freshmen see as most influential. This information is useful in helping colleges of agriculture evaluate the influence of their current recruitment efforts and further develop new and significant recruitment efforts to recruit future students. A …
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A Case Study of Freshmen Swimmers' College Transition Experiences
… transition programs in an attempt to assist freshmen with their new environment. The purpose of this study was to determine a head coach's role in the transition process between high school and college of a freshman student-athlete. Furthermore, the study sought to address to what extent a …
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Prediction of freshmen withdrawing from an emerging state university
… coming from the freshman class. 2. That entering freshmen with grades higher than A had a better than 50% chance for retention; other research supports this position. 3. That dissatisfaction with the program or lack of money contributes significantly to reasons for student withdrawal. 4. That …
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The Effect of Freshmen Year Programs on Academic Success
… year residential programs. In these programs freshmen live together in one residence hall. Each program is different, but common characteristics include increased student staff, freshmen seminar, and increase programming on adjustment issues. This study examines one first year program (FYP) …
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The Impact of academic advising center interventions on freshmen
Despite the fact that over one-third of all colleges and universities have an advising center staffed by non-faculty, current research does not include systematic investigations of the impact of routine interventions of advising centers. The purpose of this study was to assess such an impact on …
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Social norms: actual versus perceived alcohol consumption of college freshmen
… frequency of alcohol consumption of college freshmen (n = 84) and the students residential status. The participants consisted of fifty-six resident students and twenty-eight commuter students. The frequency of alcohol consumption by students in general as perceived by the participants was …
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Factors Predicting Academic Success for Impoverished Urban High School Freshmen.
<p>The purpose of the study was to identify which factors are most closely related to academic success during the freshman year for low socioeconomic students in one urban high school. This was an ex post facto study conducted in one urban high school in East Tennessee. The subjects were students …
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Freshmen Retention at Two Seventh-day Adventist Higher Education Institutions
… or withdraw.</p> <p>Method. A study was made of freshmen entering Andrews University and Union College in autumn 1983. Survey and personal information were collected at the beginning and near the end of the school year. Students who withdrew during or after their freshmen year were identified. …
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A Physical Performance Study of University of Illinois Male Freshmen
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T21:57:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0020872.pdf: 11842357 bytes, checksum: 952b8a2128fcc36239a6798c50173764 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1957
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Complexity of Engineering Identity: A Study of Freshmen Engineering Students
The General Engineering Program exists at Virginia Tech to provide curriculums that engage, challenge and support entry-level engineers. One important part of this initiative is helping students identify with a specific engineering branch, and overtime develop an identity within it. Yet, there …
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