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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"time to degree"”.
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Time-To-Degree And Credits-To-Degree Of Baccalaureate Degree Graduates
<p>The purpose of this study was to a;sess two measures of accountability (i.e., time- to-degree (TTD) and credits-to-degree (CTD)). A total of 800 University of Wisconsin- Stout (UW-Stout) graduates, 200 from each graduating class from 1990 to 1993 were surveyed to determine the obstacles to four …
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First in, last out: time-to-degree of first-generation students
This is a study of factors which affect time-to-degree in first-generation students from a Midwestern research university. Astin’s (1993) Input-Environment-Output (I-E-O) model was utilized to determine the effects of various input and environment variables. Chi-Square tests were performed to find …
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Departmental factors affecting time to degree and completion rates of doctoral students at one land-grant research institution
Time to doctoral degree has increased consistently in American universities since 1967, in some fields by as much as two years. At the same time, rates of completion have decreased. It is predicted that this pattern will persist, resulting in a diminished supply of highly trained workers in the …
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Academic Speed Bumps: Time to Completion of the Dissertation
The purpose of this study was to determine factors impeding rapid completion of the dissertation. The population studied was 1990-95 graduates of the Department of Leadership and Policy Studies (formerly the Division of Administrative and Educational Services) of the College of Education at …
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Historically Marginalized Engineering Doctoral Students' Motivation and Socialization in Graduate Education
Doctoral education in the U.S. is essential to cultivating professionals, scientists, and researchers capable of advancing and contributing to national goals. However, the engineering field warrants diversification to respond to global, social, and demographic demands. It is necessary to support …
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An examination of Indiana Early College High School students who attended Purdue University between 2006 and 2015
… (ECHS) are an educational intervention designed to promote rigor in high school education along with increased post-secondary access and success for disadvantaged students. Based on evidence, the Early College High School program is effective at helping students who traditionally are not in …
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Rethinking the STEM Fields: The Importance of Definitions in Examining Women's Participation and Success in the Sciences
… from five public land-grant universities to better understand undergraduate students' persistence in and switching of majors, with particular attention given to women's participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Specifically, the study examines …
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MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN STUDENTS AT A NONMETROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
… 2011 at a mid-sized nonmetropolitan university to examine the success of nonmetro students at a nonmetro university. The data studied addresses the similarities and dissimilarities between metro and nonmetro students in the cohort in a number of categories: student location of origin, time to …
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Nontraditional Student Risk Factors and Gender as Predictors for Enrollment in College Distance Education
<p>The purpose of this dissertation was to examine whether nontraditional student age, female gender, and the possession of nontraditional student risk factors predict enrollment in distance education college courses. This dissertation used data from the most recent National Postsecondary Student …
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Performance funding 2.0 in higher education
… state governments have looked increasingly to performance funding programs to incentivize the efficient delivery of higher education, particularly by decreasing time-to-degree. Even with hundreds of millions of dollars devoted to these efforts, however, it remains unclear whether the …
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Battling the Sophomore Slump: Involvement and Religious Participation
<p>This study was created to examine the difference in means between a University of South Carolina sophomore students' level of involvement and levels of self-efficacy, meaning-in-life, and intent to re-enroll. Sophomore college students have less support than in their first year while struggling …
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Persistence and Retention of Adult Learners: Results of a Program Evaluation of Tuition Funding Provided by Employers
… cliff approaches and more adult learners return to higher education, understanding the factors that affect their persistence and retention is vital for higher education institutions. Previous studies have shown that external factors influence post-traditional learners’ pursuit of higher …
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The Practice of Doctoral Education: A Bourdieusian Analysis of the Socialization of Doctoral Students
Attention to doctoral education from scholars and policy makers has increased dramatically over the last two decades. Recent research on doctoral education has focused on the experiences of doctoral student and on issues related to financial aid, time to degree, completion rates, supervisor …
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The Essential Characteristics of Academic Advisors
… of academic advisors have become a means leading to other ends, such as retention, student engagement, student satisfaction, persistence, and time to degree. The purpose of this research was to identify the essential characteristics of academic advisors; this was achieved by asking a Delphic panel …
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Analyzing factors that AVID students perceive important in making financial decisions about paying for college
<p>The purpose of this study was to analyze factors AVID students perceive as important in making financial decisions about paying for college. This study analyzed the factors college-bound students perceive as important in making decisions about paying for college. Trends in higher education …
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Essays on Human Capital and Education Policy
… macroeconomics and structural labor economics toolbox. This enables us to disentangle the effects of higher education policy on aggregate human capital accumulation that arise due to effects that would be difficult to see using a simple linear model. In the first chapter, we address recent …
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Degree Program Changes and Curricular Flexibility: Addressing Long Held Beliefs About Student Progression
… education revolves around understanding the factors and processes driving student changes of major. Of key importance to further the field of change of major research is a grasp of large scale phenomena occurring throughout multiple systems, knowledge of previous attempts at describing such …
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Different personas and difficult diplomas : a qualitative study of employed mothers pursuing graduate degrees
The purpose of this study was to discover how employed mothers who were graduate students coped with their many societal personas and still achieved their academic goals. Eight employed mothers who were graduate students were interviewed. Narrative inquiry guided the structure of the study. …
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Examining Predictors of Professional Master Degree Completion at a Highly Diverse Research Institution
… students comprise over 81% of the graduate degrees awarded in the United States, but limited research focuses on master programs; most research has instead focused on baccalaureate or doctoral degree completion. Consequently, there are major gaps in knowledge about the demographic and …