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Direct linkSecore, Scott – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2019
The reasons a student may choose to enroll and matriculate at a particular postsecondary institution are many. Yet a sense of belonging and a strong emotional connection often supply all the incentive students need. Campus environments play a central role in the college choice process as the ecology, climate, and culture of an institution…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, College Choice, Academic Persistence
Jones, Willis A. – Innovative Higher Education, 2014
In recent years, a number of colleges and universities have made the decision to pursue membership in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with the idea that participating in higher profile intercollegiate football can help attract students to their institution. This belief, however, has not been empirically examined. Using…
Descriptors: Intercollegiate Cooperation, College Athletics, Team Sports, College Freshmen
Corra, Jennifer Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study examines the influences that high school seniors considered when making their plans for after graduation. Bourdieu's theory of habitus and Coleman's social capital theory inform the conceptual framework. Qualitative interviews were conducted with students and school counselors from four rural Kentucky school districts. Family, peers and…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Seniors, Student Attitudes, Social Capital
Rosenberg, Michael J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This quantitative study of degree-seeking students in community college examines whether there are age-related differences in transfer intent, research on selection of a transfer destination, use of transfer-related services, and concerns about the transfer process, all of which are key aspects of the concept of transfer student capital. Students…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, College Transfer Students
Hlinka, Karen Ramey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
One route to increase the number of baccalaureate degree holders in the US is for educators to guide students through the open door of the community college to the point of transfer to a four-year institution. This qualitative study is comprised of three companion projects aligned to examine the decision-making process of traditional-age students…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students
Harris, Kristen L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the extent to which the college choice process of four students from one high school in rural Appalachian Kentucky aligned with Perna's (2006; 2010) nested process model of college choice. I used qualitative case study methodology and inductive analysis to describe how four high-academic achieving students of varying family…
Descriptors: High School Students, Rural Areas, College Choice, College Bound Students
