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Direct linkCharles L. Keenum – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A comparison of choices of first-generation and non-first-generation Mississippi College students make to obtain a higher education was conducted by survey instrument and data analysis. The research was conducted to compare choices including the people influencing the student's choice to obtain a higher education, motivating factors of where to…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Students, Decision Making, College Attendance
Sapp, Sarah Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Institutions of higher learning today rely on tuition dollars to function. During a time when the pool of high school graduates is shrinking, colleges and universities must look to alternative target markets to meet enrollment goals, including those transferring from community college. Community college transfers have unique attributes that…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Transfer Students, Student Attitudes, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedHawk, Jena L.; Hill, Lilian H. – Community College Enterprise, 2016
Due to its seemingly unclear and ambiguous mission, the community college has somewhat of a stigma attached to it, as the four-year institution defines the American college experience (LaPaglia, 1994). Although only a few studies concerning media portrayals of community college students have been published within the last 20 years, the existing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Mass Media, Stereotypes
