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Ocampo, Roxanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
"Undermatching" refers to college ready students who select and enroll in colleges with selectivity levels significantly lower than their academic profile, resulting in attending a non-competitive college, a two-year college, or foregoing applying to college altogether. The current research trend examining the topic of Undermatching…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Selective Admission, Low Income, First Generation College Students
Nagaoka, Jenny; Seeskin, Alex; Coca, Vanessa M. – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2017
This report is an annual look at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students' likelihood of obtaining a college degree within 10 years of beginning high school finds that 18 percent of 2016 ninth-graders are projected to earn a bachelor's degree within six years of high school graduation, a number that has held steady since 2015. The report also finds…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Probability
Nienhusser, H. Kenny; Vega, Blanca E.; Carquin, Mariella Cristina Saavedra – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: Although millions of undocumented students are enrolled in and guaranteed free public K-12 education, their postsecondary education opportunities are stifled. Some of the barriers encountered by undocumented students include discriminatory public policies, limited availability of information and insensitive college choice…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Aggression
Brian Holzman – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Ensuring smooth transitions to college may be difficult for the children of immigrants since their families are likely unfamiliar with the U.S. system of higher education, which is horizontally stratified and requires a number of steps before admission. Bridging social science literature on immigrant assimilation, cultural, social, and human…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, Parent Background, Immigrants
Becker, Gretchen – Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, 2018
The Alaska Performance Scholarship is beginning its eighth year, rewarding students who strive to excel in high school and continue their education in degree and certificate programs. Since the program began in 2011: (1) 17,148 high school students have completed the eligibility requirements for APS; and (2) 7,630 students have used the…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Eligibility, Scholarships, Colleges
Sallie Mae Bank, 2018
Introduced this year, "How America Pays for Graduate School" is a national study by Sallie Mae, conducted by Ipsos. This new study is designed to complement Sallie Mae's "How America Pays for College" report, which, for the last 10 years, has provided insights into how American families plan and pay for college, with a focus on…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Paying for College, Graduate Students, Educational Finance
Brown, Gilbert; Hurst, Beth; Hail, Cindy – Critical Questions in Education, 2016
From the time of birth, children begin learning about themselves and the world around them. Parental aspirations for their children's P-16 educational attainment does not exist in a social vacuum within the United States. In aggregate terms, parents' P-16 aspirations reflect the families' social class standing in their respective communities.…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Early Reading, Academic Aspiration, Cultural Capital
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2016
Graduate business programs set admission goals, develop marketing plans, and try to enhance their yield to meet enrollment objectives each year. The mba.com Prospective Students Survey that the Graduate Management Admission Council conducts yearly aims to provide relevant, timely, and actionable information about the prospective candidate pipeline…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Career Choice, College Choice
Lichtenberger, Eric; Dietrich, Cecile – Community College Review, 2017
Objective: Recent studies have shown that community college transfer students are just as likely to graduate with a bachelor's degree as students who directly enroll in a 4-year institution. However, these studies do not typically examine whether there is a penalty for community college students in terms of the length of time it takes to complete…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, College Transfer Students, Bachelors Degrees
Borthwick-Wong, Emilly – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The number of Kanaka 'Oiwi who hold bachelor's and graduate degrees must increase in order for the Kanaka 'Oiwi to have a stronger, more unified voice in which to enact change and improvements for our community. Therefore, the intent of this study is to better understand the experiences of Kanaka 'Oiwi students at institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, College Freshmen, Interviews, Student Attitudes
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2019
Adult students (age 25 and older) make up almost 40 percent of the national undergraduate population. Since they are often balancing their college experience with work, family, and other responsibilities, adult students may have different priorities and challenges. What can campuses do to serve these students better and help more of them succeed?…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students, Student Needs
Royo-Vela, Marcelo; Hünermund, Ute – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2016
A context of increased competition between higher education institutions (HEIs) for attracting potential national and international students has led universities to implement marketing communication strategies. Those strategies which are used to some extent include, among others, interactive inbound marketing. The purpose of the present…
Descriptors: Marketing, Semi Structured Interviews, Graduate Students, Decision Making
Muñoz, José; Harrington, James R.; Curs, Bradley R.; Ehlert, Mark – Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Recent federal and state education policy has targeted community colleges as an affordable venue to increase postsecondary attainment. We examined a state program aimed at increasing community college enrollment, the Missouri A+ Schools Program, which provided eligible graduates from participating high schools the opportunity to earn a scholarship…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Enrollment, High School Graduates
Aydin, Oya Tamtekin; Bayir, Firat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
By examining the relevant literature, many factors can be determined as effecting factors on university choice process. However, existing literature does not fully explore the effect of demographic variables on these factors. This research is aimed at identifying the relationship between university selection criteria and demographic variables,…
Descriptors: Demography, College Choice, Predictor Variables, Business Administration Education
Lockett, Alexandria; Walker, Sarah Rude – Composition Studies, 2016
Intensified visibility of racialized violence in the United States, as it relates to policing and the criminal justice system, raises questions about the purpose and application of higher education. College students all over the world attend school within a striking global portrait of antiracist protest occurring on social media, on their…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, College Students, Social Media