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Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2018
The perception of college affordability and financing is a grim one, fueled by the very real rising costs of higher education, as well as media coverage of how much students and their families are borrowing. While this perception is understandable given the realities of paying for college, how do students and parents feel about the process of…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Costs, Higher Education, High School Seniors
Kelly, Andrew P., Ed.; Howell, Jessica S., Ed.; Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2016
"Matching Students to Opportunity" expands on the discussion of a critical issue in college access and success: the match between prospective students and the colleges in which they enroll. Research indicates that ensuring a good match significantly increases a student's chance of graduating. The contributors to this volume argue that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, College Choice
Byndloss, D. Crystal; Coven, Rebecca; Kusayeva, Yana; Johnston, Christine; Sherwin, Jay – MDRC, 2016
This guide is designed for counselors, teachers, and advisers who work with high school students from low-income families and students who are the first in their families to pursue a college education. It offers strategies for helping these students identify, consider, and enroll in "match" colleges--that is, selective colleges that are…
Descriptors: High School Students, Low Income Groups, First Generation College Students, College Bound Students
Romanova, Irina M.; Noskova, Elena V.; Trotsenko, Anastasiya N. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Development of academic mobility of students from different countries requires evaluating the influence of their cultural traits on the behavior on the educational products market. The subject of present study is the development of methodic approach towards evaluating the cross-cultural traits influence on students' behavior on the higher…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Higher Education, Cultural Traits, Behavior Patterns
Van Dussen, Daniel J.; Leson, Suzanne M.; Emerick, Eric S.; Voytek, Joseph A.; Ewen, Heidi H. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Purpose of the Study: This project surveyed health care professionals from both urban and rural care settings in Ohio and examined differences in professionals' needs and interests in continuing gerontological education. Design and Methods: The survey data were analyzed for 766 health care professionals descriptively, using cross-tabulations and…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Educational Needs, Rural Urban Differences, Distance Education
Cahalan, M.; Perna, L. W.; Yamashita, M.; Wright-Kim, J.; Jiang, N. – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2019
In 2004 and 2005, the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (Pell Institute), sponsored by the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), published two editions of "Indicators of Opportunity in Higher Education." In 2015, the commitment to documenting trends in higher education equity was renewed by publishing…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Equal Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Shamsuddin, Shomon – Research in Higher Education, 2016
Many students enroll in less selective colleges than they are qualified to attend, despite low graduation rates at these institutions. Some scholars have argued that qualified students should enroll in the most selective colleges because they have greater resources to support student success. However, selective college attendance is endogenous, so…
Descriptors: Selective Admission, College Students, Bachelors Degrees, Probability
Gurantz, Oded; Hurwitz, Michael; Smith, Jonathan – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2016
Hispanic high school graduates have lower college completion rates than academically similar white students. As Hispanic students have been theorized to be more constrained in the college search and selection process, one potential policy lever is to increase the set of colleges to which these students apply and attend. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Hispanic American Students, High School Graduates
Lee, Jaekyung; Weis, Lois; Liu, Keqiao; Kang, Chungseo – Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Through multilevel analyses of Educational Longitudinal Study and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)-Barron's data sets, this study examined unequal chances for college enrollment for students from different high school types and locations. The study shows that students from more privileged high school sectors are able to maximize…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Characteristics, Catholic Schools, Private Schools
Severson, Christopher S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed-methods study analyzed data from 906 Ruffalo Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Surveys (RNLSSS) at a two-year technical college in Wisconsin, to determine influences on participants' choices of programs in information technology (IT). Quantitative results showed that none of eight variables (i.e., cost, financial assistance, academic…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Student Satisfaction, Two Year College Students, Technical Education
Callahan, Rebecca M.; Humphries, Melissa H. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Considerable research investigates the immigrant advantage--the academic benefit first- and second-generation students experience relative to native-born peers. However, little work examines how school-based linguistic status may influence this advantage. Contradictory patterns exist: Research identifies both an immigrant advantage and a language…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Generational Differences, Indigenous Populations, Language Minorities
Daniels, Terrence D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Little is known about the long-term socio-economic impact of student loan debt on African-American graduates of the University of Phoenix who reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this case study is to examine the socio-economic impact of student loan debt on these students five years after receiving a degree from this for-profit…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial)
Topper, Amelia M.; Howard, Melissa – National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2017
Issues of postsecondary education access and attainment have a direct impact on individuals' social and economic mobility, the labor market, and the nation's ability to stay globally competitive. Sample surveys--cross-sectional or longitudinal surveys of a subpopulation of individuals--on precollege experiences and preparation, postsecondary…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Postsecondary Education, Alignment (Education), Educational Policy
Paulsen, Michael B., Ed.; Perna, Laura W., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2018
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, College Outcomes Assessment, STEM Education
Cox, Rebecca D. – Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Although a major focus of current research and policymaking efforts involves understanding and minimizing the barriers to postsecondary access, conventional reform strategies do not appear to be effecting substantial change in the college-going opportunities for students from low-income and underrepresented racial/ethnic groups. This article…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Access to Education, Barriers, Postsecondary Education