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Coker, Cindy E. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this exploratory phenomenological narrative qualitative study was to investigate the influence of Facebook on first-generation college students' selection of a college framed within Hossler and Gallagher's (1987) college process model. The three questions which guided this research explored the influence of the social media website…
Descriptors: Social Media, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research, Technology Uses in Education
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Myers, Scott M.; Myers, Carrie B. – American Journal of Education, 2012
Our research goals are to make the case that parent-student discussions about college planning should be seen as a distinct college-planning activity and to identify and test the relevant predictors of these discussions. Findings from over 4,000 parents and their high school children show that parent-student discussions are enhanced when both the…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Preparation, College Choice, Parent Child Relationship