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Direct linkChelsea Kuehner-Boyer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Institute of Medicine has found that barriers exist that directly contribute to the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic groups in health professional education. Yet, little research has been done to evaluate the barriers that affect athletic training students. An integrative review was conducted to identify barriers that affect students…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, Barriers, College Athletics, Health Sciences
Coleman, Shannon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Online education has been experiencing steadily increasing enrollment rates and it is therefore vital to study student and institutional factors related to dropout risk for online students. Currently, prior research examining this rapidly developing field is limited. With online graduate programs experiencing continuous growth in enrollment rates,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Predictor Variables, Potential Dropouts, Online Courses
Staci Phelan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Retention of students is a problem faced by institutions of higher education around the world. Higher education institutions are required to report retention data to government agencies and they depend on tuition funding more than ever before. Prior research has identified many characteristics that when present, increase the likelihood of early…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, College Students, Internship Programs, Career Pathways
Samlan, Hillel – ProQuest LLC, 2019
College students experiencing psychological distress are at unique risk for negative academic outcomes. The Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-62 (CCAPS-62; Locke et al., 2011) is a multidimensional symptom inventory designed for use in college counseling centers. However, the relationships between the CCAPS-62 and functional…
Descriptors: College Students, Stress Variables, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Measures (Individuals)
Salvesen, Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Low-income students enrolled in a four-year, public institution are three times more likely to drop out after their first year of study than their higher-income peers (Engle & Tinto, 2008, p. 11). The exorbitant price of college tuition plays a significant role in how low-income students are underserved by the current postsecondary system.…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Financial Problems, Low Income Students, Public Colleges
Sampaio, Gustavo Ramos – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation encompasses three chapters that study the Brazilian higher educational system and determines the barriers to acquiring higher education in the country. Below are the individual abstracts for each chapter. Chapter 1: "Rural and urban schools' performance in Brazil and its impact on access to higher education". Recent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Access to Education, Barriers
