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Direct linkRichard James Muth – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The first goal of this study was to better understand the differences between rural and urban students' selection of academic program upon entering a public university in Pennsylvania. The second goal of this study was to better understand if particular academic programs impacted rural to urban migrations after graduating from the university. The…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Rural Urban Differences, Decision Making, Public Colleges
Rosner-Salazar, Ari Senghor – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Using a phenomenological method, this study explored the higher-education affordability perceptions of a purposively-collected group of 19 students at the pseudonymous Crestview Community College (CCC) in Colorado. The defining themes of the study were: (a) knowledge of the College Opportunity Fund (COF) program and perceptions of higher-education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Attitudes, Paying for College
Download full textMcPherson, Peter; Shulenburger, David – National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 2008
With passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, the Higher Education Act (HEA) is now reauthorized. What effect will it have on U.S. higher education? Students receiving Pell grants will find that college is more affordable while those who feared that the government would exert control over learning outcomes have breathed a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Aid, Research Universities, State Universities
