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Greene, Melanie Jennifer; Kirby, Dale – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Distance learners are typically excluded from discussions of student mobility. This paper explores distance student choices and experiences, drawing on a study that included students who enrolled in distance education courses at a university outside of their home province. Findings from this study suggest that program and course considerations…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Virtual Classrooms, Case Studies, College Students
Uditsky, Bruce; Hughson, Elizabeth – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Although today many more examples of postsecondary educational opportunities being made available to students are expanding for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), the majority of these opportunities are either segregated or partially segregated with few accommodating students with significant disabilities or challenging behaviors. In this…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Postsecondary Education, Educational Opportunities, Evidence
Oguz, Fatih; Chu, Clara M.; Chow, Anthony S. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
This paper presents a large scale study of online MLIS students (n = 910), who completed at least one online course and were enrolled in 36 of the 58 ALA-accredited MLIS programs in Canada and the United States. The results indicate that the typical student is female, White, lives in an urban setting, and is in her mid-30s. Online students were…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Library Science, Library Education, Masters Programs
Fichten, Catherine S.; Nguyen, Mai N.; Budd, Jillian; Asuncion, Jennison; Tibbs, Anthony; Jorgensen, Mary; Barile, Maria; Amsel, Rhonda – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
We examined aspects of the experiences of postsecondary students with various disabilities that facilitate higher grades and stronger intention to graduate. Specifically, we focused on experiences that could be modified by the student, the community, or the school. Self-reports of 611 junior/community college and university students with various…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Grades (Scholastic), Intention
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2012
This report presents the results of an analysis of admissions and transfer data from the 2011 BC Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey (formerly the BC College and Institute Student Outcomes Survey). This province-wide survey contacted former students 9 to 20 months after they completed all, or a significant…
Descriptors: College Credits, Foreign Countries, College Transfer Students, Associate Degrees
Reed, Maureen; Curtis, Kathryn – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: This article presents a study of the higher education experiences of students with visual impairments in Canada. Methods: Students with visual impairments and the staff members of disability programs were surveyed and interviewed regarding the students' experiences in entering higher education and completing their higher education…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Student Experience, Higher Education, College Students
Vitaro, Frank; Boivin, Michel; Brendgen, Mara; Girard, Alain; Dionne, Ginette – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
The goal of this study was to examine how different types of social experiences in kindergarten relate to Grade 1 academic achievement, while controlling for possible genetic and shared environmental influences through the use of the monozygotic (MZ) twin difference method. Social experiences in kindergarten included relationship quality with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Groups, Rejection (Psychology)
Miller, Tess; Chahine, Saad; Childs, Ruth A. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2010
This study illustrates the use of differential item functioning (DIF) and differential step functioning (DSF) analyses to detect differences in item difficulty that are related to experiences of examinees, such as their teachers' instructional practices, that are relevant to the knowledge, skill, or ability the test is intended to measure. This…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Difficulty Level, Test Items, Mathematics Tests
Bourke, Alan; Jayman, Alison Jenkins – Urban Education, 2011
This article utilizes interview data to explore how notions of risk operate in a school-university partnership program. Our analysis traces the divergence between conceptualizations of "at-risk" in scholarship, its use in policy, and students' responses to this terminology. Although students targeted in such programs are often…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2012
Recent figures show that each year over 22,000 students move between institutions in BC's geographically dispersed network of public colleges, institutes, teaching-intensive universities, and research-intensive universities. The ability of students to move easily through the system, accessing the institutions, programs of study, and courses that…
Descriptors: Credentials, College Credits, Foreign Countries, College Transfer Students
Wilson, Heidi; Bialk, Philip; Freeze, Trevi B.; Freeze, Rick; Lutfiyya, Zana M. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Building a meaningful and valued life for individuals with learning disabilities requires the sustained, diligent and coordinated efforts of family members, supporters, educators and the individuals themselves. In this article, the formative childhood and adolescent experiences of two young adults with learning disabilities, leading to their…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Disabilities, Young Adults, Transitional Programs
McAlpine, Lynn – Australian Universities' Review, 2012
Despite much research into doctoral education over the past two decades, theorising the field remains challenging. Recently, identity has been taken up as a conceptualising frame. Views of identity vary but often privilege the reproductive features of society, downplaying how individuals can be intentional in pursuing their desires--with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Self Concept
Regmi, Kapil Dev – Online Submission, 2011
This paper was written as an assignment for one of my courses while pursuing a graduate degree in the Department of Education Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. I have made an attempt to explore perceptions and experiences of a female graduate student on four different aspects of her family and academic life. The four…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Females, Gender Differences, Barriers
Moores, Lisa; Popadiuk, Natalee – Journal of College Student Development, 2011
Despite the considerable growth of the international student population, positive aspects of their experience have received little attention. The current study combines a Critical Incident Technique methodology and a positive psychology lens to explore the cross-cultural transition of seven international students, focusing on facilitative factors,…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Experience, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Guitard, Paulette; Duguay, Elise; Theriault, France-Andree; Sirois, Nathalie Julie; Lajoie, Melissa – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2010
The purpose of this research was two-fold. First, it sought to determine if Canadian rehabilitation science programs are equipped to admit students with physical impairments and, second, to document the experience of these students. A survey (questionnaire) conducted among all Canadian university rehabilitation science programs (n = 34) and…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Physical Disabilities, Student Experience, Rehabilitation Programs