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Marisa D. Mariano – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Asian Americans (AA) are one of the most rapidly growing populations in higher education, increasing by 36% since 2010. AA students are considered the model minority group who are generally academically successful. However, recent studies by Vang (2016) and Nguyen (2018) have disaggregated data and found while many Asian immigrants came to the…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Asian American Students, Filipino Americans, Student Experience
Russell, H. Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A qualitative, hermeneutic phenomenological study conducted through interviews with 20 non-traditional (NT) Hispanic/Latino female part-time community college students and located at an urban community college in southern New Jersey explored for factors of persistence and discontinuation. Six themes emerged. Theme 1: Institutional persistence…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Familiarity, College Environment