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Gootee-Ash, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This quantitative study investigated food insecurity levels and attitudes and behaviors towards food waste at minority-serving colleges (MSIs). A validated survey from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Adult Food Security Survey Modules (AFSSM) was used to assess food security population levels. Paper 1 of the three included is…
Descriptors: Hunger, Minority Group Students, College Students, Ethnicity
Alleyne, Eduardo A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this quantitative study is to replicate and advance Kiley & Gable's (2013) work in examining the empirical relationship between SSAT scores and academic outcomes. Data is used relating to students accepted and enrolled in 9th grade at St. Andrew's School--a private elite boarding school--in the Fall of 2010 and Fall of 2011.…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Admission (School), Tests, Predictor Variables
Smith-Moore, Donna Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Attrition is a growing concern among higher education institutions. Student retention has long been viewed as a measure of institutional effectiveness. The number of transfer students, particularly those who seek entry into postsecondary education by transfer from a two-year to a four-year institution, continues to increase. However, transfer…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Success, Barriers, Statistical Analysis