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Applying a Vocational Framework to Identify How School Counselors Navigate the College Selection and Financing Process in Today's High School Building
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Amanda L. Sohl – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Advising students on college admissions and financial aid is an important pillar of most high school counseling programs. This work has become more challenging for many school counselors since the pandemic, so it is imperative to find new ways to explore how counselors approach college advising today. This novel research utilized Hansen's (1995)…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counseling Techniques, High School Students, College Choice
The Forgotten Year, an Exploratory Case Study Discovering the Second-Year Experiences of Women Enrolled in a STEM Program
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Brittany Sanner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Women continue to be underrepresented within the STEM field. This qualitative, narrative, research student explores the expectations and experiences of women enrolled in a STEM program during their second year. Focusing on understanding their relationships with academic advising, faculty, and peers of all genders. Semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, STEM Careers
A Phenomenological Study on the Enrollment Decisions of High- Achieving, Low-Income Students Enrolled in a Community College
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Brittany Matthews – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding for the experience of enrolling in a community college through the lived experience of high-achieving, low-income students. Prior research highlighted the disparate enrollment behaviors of HALI students. In particular, HALI students disproportionately attended open-access, for-profit, and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, High Achievement, Low Income Students, College Enrollment
Assisting Students in the College Choice Process: Three Essays on the Role and Effectiveness of College Advising Professionals in Public High Schools
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Clayton, Ashley Brooke – ProQuest LLC, 2016
To address the importance of college access and the gaps in scholarship concerning college advising, this study is comprised of three essays, each focused on college advising professionals in public high schools. Though the majority of research in this area has focused on traditional school counselors, these studies examined the role and…
Descriptors: College Choice, Essays, Academic Advising, High Schools
The Path to University Admission in the United States through Intensive English Programs
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Grosik, Sarah Arva – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In recent years, university-based Intensive English Programs (IEPs) have expanded to serve the growing population of international students who wish to earn their degrees at U.S. universities. Many of these IEPs have shifted their focus to assist these academically bound international students by functioning as a bridge to enrollment in American…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intensive Language Courses
An Examination of Factors Influencing African-American Students' Choice to Attend Predominately White Colleges and Universities
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Norwood, Melvin C. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence African American college students' decisions to attend an HBCU or a PWI 4-year institution. Differences among African Americans in factors influencing the college choice process were examined by gender and parents' level of education. The study was designed to gain a better…
Descriptors: African American Students, Institutional Research, Reputation, College Choice