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Learning Abroad and Engagement at Home for First-Generation College Students: The Relationship of Study Abroad Participation to Civic Outcomes
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Mitic, Radomir Ray – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study contributes new evidence on the factors associated with undergraduate study abroad participation and post-college civic engagement, with particular attention on the moderating influence of first-generation college student status. Drawing on Education Longitudinal Study 2002-2012 data, this study analyzes how students' ascribed…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, First Generation College Students, Citizen Participation, Student Characteristics
Why Alumni Give: How Campus Environment and Sense of Belonging Shape Nontraditional Students' Intent to Give Financially to Their University
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Miller, Myra E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Institutions of higher learning are dependent on financial giving from alumni, individuals, companies, foundations, and organizations whose gifts help strengthen the core of the university. Donations improve academic programs, fund research, enhance student life, provide better facilities, and assist with initiatives of the institution.…
Descriptors: Alumni, Higher Education, Campuses, Nontraditional Students
Engaging Institutional Environments and Alumni Donor Participation Rates: Is There a Linkage?
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Field, Kimberly Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined the relationship between engaging institutional environments and alumni donor participation rates at 310 colleges and universities. The study found that engaging environments have positive relationships to alumni donor participation rates at Carnegie Baccalaureate institutions, but the relationship is not significant at Masters…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, College Environment, Donors, Alumni