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Jillian Claire Hamilton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Children with Developmental Delay (DD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience challenging behaviors, including noncompliance, that impact individual and family functioning across settings. Due to developmental risk, parenting has emerged as being especially instrumental within this population, with positive parenting practices directly…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Child Behavior
Yvette McElroy Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the funding equitably across community college districts in Michigan. Pursuant to this investigation, the disproportionate effect that community college funding has on underserved populations was examined. This research utilized a quantitative approach, including descriptive statistics,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Equity (Finance), Disproportionate Representation, Enrollment
Rochelle N. Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2020
First-generation low-income students are faced with many challenges during their transition to college. Early involvement is critical for their success. The purpose of this research was to discover the impact that Student Support Services had on first-generation low-income students' retention. The purpose was to determine if student's GPAs, family…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Students, Student Personnel Services, Grade Point Average
Monica D. Brooks – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Using data collected from the United States Census and the National Center for Educational Statistics, the purpose of this study was to examine the causal effect of wealth and its impact on the higher education outcome of low-income Black students. A quantile threshold model was used to investigate the effect of household wealth on low-income,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income Students, African American Students, Socioeconomic Status
Laura Robinson-Doyle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the impact of an undergraduate short-term experiential learning nutrition course on influencing students' perceptions toward individuals experiencing poverty and food insecurity (FI). The Undergraduate Perception of Poverty Tracking Survey (UPPTS) was the tool used to measure perception. Student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Food, Security (Psychology)
Pamelia Patterson Bunnitt – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this quantitative study was to discuss the predictability between demographic, academic, and family-related factors on the retention rate of freshman college students. The researcher analyzed, through statistical analysis, each student's high school grade point average, first-semester grade point average, ACT/SAT scores, mother's…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Family Influence, Academic Persistence
Rohena, Luis O. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Uniformed Services University (USU) created the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2) in 2014 with the goal of diversifying their student body. The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether certain independent variables (gender, age, race/ethnicity, underrepresented in medicine (URM) status, years of military…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Military Personnel, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Yaacov Wittman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation consists of two chapters studying the importance of household income for shaping student outcomes in the market for higher education in the United States. The first chapter uses the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 to document that conditional on student ability, high-income students are more likely to enroll in college and…
Descriptors: Family Income, Outcomes of Education, Longitudinal Studies, Higher Education
Griselda C. Castilla – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between college persistence and family income, parental education level, and type of financial aid for first-time, full-time Hispanic economically disadvantaged students selected from a South Texas Hispanic-serving institution. The dependent variable, college persistence, was measured by…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Minority Serving Institutions, Student Financial Aid, Correlation
Kevin John Upton – ProQuest LLC, 2020
People attend postsecondary institutions for a variety of reasons and with a variety of expectations. Among the supposed benefits of a college education are greater earning potential and satisfaction with life (SWL). It is also widely assumed that a degree from a highly selective (or prestigious or elite) college is more valuable than one from a…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Reputation, Postsecondary Education, Outcomes of Education
Suzanne P. Mallaghan-Rasco – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This case study explores, from the student perspective, the difficulties and supports that empowers first-generation, female senior undergraduates at a United States (U.S.) 4-year institution of higher education (IHE) in their pursuit of degree attainment. The students denote diverse racial and socioeconomic demographics at the university study…
Descriptors: Females, First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, Ethnic Groups
Gena N. Wambsganss – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This thesis evaluates the curricula implemented in four mother-tongue based multilingual education programs in the Philippines, Thailand, East Timor, and Cameroon. The method for conducting research in this thesis is based on the five principles to enhance learning presented by the World Bank and the prism model developed by Thomas and Collier.…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Curriculum Development, Low Income, Native Language
Jing Xu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Global competence (GC) has become a crucial skill for students in higher education and has been prioritized in talent development objectives at colleges and universities in China, especially in the context of globalization. However, concerns have been voiced that the extensive exposure to global culture and values through mass media may lead to an…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Cultural Awareness, International Education
Westdal, June N. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Seemingly small reading delays in early childhood have the potential to compound into more considerable reading difficulties later in childhood (Bast & Reitsma, 1998; Foster & Miller, 2007). Children growing up in at-risk households are especially vulnerable to falling behind in reading. The objective of this study was to explore the…
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Environment, Attention, Genetics
Hopp, Sam P. E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This research investigated the attainment of bachelor degrees by students from different immigrant generational backgrounds and income levels in the United States through the additional family capital variables of student educational expectations, parental educational attainment, and two-parent households. As the nation continues to mature, gaps…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Higher Education, Bachelors Degrees, Family Income