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Direct linkNam, Benjamin H.; Bai, Qiong; Bae, Wonyul – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2020
This study utilizes a critical phenomenological approach and adopts concepts of linguistic hegemony and linguistic capital, to explore the life course stages of former Korean college student-athletes who dropped out of athletic programs and who faced vocational challenge but obtained successful careers in their ideal career fields through…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, College Students
Williams, Donjanea F. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2012
College students on probation are generally considered at-risk for dropping out, as indicated by a wide range of literature. This article focuses on an action research study that explored the impact of a career workshop series on freshman students in a probation course at a medium-sized university located in the southeastern United States. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Action Research, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness
Martinez, Guadalupe Federico. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Building on sociological studies regarding college choice and persistence, this qualitative study investigates the college and post college experiences of 15 current students with NFL aspirations and 13 former students who held NFL aspirations, all from Division I Football Bowl Series (FBS) programs. A phenomenological design is implemented to…
Descriptors: Team Sports, College Students, Athletes, Qualitative Research
Taylor, Sarah E.; Scepansky, James A.; Lounsbury, John W.; Gibson, Lucy W. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2010
Personality traits of coeducational students have been shown to correlate with early withdrawal intention from college (Lounsbury, Saudargas, & Gibson, 2004). The current study investigated the relationship between the Big Five personality traits as well as seven narrow personality traits in relation to withdrawal intention among 103 female…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Females, Intention, Womens Education
Download full textAUGUSTINE, ROGER D. – 1966
BECAUSE OF DECREASING ENGINEERING ENROLLMENTS AND INCREASING ATTRITION RATES, FACTORS RELATED TO PERSISTENCE OR CHANGE IN MAJOR FIELD BY ACADEMICALLY PROFICIENT STUDENTS WERE STUDIED. THE SAMPLE, COMPOSED OF MALE STUDENTS ENTERING AS FRESHMEN AT THREE MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITIES, WAS SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED AS PERSISTERS OR NON-PERSISTERS.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Choice, College Curriculum, College Students
Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis
Peer reviewedBrigman, S. Leellen; And Others – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1982
Compared characteristics of students (N=180) who withdrew from a university after completing two years of a baccalaureate program. Dropouts, stopouts, and transfers reported that four factors were related to withdrawal decisions: academic environment, financial demands, career focus, and social/personal environment. Discusses implications of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, College Transfer Students, Comparative Analysis
Brigman, S. Leellen; Stager, Susan Ferencz – 1980
Freshmen entering Indiana University in 1974 and leaving after two years but in good academic standing were surveyed in 1977. Those who were re-enrolled in an Indiana University System institution (57 students) were surveyed apart from the 303 students who had not re-enrolled. Academic and biographical information was gathered from school records.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Persistence, Career Choice, College Environment
Women in Universities: Survey of the Status of Female Faculty and Students at Canadian Universities.
Saunders, Mary; And Others – 1992
The study of women faculty and students at Canadian Universities reported in this document covered 10 areas of academic life. The study involved two questionnaires, one directed to the President's Office and/or faculty representative and one to students. Responses were received from 55 percent of the 82 President/Faculty questionnaires and 42…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Day Care Centers, Dropouts
