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Xeev Xwm Vang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Hmong adolescents face many challenges during high school, particularly college and career readiness. School counselors are trained professionals who can help. This transcendental phenomenology study explored the lived experiences of six Hmong adolescents and how they make sense of college and career lessons in a group work format over six weeks.…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Adolescents, Group Guidance
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Bunce, Louise; Baird, Amy; Jones, Siân E. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Students studying at universities in England have been defined as customers by the government since the introduction of student tuition fees. Although this approach has been rejected by educators, there is a lack of empirical evidence about the extent to which students express a consumer orientation and its effects on academic performance. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Consumer Economics
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Carey, Roderick L. – American Journal of Education, 2019
Black and Latino adolescent boys and young men from low-income communities face numerous perceived and actual barriers to achieving their postsecondary educational goals. To advocate for more precise interventions, this study investigated how black and Latino eleventh grade boys' college ambitions were shaped by their school's college-going…
Descriptors: Males, Low Income Groups, At Risk Persons, Barriers