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Direct linkJasmine Reynolds – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this transcendental phenomenology study was to understand the experiences of non-traditional undergraduate students taking online courses at a public or a private university in Virginia. The self-determination theory, which guided this study, explained the motivated behaviors of intrinsic and extrinsic needs that affect the…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Student Motivation, School Holding Power, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedBennett, Daniel L.; Edwards, Elyssa; Ngai, Courtney – Educational Studies, 2019
We study the effects of homeschool background and time use on academic performance among students at Patrick Henry College, a private religious institution with a 63-credit core classical liberal arts curriculum. Using ordinary least squares regression analysis, we examine four research questions: (1) Does time use influence academic performance?…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Home Schooling, Private Colleges, Parent Background
Cadle, Charles R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Developing and maintaining a "completion mindset" is a necessary mental condition for online educational doctorate (EdD) and educational specialist (EdS) students to obtain their advanced degrees. The purpose of this research study was to examine the effect of a neuroeducational intervention on a volunteer convenience sample of EdD and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Specialists
Bartlett, Thomas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article features Hampden-Sydney College, one of the last male-only colleges in the country. Along with Hampden-Sydney, just three other four-year colleges are still all male: Wabash College, Morehouse College, and Saint John's University in Minnesota. But Hampden-Sydney is, arguably, the manliest of the lot. Students who attend Hampden-Sydney…
Descriptors: Single Sex Colleges, Males, Private Colleges, Student Attitudes
Nayor, Gregory J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Research in higher education over the past several decades has extensively examined the extent to which various aspects of the college environment affect student persistence (Astin, 1962, 1993; Bean, 1980; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005; Tinto, 1975, 1988, 1993). Furthermore, researchers have noted the importance of the residential living…
Descriptors: Housing Needs, Grade Point Average, Academic Persistence, Interaction
Download full textShultz, James A. – 1995
This report identities significant characteristics and implications of state programs that provide financial aid to students in private, independent non-profit colleges and universities and describes one program in detail, Virginia's Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) Program. Following an introduction in Section 1, Section 2 reviews the scope of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Students, Educational Policy, Government School Relationship
