As marketization and privatization strategies become commonplace in higher education, it is essential for institutions to understand how students make decisions about college choice. Students as consumers engage in complex college choice decision-making that is often impacted by institutional and personal characteristics, such as cost, location,…

Students transfer from one institution of higher education to another for many different reasons, and students' decision-making processes and enrollment patterns can be complex. This, coupled with a declining postsecondary enrollment nationally and the number of high school graduates leveling off, has forced the transfer admission offices to think…

The population of adult learners with Some College, No Credential (SCNC) has risen over the years to over 40 million individuals. A smaller subset of this population has debt that they owe their institutions directly in addition to state, federal, or private loans. As of 2020, approximately 6.6 million students owed more than $15 billion in…

The purpose of this study is to identify factors that motivate English Learners to pursue a college education. Through connections with college graduates that came from abroad, I was able to understand the barriers that English Learners experience, and what motivated them to pursue a college career goal.?The study was conducted from an…

This study analyses variances among four demographic characteristics -- age, gender, continent, and program of study on international students' perception of a Post-1992 UK university's registration process. Analysis was done with respect to six structured survey questions (dependent variables), which serve as dimensions for measuring students'…

This study aims to determine the needs, expectations, problems and experiences of international students in the process of distance education. To this end, phenomenology design was used, and university students representing different departments and countries were selected through a purposive sampling method. A total of 11 international students…

This article explores inclusion and the psychosocial experiences of students with visual impairments in a Zimbabwe state university. The qualitative case study design was used and the participants comprised of six students with visual impairments. These were purposively sampled because of their experiences in the university. The semi-structured…

This report provides an analysis of barriers experienced by first-generation students attempting to enroll in a two-year college. This multi-strand, mixed methods action research used both quantitative correlation and qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the interaction between first-generation students and the two-year college. The…

This report provides an analysis of barriers experienced by first-generation students attempting to enroll in a two-year college. This multi-strand, mixed methods action research used both quantitative correlation and qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the interaction between first-generation students and the two-year college. The…

This report provides an analysis of barriers experienced by first-generation students attempting to enroll in a two-year college. This multi-strand, mixed methods action research used both quantitative correlation and qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the interaction between first-generation students and the two-year college. The…

This report provides an analysis of barriers experienced by first-generation students attempting to enroll in a two-year college. This multi-strand, mixed methods action research used both quantitative correlation and qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the interaction between first-generation students and the two-year college. The…

This report provides an analysis of barriers experienced by first-generation students attempting to enroll in a two-year college. This multi-strand, mixed methods action research used both quantitative correlation and qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the interaction between first-generation students and the two-year college. The…

This report provides an analysis of barriers experienced by first-generation students attempting to enroll in a two-year college. This multi-strand, mixed methods action research used both quantitative correlation and qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the interaction between first-generation students and the two-year college. The…

Conventional wisdom suggests attending the first day of class matters with regard to student course completion and final course grade. However, relatively little quantitative research exists on the effects of attending or not attending the first day of class. Qualitative research on student perceptions of the value and importance of the first day…

The study is aimed at assessing the perceptions of male and female students on manual and online course registration systems in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. One research question was formulated to guide the study. A questionnaire containing 20 items on assessing the perceptions of students on manual and online course registration was drawn.…