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A Qualitative Study of the Time of Completion for African Graduate Students at Andrews University
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Opoku, George – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Problem: International students are an important part of higher education institutions because they bring in funds, they enhance the diversity, and increase the knowledge being shared (Srivastava et al., 2010; Luo & Jamieson-Drake, 2013; Ongo, 2019; Knight, 2007; Pandit, K., 2007; Baklashova & Kazakov, 2016). Therefore, if retention is not…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Blacks, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
Trends and Determinants of Intergenerational Educational Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa for Birth Cohorts 1974 to 2003
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Ilze Plavgo; Fabrizio Bernardi – Sociology of Education, 2024
This article expands the scope of comparative social stratification research in education to rapidly developing, largely low-income sub-Saharan Africa. First, we investigate trends in the association between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and children's chances to attend and complete primary education, exploring whether and where educational…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Equal Education, Intergenerational Programs, Foreign Countries
Exploring the Socialization and Transnational Social Fields of International Doctoral Scholarship Students: Experiences of African Agricultural Scientists
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Marcy, Jennifer Jerusha – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This research study explores the doctoral socialization and transnational experiences of sub-Saharan African doctoral students whose education is sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). This study is designed to explore the convergence of the international student experience, doctoral student socialization, and the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Socialization, Foreign Students