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Direct linkNeill, Kristina; Nisco, Kerry Francesca; Park, Myung; Sacco, Janie, II; Stiner, Dana; Walker, James – ProQuest LLC, 2018
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…
Descriptors: Equal Education, First Generation College Students, Two Year Colleges, Student Attitudes
Neill, Kristina; Nisco, Kerry Francesca; Park, Myung; Sacco, Janie, II; Stiner, Dana; Walker, James – ProQuest LLC, 2018
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…
Descriptors: Equal Education, First Generation College Students, Two Year Colleges, Student Attitudes
Neill, Kristina; Nisco, Kerry Francesca; Park, Myung; Sacco, Janie, II; Stiner, Dana; Walker, James – ProQuest LLC, 2018
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…
Descriptors: Equal Education, First Generation College Students, Two Year Colleges, Student Attitudes
Neill, Kristina; Nisco, Kerry Francesca; Park, Myung; Sacco, Janie, II; Stiner, Dana; Walker, James – ProQuest LLC, 2018
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…
Descriptors: Equal Education, First Generation College Students, Two Year Colleges, Student Attitudes
Neill, Kristina; Nisco, Kerry Francesca; Park, Myung; Sacco, Janie, II; Stiner, Dana; Walker, James – ProQuest LLC, 2018
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…
Descriptors: Equal Education, First Generation College Students, Two Year Colleges, Student Attitudes
Neill, Kristina; Nisco, Kerry Francesca; Park, Myung; Sacco, Janie, II; Stiner, Dana; Walker, James – ProQuest LLC, 2018
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…
Descriptors: Equal Education, First Generation College Students, Two Year Colleges, Student Attitudes
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Download full textArifin, Muhammad Husni – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The high number of non-enrolment students had decreased the retention rates in the Indonesia Open University. Prior studies revealed that student support had a pivotal role in enhancing student persistence. Therefore, this study was aimed to explore contribution of student support in increasing student persistence by employing mixed methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Academic Support Services, Academic Persistence
April Bo Wang – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This capstone outlines my strategic project around increasing equity in Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) during the 2015-16 school year. I sought to test the theory of action that effecting technical changes and solutions around inequity the district would pave the way to effect critical adaptive changes in the future, with the hypothesis that one…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Discipline, Board of Education Policy, Disproportionate Representation
Salanger, Connor; Davis, Leanne; Ajinkya, Julie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2019
Student debt is a major barrier to adult student reengagement and degree completion. Institutional debt forgiveness is one approach to addressing the affordability barrier for returning students. This guidebook features an interview with leaders at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, who share details about the innovative debt-forgiveness…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Strategic Planning, Educational Attainment, Debt (Financial)
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2016
Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on College Preparedness and includes: (1) Ready Texas: Gathering Stakeholder Input to Guide Research on New Texas High School Graduation…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Stakeholders, High School Graduates
Gurantz, Oded – Grantee Submission, 2015
In California, the combination of budget cuts and high unemployment from the Great Recession has resulted in "overcrowded" conditions, with more students attempting to enroll in fewer available classes. State-level policy recommendations have focused on altering registration priorities to mitigate the impact of overcrowding, but it is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Registration, Enrollment, Economic Climate
Mills, Leslie S. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Various individual and institutional factors have been identified as relating to student retention. Student demographics, past academic record, students' intentions and commitment level, integration into the institution, and institutional factors have been identified by past literature as factors relating to student retention. This study focused…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Achievement, Success, Statistical Analysis
Jones, Nancy S. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this explanatory parallel mixed methods study was to identify the perceived barriers and success strategies that students experience when pursuing a California associate degree for transfer (ADT). Quantitative data about students enrolled in the ADT cohort was retrieved from the district data management system and the qualitative…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Transfer Students, Transfer Programs, School Counseling
Kilgore, Wendy – College and University, 2017
In this article, author Wendy Kilgore reports that 2016 was a productive year for AACRAO Research thanks to the active and ongoing participation of the members. Eleven research projects were completed in 2016 including 60-Second surveys and three comprehensive projects. The intent of the 60-Second surveys remains the same since its inception. They…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Surveys, Benchmarking, Educational Research
Mancini, Tracy Janine – Community College Enterprise, 2017
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…
Descriptors: Attendance, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research
