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Fuerza en Números: Latino Representation on College Campuses and the Educational Outcomes of Latino Students
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Genesis Arteta – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study uses secondary data to explore the relationship between the percentage of Latinos enrolled in a postsecondary institution and two educational outcomes: graduating within six years and total amount in student loan debt. Research on the concentration of Latino students in higher education have mostly focused on Hispanic Serving…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Graduation Rate, Student Loan Programs
The STEM Grading Penalty: An Alternative to the "Leaky Pipeline" Hypothesis
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Witteveen, Dirk; Attewell, Paul – Science Education, 2020
The low number of baccalaureates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is often viewed as problematic for the US's economic competitiveness, leading scholars to search for explanations for STEM retention. Our analyses of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study indicate that the notion of a so-called…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Grading, Majors (Students), School Holding Power
For-Profit Colleges: Neither Educationally nor Economically Equivalent
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Tucker, Frederick – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2021
Deregulation of for-profit colleges led to a precipitous rise in enrollments from 1990 to 2010. Since 2010, regulation, investigations, and sanctions have led to enrollment declines in for-profit postsecondary institutions. Initially barred from receiving Title IV federal funds, in the form of Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, for-profit colleges…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Student Loan Programs
Factors Associated with Student Academic Achievement at Community Colleges
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Yu, Hongwei – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2017
Student retention has garnered increased attentions in higher education. Drawing from various theoretical perspectives, researchers have developed multiple theoretical models to explain or predict student retention. Most models, however, were intended for traditional aged, full-time students at 4-year colleges or universities. The rapid growth of…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
The Effect of Earning an Associate Degree on Community College Transfer Students' Performance and Success at Four-Year Institutions
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Wang, Xueli; Chuang, Yating; McCready, Bo – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background/Context: As the cost of postsecondary education continues to rise, more students begin their postsecondary careers at a community college with the ultimate goal of upward transfer. However, there is limited evidence regarding how earning an associate degree prior to transfer shape transfer students' eventual success at baccalaureate…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Understanding the Student Success Gap: Building Models for Underrepresented Racial Minority and Non-Traditional Students' College Experience in Community College
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Chen, Wei-Lin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Community colleges are a crucial channel for achieving postsecondary education success, especially for minority and nontraditionally aged students. Nonetheless, community colleges are inadequate to meeting national goals for postsecondary educational attainment. Most notably, the lack of a strong guidance of academic interventions stifles a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Models, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students