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Complete College America, 2021
College stops before it really begins for far too many students. These students enroll in college only to be told that they are not ready for college-level coursework. Historically, colleges and universities have attempted to close this gap by placing these students, who are disproportionately Black, Latinx, or experiencing poverty, in…
Descriptors: State Universities, Remedial Instruction, Required Courses, Introductory Courses
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Sockol, Laura E.; Ellison, William D.; Stutts, Lauren A.; Knouse, Laura E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2021
Background: Many students report negative attitudes toward research methods and statistics (RMS), and these attitudes are associated with impaired performance. Student interest in clinical psychology suggests that clinical courses may provide a promising venue for integrating RMS instruction. This approach may be particularly valuable for students…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Research Methodology, Research Training, Statistics Education
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Winterton, Mandy Teresa; Irwin, Sarah – Journal of Youth Studies, 2012
The expansion of higher education in the UK has been accompanied by ongoing class related inequalities in expectations about, and access to, university. In the context of detailed research into middle-class and working-class experiences and difference, there have been calls for more detailed analysis of internal class diversity, and for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Student Educational Objectives
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Walpole, MaryBeth, Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2007
This volume examines conceptual frameworks and models that flow from scholars' definitions and operationalizations of social class: status attainment theory, human capital theory, the financial nexus model, Bourdieuian theory, and critical race theory. Since students often have multiple social locations that affect their educational process, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Human Capital, Definitions