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Direct linkCabrera, Alberto F.; Peralta, Alicia M.; Kurban, Elizabeth R. – Journal of Higher Education, 2018
This study examined the differences between U.S. civilian and military children in their attainment of milestones toward college during a period of burgeoning military deployment (2002-2004). In spite of this intensive deployment, the process of attainment of milestones toward college among military children from Grade 10 to Grade 12 was…
Descriptors: College Choice, Parent Participation, Military Personnel, High School Students
Peer reviewedCabrera, Alberto F.; And Others – Journal of Higher Education, 1992
Two theories concerning students' decisions to leave college are compared, and the convergence and discriminant validity of the two theories are examined empirically. The extent to which the theories could be merged to help researchers understand the role of institutional and noninstitutional variables in student persistence is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Administration, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedCabrera, Alberto F.; Nora, Amaury; Terenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest; Hagedorn, Linda Serra – Journal of Higher Education, 1999
A study examined the impact of prejudice and discrimination at 18 institutions on the adjustment of 1,454 students to college. Results indicate perceived discriminatory behavior negatively affected minority-student academic/intellectual development, social experiences, and institutional commitment. Although differential effects were noted for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Environment, College Students
Peer reviewedVolkwein, J. Fredericks; Szelest, Bruce P.; Cabrera, Alberto F.; Napierski-Prancl, Michelle R. – Journal of Higher Education, 1998
Analysis of National Postsecondary Student Aid Study data for 11,000 students in loan programs at 1,400 institutions found borrowers with similar earned degrees, marital status, number of dependent children, showed similar levels of income/loan default, regardless of racial/ethnic group. Findings dispute national policy and suggest that campuses…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Dependents
Download full textCabrera, Alberto F.; And Others – 1992
This paper reports the results of an empirical study on the role of finances on college persistence. A quantitative causal model, that relied on several theoretical frameworks, was tested via structural equation modelling for categorical data that incorporated constructs from the financial aid literature as well as the persistence literature. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis
Swail, Watson Scott; Cabrera, Alberto F.; Lee, Chul; Williams, Adriane – Online Submission, 2005
This report is one of a series of three reports on Latino students in the educational pipeline. The purpose of this series is to provide a sense of the challenges facing Latino youth compared to White youth on the pathways to postsecondary education and the baccalaureate. In researching Part I, our interest was in finding out what happened to NELS…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Attainment, White Students, Middle School Students
