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Gender Differences in the Influence of Parental Class on Young Adults' Participation in Postsecondary Education in the US
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Weiss, Felix; Scholten, Mirte M. M. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
As with earlier social disparities in educational achievement, re-enrolment in college education can depend on parental social background. We link this finding with gender differences using data from the US National Longitudinal Study of Youth 79 and ask if the decision to re-enrol in college is influenced by parental social class in a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Young Adults, Postsecondary Education, Student Participation
Threaded Discussion Instructional Strategies and Student Performance
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Krull, Rodger Pratt – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Educators need insight into what instructional strategies are effective in the online environment, but few researchers have contrasted threaded discussion strategies and measures of student performance using a quantitative approach. Also, the effectiveness of threaded discussion strategies across all student generation groups or between genders is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Educational Strategies, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis
Career Cruising Impact on the Self Efficacy of Deciding Majors
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Smother, Anthony William – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of "Career Cruising"© on self-efficacy of deciding majors in a university setting. The use of the self-assessment instrument, "Career Cruising"©, was used with measuring the career-decision making self-efficacy in a pre and post-test with deciding majors. The independent…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Students, Majors (Students), Decision Making
An Exploration of Factors That Impact the Satisfaction and Success of Low Socioeconomic Status Community College Students
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Bell, Damon A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation explored multiple factors that impact the satisfaction and success of low socioeconomic status students at a California community college. In an effort to illuminate this impact, a quantitative study investigating extant data collected from a campus climate survey was conducted. The researcher was specifically interested in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Satisfaction, Student Attitudes
Ethnic Disparities in Graduate Education: A Selective Review of Quantitative Research, Social Theory, and Quality Initiatives
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Franklin, Somer L.; Slate, John R.; Joyner, Sheila A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2014
In this article, we analyzed research studies in the field of graduate education. In particular, we explored the issue of inequity in graduate education through three key lenses of social science analyses. Furthermore, we analyzed selected quantitative research studies that undertook a comparative examination of aggregate trends in enrollment and…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Ethnic Diversity, Ethnicity, Statistical Analysis
Engagement in the First Year as a Predictor of Academic Achievement and Persistence of First-Year Students
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Schlinsog, Jimmie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study explored the relationship between engagement in educationally purposeful activities during the first year of college and academic achievement, persistence, and graduation. The study focused on the impacts of engagement on student outcomes related to academic achievement, persistence, and graduation at a comprehensive university located…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, High School Students, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average