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Villarreal, Michael U.; Lee, Han Bum – Texas Education Research Center, 2022
This study examined the effect of attending Pre-K 4 SA on students' educational achievement in third and fourth grades. Pre-K 4 SA is a high-quality pre-kindergarten (pre-K) program in San Antonio that meets all quality standards defined by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). The results showed that distance to Pre-K 4 SA…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, School Effectiveness, Preschool Education, Academic Achievement
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Jessica M. Perry; Halimah Ravat; Emma K. Bridger; Pelham Carter; Silvio Aldrovandi – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
Due to the increased financial pressure--exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic--that students in higher education need to endure, considerable attention is being drawn towards the determinants of student financial anxiety. A conflicting picture has been captured about financial literacy, which has been shown to either be associated with better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Debt (Financial), Financial Problems, Anxiety
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Bettina Backman; Matthew Dunn; Neetu A. George; Bianca Whiteside; Fiona H. McKay – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2024
International students in Australia risk financial insecurity and as a result, may make suboptimal health decisions. Limited research has explored the experiences of international students' health-related financial decision making. In-depth interviews were conducted with 31 international students to explore how financial situation influences their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Financial Problems, Student Behavior, Health Behavior
Sallie Mae Bank, 2024
The is the second edition of Sallie Mae's "How America Completes College" report, which focuses on the experiences of current undergraduate students and considers the real-time barriers to graduation. This year's report identifies key factors impacting a student's journey from accessing higher education to completing their degree or…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Dropouts, Higher Education, Student Motivation
Valeria Rizo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed methods action research study was conducted at a women's, private, liberal arts university in the United States with the purpose to create an opportunity for the Latina female first-generations college students (LFFGCS) to; build a sense of belonging and community, and provide them with more resources on a variety of financial topics in…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Private Colleges, Liberal Arts, Hispanic American Students
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Ruoying Zhang; Jasmine A. Mena – Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 2024
Chinese students represent the largest group of international students in the United States and have been reported to experience various challenges and stressors including transitional stress, academic stress, language barriers, financial difficulties, perceived discrimination, loss of social support, and homesickness. This study drew from…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Chinese, Gender Differences, Stress Variables
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Hove, Baldwin; Dube, Bekithemba – International Journal of Higher Education, 2022
University student activism is generally characterized by protests and demonstrations by students who are reacting to social, political, and economic challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic revolutionized university student activism, and closed the geographical space for protests and demonstrations. The pandemic locked students out of the university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Activism
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Chang, Lei; Lu, Hui Jing; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Skinner, Ann T.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Steinberg, Laurence; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Chen, Bin Bin; Tian, Qian; Bacchini, Dario; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Pastorelli, Concetta; Alampay, Liane Peña; Sorbring, Emma; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Oburu, Paul; Malone, Patrick S.; Di Giunta, Laura; Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe; Tapanya, Sombat – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Safety is essential for life. To survive, humans and other animals have developed sets of psychological and physiological adaptations known as life history (LH) tradeoff strategies in response to various safety constraints. Evolutionarily selected LH strategies in turn regulate development and behavior to optimize survival under prevailing safety…
Descriptors: Safety, Physiology, Psychological Patterns, Longitudinal Studies
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Peach, Nathan D.; Yuan, Haowen – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2017
In this study the relationship between undergraduates' financial knowledge, behaviours, and attitudes are explored. These three dimensions of financial capability are considered in order to identify ways in which they influence one another. Data are collected via a survey administered at a small, private university in the United States. Financial…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Money Management
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Toppin, Ian N.; Pullens, Laveda M. – Journal of Instructional Research, 2015
Prior classroom management training makes a big difference in faculty's ability to handle disputes with students. This type of training should be included in faculty orientation activities. The research presented in this article indicates that success in dealing with behaviorally challenging students is possible if the likely areas of dispute are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Conflict Resolution
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Britt, Sonya L.; Canale, Anthony; Fernatt, Fred; Stutz, Kristen; Tibbetts, Racquel – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2015
This study had two distinct purposes. First, to determine the predictors of financial stress among college students who sought free peer-based financial counseling from a large Midwestern university (N = 675). Secondly, to determine the effectiveness of the particular financial counseling center from a subsample of those who sought help (N = 97).…
Descriptors: College Students, Financial Services, Stress Management, Counseling Services
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Mendoza, Pilar; Malcolm, Zaria; Parish, Nancy – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2015
This study investigated qualitatively how undergraduate students experienced the Great Recession at a flagship university in the South Eastern of United States and how this experience relates to their retention. Results indicate that the Great Recession has significantly impacted students' engagement and commitments. We argue that student…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Economic Climate
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Despard, Mathieu R.; Chowa, Gina A. N. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
Social workers have opportunities to help individuals and families with their financial problems in a variety of practice settings, yet receive no formal training to do so. Using data from an online survey of social workers and other human service professionals ("N"?=?56) who completed or expressed interest in a financial social work…
Descriptors: Social Work, Financial Services, Money Management, Online Surveys
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Hogan, Eileen A.; Bryant, Sarah K.; Overymyer-Day, Leslie E. – College Student Journal, 2013
The acquisition of credit card debt by college students has long been a topic of concern. This study explores relationships among debt, undesirable academic behaviors and cognitions, and academic performance, through surveys of 338 students in a public university, replicating two past measures of credit card debt and creating new measures of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Debt (Financial), Delinquency, Academic Achievement
Viloria, Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to determine the common programs and practices that Beating the Odds (BTO) high schools in California are using to achieve high graduation rates. More specifically, this study identifies specific programs and practices that the high schools are using to address at-risk student behaviors as well as…
Descriptors: High Schools, Effective Schools Research, Institutional Survival, Phenomenology
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