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Schudde, Lauren – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2016
Students from low-income families consistently trail behind their peers in retention and degree attainment. Research on college student experiences suggests that low-income students experience "cultural mismatch" at college--they feel that their backgrounds are at odds with the middle-class values dominant on campus (Armstrong &…
Descriptors: Family Income, School Holding Power, On Campus Students, College Housing
Terkla, Dawn Geronimo; Etish-Andrews, Jane; Roscoe, Heather S. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2007
This paper explores how students adjust to life at universities outside their home countries. Much of the current research was conducted prior to the 9/11 tragedy and focuses primarily on studies within a single U.S. institution. This project expands the boundaries by including multiple institutions from around the globe post-9/11. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Student Characteristics