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Krista M. Soria; Stacey E. Vakanski – NACADA Journal, 2024
We examined whether the odds of experiencing academic, financial, or health-related obstacles during the COVID-19 pandemic were significantly (p < 0.05) different between students attending rural and suburban/urban colleges. We used data from a multi-institutional survey of 31,575 four-year college/university students attending seven rural and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Rural Colleges, Rural Urban Differences, COVID-19
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Ellwood-Lowe, Monica E.; Foushee, Ruthe; Srinivasan, Mahesh – Developmental Science, 2022
Parents with fewer educational and economic resources (low socioeconomic-status, SES) tend to speak less to their children, with consequences for children's later life outcomes. Despite this well-established and highly popularized link, less research addresses why the SES "word gap" exists. Moreover, while research has assessed…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Child Development, Socioeconomic Status, Speech Communication
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Patton, Kiri A.; Ware, Robert; McPherson, Lyn; Emerson, Eric; Lennox, Nicholas – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Carers of children with intellectual disability show high rates of parent-related stress and are at an increased risk for deleterious physical and mental health. Materials and Methods: This study investigated the relationship between demographic and social characteristics and parenting stress, within two different cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Parents
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Molefe, Ayrin; Proger, Amy; Burke, Matthew R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
This study examined rural-nonrural differences in postsecondary educational expectations and the attainment of expectations for grade 10 students attending rural and nonrural high schools in the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest region and how these differences compare with rural-nonrural differences in the rest of the nation. For…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Expectation, Rural Schools, Urban Schools
Hahnel, Carrie; Melnicoe, Hannah – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2019
Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD), California's thirteenth largest school district, faces a looming deficit and must make significant budget adjustments to avoid state intervention. This case study explores how the district reached this point, how its finances compare with other districts in Sacramento County, and what the…
Descriptors: Budgets, State Policy, School Districts, Case Studies
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Johnson, Iryna Y.; Muse, William B. – Research in Higher Education, 2017
Females are underrepresented in certain disciplines, which translates into their having less promising career outlooks and lower earnings. This study examines the effects of socio-economic status, academic performance, high school curriculum and involvement in extra-curricular activities, as well as self-efficacy for academic achievement on…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Majors (Students), Engineering Education, State Universities
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Robelo, Octaviano García; Marquez, Jorge Hernández; Pérez, Ileana Casasola – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
Seven factors related to academic paths of students of the Bachelor of English Language of a public university in Mexico are investigated. With a non-experimental descriptive design, a Likert scale was applied to evaluate the college students' perception of these factors. A comparative analysis between three types of school paths was performed. It…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction