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Neshat Yazdani; Leigh S. McCallen; Lindsay T. Hoyt; Joshua L. Brown – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
Approximately 30% of students who enter the postsecondary education system do so through 2-year colleges. The majority of these students intend to earn a bachelor's degree, but most leave college before earning a diploma from a 4-year institution. The discrepancy between bachelor's degree aspirations and degree attainment rates of students who…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth
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Victoria Povilaitis; Robert P. Lubeznik-Warner; Katie McGregor-Wheatley – Journal of Youth Development, 2024
Millions of youth in North America attend summer camps each year. Researchers have documented the potential positive developmental outcomes associated with camp (Flynn et al., 2019; Gagnon et al., 2021; Gillard & Watts, 2013; Warner et al., 2021); however, some youth are required to depart from camp before the end of their session for…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Camps, Youth, Mental Health
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Jodi Berger Cardoso; Kalina M. Brabeck; Tzuan A. Chen; Arlene Bjugstad; Caitlyn Mytelka; Randy Capps; Thomas M. Crea – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
Recent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) scholarship emphasizes that differing ACEs affect the onset and course of psychopathology, and that sociopolitical context contributes to ACEs experienced by marginalized youth. Guided by the Immigration-Related Adverse Childhood Experiences Model, we explored the associations between different…
Descriptors: Trauma, Predictor Variables, Disadvantaged Youth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Bethany Rittle-Johnson; Rebecca Adler; Kelley Durkin – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
The current study is a conceptual replication of the influence of an advanced educational opportunity and several student propensities to learn on a college-readiness assessment for mathematics (ACT scores) among an important and under-studied group of students. We focused on a sample of predominantly Black students from economically-disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
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Kevin C. Runions; Jonathan H. Sae-Koew; Natasha Pearce; Kiira Sarasjärvi; Matilda Attey; Francis Mitrou – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Growing up in socioeconomic disadvantage increases risk of peer bullying at school. Both socioeconomic status and involvement in bullying are predictive of a range of adverse developmental outcomes. However, neither (a) the mechanisms whereby disadvantage increases bullying risk nor (b) the developmental outcomes for which bullying may mediate…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Peer Relationship, Bullying
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Preeya P. Mbekeani; Daniel Koretz – AERA Open, 2024
Validity studies of college admissions tests have found that, on average, students who are Black or Hispanic earn lower freshman grade-point averages (FGPAs) than predicted by these test scores. This differential prediction is used as a measure of bias. These studies, however, conflate student and school characteristics. The differential…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Grade Point Average, Racial Differences