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Andrade, Cláudia; van Rhijn, Tricia; Coimbra, Susana – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2017
In recent years, higher education institutions have made efforts to attract people who are either in the labor market or unemployed to the educational system. Accordingly, the participation of nontraditional students in postsecondary education has been increasing over the years in Portugal, including working students and working student parents.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Family School Relationship, Conflict
Ryan, Sarah – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2016
Using data from the "Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002" and structural equation modeling techniques, this study focuses on the unique experiences of Hispanic adolescents who maintain bachelor's degree expectations through the end of high school. Results indicate that the degree to which Hispanic students' college expectations are…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Colleges, Enrollment, Longitudinal Studies
Lin, Ching-Hui – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of financial aid policies on student persistence between the first and second year at a private four-year postsecondary institution in Taiwan. A two-phase sequential research design was employed with priority was given to the quantitative data--structural equation modeling (SEM). While the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid, Academic Persistence, College Students
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Saraçli, Sinan; Yilmaz, Veysel; Arslan, Talha – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Problem Statement: The damage caused by recent environmental problems has led to increased environmental concerns and the development of environment-friendly consumption behaviours in almost every society. Environment-friendly consumption involves the consideration of environmental benefits by minimizing any damage done to the environment at all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Parent Background
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de Castro, Belinda V.; de Guzman, Allan B. – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2014
The overall intent of this exploratory study is to test a model that considers demographic characteristics, attitudes toward shadow education and shadow education institutions' service attributes as antecedents of satisfaction level and behavioural intentions among a select group of Filipino university students. To test the seven hypotheses in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Structural Equation Models, Student Surveys
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Kruse, Tracy; Starobin, Soko S.; Chen, Yu; Baul, Tushi; Santos Laanan, Frankie – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This quantitative study examined how social capital and finances influenced community college students' intent to transfer to a four-year institution within STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. Focusing on the community college students enrolled in a rural midwestern state, the authors employed a structural equation modeling…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Social Capital, Educational Finance, Two Year College Students
Ryan, Sarah Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The fact that Latina/o students are losing ground to their non-Latino White peers in four-year college enrollment and bachelor's degree attainment even as Latino college enrollment and graduation rates are at an all time high constitutes a perplexing puzzle. In order to realize the potential "demographic dividend" embedded in the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Educational Attainment, Enrollment