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Peer reviewedPhelps, Rosemary E.; Tranakos-Howe, Sarah; Dagley, John C.; Lyn, Michelle King – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2001
Examines encouragement and ethnicity in 112 African American college students attending two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and a predominantly White institution (PWI). Results indicate a positive relationship between Ethnic Pride and View of Others for the HBCU group and positive relationships between Ethnic Pride and the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College Students, Ethnicity
Morgan, Alistair – 1991
This report reviews the work which has been carried out under the label of "research in student learning," in order to examine the significance of the findings for distance education, and to discuss some of the methodological issues raised in carrying out this research. The discussion also provides insights into conducting this type of research in…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Course Content, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Direct linkMaher, Michelle A. – Innovative Higher Education, 2005
This study examined the experiences of 13 graduate students enrolled in a closed, lock-step master's degree of the education cohort program. Interview and observational data, collected over 10 months and across four courses, were qualitatively analyzed to explore students' understanding of the meaning of cohort membership and how that membership…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Educational Experience, Graduate Students, Interviews
Download full textMalaney, Gary D.; Shively, Michael – 1991
This study examines the relative stability and change in ethnic students' (Asian, Black, and Hispanic) social and academic expectations during their first year at the University of Massachusetts. The paper investigates how students' expectations were met by their actual experiences and whether students of different racial or ethnic categories…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attitude Change, College Freshmen
Benjamin, Michael – 1990
A study was done at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) examining the experiences, concerns and interests of college freshmen. Of 65 entering students who agreed to participate, 37 signed up for the study in September, 1988, with 24 women and 4 men completing all study requirements: completion of a daily diary; bimonthly unstructured…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAho, Mary Louise – College Student Journal, 1981
Urges that activities which provide opportunities for students to develop interviewing skills should occur each year in the elementary curriculum, beginning with kindergarten. Suggests role playing and other activities can help provide self-assurance needed when students leave school and prepare for employment interviews. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Career Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Employment Interviews
