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Geraldine Klonarides – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The problem addressed in this study was the equity gap in college certificate and degree completion between first and continuing generation college students. The purpose of this qualitative interpretive study was to examine the perceptions and experiences of first-generation, low-income students regarding their persistence decisions for…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Persistence, Success
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Odukoya, Jonathan A.; Omole, David O.; Atayero, Aaron A.; Badejo, Joke A.; Popoola, Segun I.; John, Temitope M.; Ucheaga, Emeka – Cogent Education, 2018
In this project, 276 students at a private university in Nigeria completed a survey concerned with their personal attributes and study dispositions. First class (summa cum laude) students were compared with third class (less successful) students. Differences were not found in their goal setting habits, and declaration of healthiness. The third…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, High Achievement, Student Characteristics