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Ashley Hannah Majzun – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Meta-analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) is the combination of meta-analysis (MA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). With new MASEM methodologies developed over the past few years, there is an opportunity to compare the past approaches with the new ones. The purpose of this dissertation is two-fold. First, the parameter estimates,…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Structural Equation Models, College Students, Academic Persistence
Gendera, Andreia – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It is indeed a fact that diversity helps to build a better economy, and diverse businesses are proven to be healthier and more successful, but the lack of diversity in the workforce and educational environment, shows that the pipeline is not moving Latinx people enough. Latinx community is the largest minoritized community in the United States,…
Descriptors: Success, Resilience (Psychology), College Students, Hispanic American Students
DeOnte T. Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study examined how personal, behavioral and environmental factors influenced educational outcomes of Black collegians at predominately white institutions in the south. Specifically, 11 institutions are represented in this study from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: College Students, African American Students, Race, Outcomes of Education
Nate S. Brophy – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation implements self-determination theory to examine learning environments conducive to student motivation in higher education. Specifically, this work is concerned with measuring the satisfaction and frustration of students' three basic psychological needs (BPNs), the need for autonomy, relatedness, and competence (ARC). To do so,…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Higher Education, Structural Equation Models, Introductory Courses
Madden, Danielle R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Introduction: The excessive consumption of alcohol by college students is a major public health problem in the U.S. Heavy alcohol use has been linked to numerous consequences ranging from less serious effects (i.e.., hangovers) to death. Decades of research have linked certain beliefs, attitudes or motivations to drinking behavior but intensive…
Descriptors: College Students, Alcohol Abuse, Student Motivation, Expectation
Han, Soo Jeoung – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The use of face-to-face and virtual teams has become a popular method of instruction in higher education. The popularity of working in teams has increased because effective teams are associated with positive learning outcomes. However, as students have different values and backgrounds, communication issues or conflict among team members may occur.…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Student Projects, College Students, Leadership
Allen, Michael Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Latino/as are the largest minority group within the United States and have the fastest projected population growth within the United States but currently have the lowest baccalaureate attainment rate of any racial or ethnic group. Traditional methods of measuring and supporting Latino/a students have not been successful and need reevaluation.…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Student Characteristics, Online Surveys, College Students
Kobayashi, Wakako – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purposes of this study were to validate the writing section of the Eiken Can-Do Questionnaires used in this study and the second purpose was to determine the effects of ten affective orientations (i.e., Desire to Write English, Attitude Toward Learning to Write English, Motivational Intensity, Instrumental Orientation for Writing in English,…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Writing Skills
Yalcin, Yasin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purposes of this study were to investigate the structural relationships among the factors that affect online learners' satisfaction with the learning experience, and to develop a structural model that explains online learners' satisfaction. For these purposes, a research model was developed based on the principles of social cognitive theory…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Structural Equation Models, Social Cognition, Self Efficacy
Manwaring, Kristine C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This is a multi-article format dissertation that explores emotional and cognitive engagement in higher education classrooms. Student engagement in higher education classrooms has been associated with desired outcomes such as academic achievement, retention, and graduation. Student engagement is a multi-faceted concept, consisting of behavioral,…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Learner Engagement
Brown, David A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Information security is a concern for managers implementing protection measures. Implementing information security measures requires communicating both the reason and remediation for the protection measure. Examining how an anti-spyware security communication affects an individual's intention to implement a protection measure could help improve…
Descriptors: College Students, Fear, Intention, Information Security
Koontz, Richard D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Academic performance and persistence are critically important issues for both universities and their students. Colleges and universities have invested significant resources trying to improve student outcomes. Unfortunately, in spite of this investment, improvement of student outcomes remains elusive. One key issue is that academic outcomes are…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Psychological Characteristics
Chun, Jina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have assumed that social cognitive factors play significant roles in the career development of transition youth and young adults with disabilities and those without disabilities. However, research on the influence of the career decision-making process as a primary causal agent in one's psychosocial outcomes such as perceived level of…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Social Cognition, Social Theories
Edens, David – ProQuest LLC, 2012
For-profit colleges are under scrutiny with questions about quality of curriculum, quality of faculty and instruction, and the value of the degree for the high-priced tuition. The high debt-load and low levels of persistence among students who enter for-profit institutions raise the level of concern for these students, many of whom are older and…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Academic Persistence, Satisfaction, College Students
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