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Tonia Reaves – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine how college undergraduates perceive the effectiveness of internships that lead to career aspirations in their major. The theoretical foundation was Super and Hall's career exploration stages of the working life model. The sample was college undergraduates from a public urban…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
Elizabeth Ann Gravley – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study examines how academic coaching influenced at-risk college students' academic performance. Academic coaching places one student with a trained academic coach, who attempts to outline an academic plan with the student. The student contracts with the academic coach and they meet biweekly to assess progress and to discuss experiences and…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Academic Achievement, Resilience (Psychology), Self Efficacy
Kouakou, Kafui Koffi – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Experiential learning and its importance in the professional success of college students has been at the forefront on recent debate about the value of a college education. The low number of recent college graduates acquiring jobs has spurred this debate. Also contributing to this debate is the employers concern for the lack of employability skills…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Employment Potential, Job Skills
Aguirre, Tomas A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examines the experiences of a number of participants from urban community colleges with high percentages of students from underrepresented populations in Central California. The participants were involved in action research with the Center for Urban Education (CUE) at the University of Southern California. The purpose of the study is to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Universities, Disproportionate Representation, Action Research
Grachan, Bart – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges are disproportionally over-enrolled with both low income students and students of color, while four-year institutions are under-enrolled with the same groups. The vast majority of these students enter the community college with a goal of transferring to the four-year institutions they were unable to access from high school, yet…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Mixed Methods Research, Urban Universities, Outreach Programs
Connelly, John T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Organizations created formal mentoring programs to replicate the benefits of informal mentoring. With regard to measuring mentoring functions, organizations are using informal measures to measure formal mentoring programs. As a result, empirical measurements of the effectiveness of university formal mentoring programs are limited. Researchers…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mentors, Urban Areas, Measurement
Campbell, Matthew A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Set in a large, urban, public university, this study explores the use of an institutionally specific risk instrument developed to identify students who had a high risk of attrition and the effectiveness of subsequent interventions deployed through advising. Though implemented throughout the institution, this study identified control and treatment…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Higher Education, Prediction, Measures (Individuals)
Mead, Molly Sherk – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Attrition in online programs has historically been much higher than in traditional face to face programs, creating concern regarding the appropriateness of online learning for all populations. This study aimed to address the question of whether students' levels of self-directed learning readiness and the quality ratings of online courses would be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
Rini, Anthony L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Almost 12 million students, more than half of the nation's undergraduates, are currently enrolled at community colleges. The commitment of these institutions to open access admission attracts a significantly underprepared population. Consequently, less than 50% of first time freshman students earn a degree or transfer to a 4-year institution…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Incentives
Bodie, Lorah Wood – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The social underpinnings of learning make it important to understand how people experience themselves and form relationships in web-based educational environments. Social presence is a critical factor of a communication medium that plays an important role in building community and improving the effectiveness of instruction. The components of…
Descriptors: Cues, Nonverbal Communication, Urban Universities, Student Attitudes