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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
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
Alanizi, Faris Mayoof Mokheimer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between academic achievement and parenting styles among Saudi college students. The participants in this study consisted of 349 male and 219 female college students, whose age ranged from 18-25 years. The instruments for the current study were: (a) an Arabic translation of the Revised Parental…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Structural Equation Models, Family Size
Tolley, Patricia Ann Separ – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the effects of a residential learning community and enrollment in an introductory engineering course to engineering students' perceptions of the freshman year experience, academic performance, and persistence. The sample included students enrolled in a large, urban, public, research university…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Student Surveys, Program Effectiveness