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Micah Stephen Truax – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Low financial literacy is a growing problem in young adults, which has effects throughout adulthood (Amagir et al., 2018). Record low personal savings rates, a shift toward increased personal responsibility for retirement, and increasing student loan balances put financial decision-making demands on young adults that have lifelong impacts (Lusardi…
Descriptors: Financial Literacy, Socialization, Colleges, Higher Education
Powers, Brittany – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Adults with disabilities experience disproportionately high rates of stress and stress-related conditions, such as anxiety. Over 1 in 4 adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) has a co-occurring anxiety disorder. For the growing number of young adults with ID pursuing college, there is an increased risk of stress during this transitionary…
Descriptors: College Students, Intellectual Disability, Stress Management, Intervention
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Biktagirova, Gulnara F.; Utemov, Vyacheslav V.; Khitryuk, Vera V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the study is stipulated by the lack of applied technology of basic professional training program for middle level specialists for mastering Federal State Educational Standards, highlighting the integrated result of the development of the educational curricular (general and professional competences, knowledge, skills, experience).…
Descriptors: Specialists, Professional Development, Training, Foreign Countries
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Heineman, Judie A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Veterans are entering the community college classroom as part of their transition from military to civilian life. This article explores what leaders of community colleges could do, and have done, in developing programs, implementing changes, and adopting policies to attract and accommodate the unique needs of student-veterans.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Veterans, Student Needs
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Dualeh, Delmar; Diaz-Mendoza, Virginia; Son, Monika; Luperon, Christian – Journal of College and Character, 2018
The low enrollment, retention, and graduation rate among men of color in higher education is a national crisis. The John Jay SEEK Department has created a committee focused exclusively to address this crisis. The committee's work includes focus and weekly support groups. The groups entitled P.O.W.E.R. (Pushing Our Will to Experience Resilience)…
Descriptors: College Students, African American Students, Minority Group Students, Males