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Jon, Jae-Eun; Shin, Yun-Jeong; Fry, Gerald W. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This study explores how American study abroad participants make educational and career choices after their return, drawing on career identity development as a theoretical lens. With 37 individual interviews from the SAGE project, the findings show that study abroad participants developed their career identity, and thereby made relevant decisions…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Decision Making, Career Choice, Self Concept
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Katz, Jennifer; Federici, Dillon – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2018
We assessed heterosexist attitudes and prior knowledge as correlates of undergraduates' responses to brief education about an LGBTQ+ ally program. Heterosexual cisgender students with stronger heterosexism reported less favorable attitudes about the program and less sense of community on campus. Prior knowledge moderated this latter association.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Homosexuality
Davis, James Kenny – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation was a quantitative, correlational study that examined the impact of the mentor component of a mentor-based induction program on three factors of new teacher development and support. The focus of this study was on beginning teachers participating in a district-supported mentoring program designed to support and acclimate teachers…
Descriptors: Correlation, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Teacher Orientation
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Gonsalves, Joanna – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
Improving rates of honors program completion is a goal of virtually all honors directors and deans, and research can help identify and evaluate promising strategies. A number of recent empirical studies have investigated predictors of program completion, including students' admission credentials and honors program features. Though specific…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Predictor Variables, College Admission, Program Descriptions
Williams, Regina Gavin – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of customized individual counseling interventions on the career and college readiness of adolescents within foster care. An intervention program, consisting of customized individual interventions, entitled "Students That Are Reaching Success" ("S.T.A.R.S.") was created by the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Intervention, College Readiness, Foster Care
Walonen, Michael K. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2015
Recent studies have shown that employers are coming to increasingly value study abroad experience among prospective employees, and that study abroad may foster broad cognitive gains among its participants. In their survey of employer attitudes regarding international study, Stevan Trooboff et al. find that senior management and human resources…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Learning Experience, Academic Achievement, Maturity (Individuals)
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Mainwaring, Deborah; Hallam, Susan – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2010
This research uses the psychological construct of "possible selves" to investigate the aspirations of 25 students in Year 11. "Possible selves" provide a conceptual link between self-concept and motivation. The study compared the positive, negative and impossible possible selves of Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) attendees with…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Referral, Secondary School Students, Comparative Analysis