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Brian P. Hurley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to assess whether there is a relationship between neighborhood inequality in which underrepresented minorities (URMs) with STEM degrees reside and their employment in STEM fields. The current study deploys an Intersectional Theory (IT) research framework and Bourdieu's Theory of Practice to identify the influence of…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Minority Groups, STEM Education, Academic Degrees
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Rossi, Rachael J.; Bower, Corey Bunje – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2018
Utilizing a data set of over 900,000 enrollees in adult basic education programs in New York State between 2005 and 2013, we examine the college enrollment of GED® passers. Upon enrollment in an adult basic education program, participants were asked whether they wanted to attend college after completion; almost 13,000 students both indicated a…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Enrollment, Higher Education, Predictor Variables
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Luo, Mingchu; Williams, James E. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
Enrollment practitioners commonly discuss the effect of geographic factors on retention at rural or small-city institutions. This study examined the correlations between geographic characteristics of first-year college students' home location and their retention to the second year at a university located in a small city. The dimension of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Academic Persistence, Small Schools
Filter, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation sought to explore the choice-of-college decision of academically talented students using Chapman's (1981) Model of College Choice to inform the selection of variables. This study focused on what factors influenced the decision of students who earned an A/A+ average in high school to enroll in their first-choice institution of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Talent, College Choice, School Counselors
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Wulf, Kathleen M. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1977
The relationship of seating choice to the number of verbal classroom responses, grade point average, and course grade was examined. When college students chose their seats, the highest achievers preferred the front row, center section, and more responses emanated from this area. When seats were assigned, there were no significant differences in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Owen, Steven V. – 1978
To determine whether instructor effectiveness depends, in part, on where students sit in the classroom, student ratings of teachers on a comprehensive university-wide teacher evaluation form were analyzed. The form, The University of Connecticut Survey of Courses and Teaching, consisted of 5 demographic variables, an 11-item rating scale, and a…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, College Faculty, Higher Education