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Lake, Erinn D.; Koper, Jordan; Balayan, Ariana; Lynch, Lian – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2018
The purpose of this article is to examine student retention rates and graduation among a doctoral program at a Mid-Atlantic institution. This qualitative study found that faculty encouragement, self-motivation, the cohort model, and the structure of this program contributed to its success. The authors recommend a universal model of retention, as…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Qualitative Research
Hilliard, Tom – Center for an Urban Future, 2017
This report, the latest in a series of studies by the Center for an Urban Future examining opportunities to expand economic mobility in New York City, takes an in-depth look at college readiness and success among the city's public high school students. It explores opportunities to dramatically boost the rate at which New York City's students enter…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Success, High School Students, Urban Schools
Kilgore, Wendy; Wilson, Jacob I. – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2017
The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) periodically undertakes research projects to keep themselves and the higher-education community in general, informed about current and emerging institutional practices. College completion rates, and how to improve them, have been in the forefront of the higher…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Bradford, Josette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The college graduation rates for African-Americans, as compared to other ethnic cohorts, remains at a continuous low level. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2014), 1,602,480 baccalaureate degrees were conferred nationwide to college students during 2009-2010. The purpose of this phenomenological research study is to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Students, College Students, Males
Macharia-Lowe, Josephine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 2013-2014, about 25,000 the International Black African Student (IBAS) were enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States. It represents an increase of five percent. There is inadequate research on the Participants were at least 18 years of age and holders of F-1 (academic visa) and/or J-1 (exchange visitors) visas. To validate the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Foreign Students, Acculturation, Mixed Methods Research
Frazier, Robert Sipplin – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This qualitative study examined how teachers use instructional practices and family reinforcement interventions to support intrinsic motivation for special education students as a means to meet graduation requirements. Purposeful sampling of highly qualified special education teachers certified in language arts was used in this study. The data…
Descriptors: Motivation, Special Education, Graduation Requirements, Qualitative Research
Broughton-Pretti, Regina S. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Native American Indian (NAI) students continue to graduate from college at much lower rates than their peers. However, it was not known how NAI students perceived the lived experiences that positively influenced their ability to continue in their pursuit of a bachelor's degree. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify the lived…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Graduation Rate, College Graduates, Racial Differences
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Witte, John F. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This paper is the first summary of two studies and 10 years of evaluating the Milwaukee Parental Choice (voucher) Program (MPCP). This paper discusses school voucher evaluations in general terms and how these studies are carried out. The paper outlines the types of studies completed in "Study I" and "Study II" and the results…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Program Evaluation, Academic Achievement
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Escamilla, Anna; Trevino, Nicole Guerrero – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2014
Students from farmworker families are often cited as having deficits that prohibit completion of undergraduate degree program. Statistics regarding graduates of the College Assistance Migrant Program in a southwestern university have shown graduation rates that are similar to the general population of graduates at that university. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Migrant Programs, Investigations, Performance Factors, Undergraduate Study
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Armstrong, Abbigail J. – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2015
This article describes original research to determine reasons graduate students do not complete requirements for a Master's (M.Ed.) in Middle Level Education degree at the Southeastern University. Since the program's initial cohort the graduation rate has decreased. Program faculty was concerned about the increasing difference between the number…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Degrees, Academic Persistence, Teacher Education
US Government Accountability Office, 2016
Homeless youth and youth in foster care are often unprepared for the transition to adulthood. Given the economic benefits of college, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine the college experiences of these vulnerable youth. GAO examined: (1) college enrollment and completion for foster and homeless youth; (2) the extent to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
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Leake, Robin; de Guzman, Anna; Rienks, Shauna; Archer, Gretchen; Potter, Cathryn – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
The task of recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse, qualified, and committed social workers in child welfare is challenging. Federal funding supporting BSW and MSW education has been a catalyst for university-agency partnerships across the country. An important goal of these partnerships is to prepare social work students with the knowledge,…
Descriptors: Trainees, Child Welfare, Student Diversity, Ethnic Diversity
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Fujimoto, Eugene; Garcia, Yvonne; Medina, Noemy; Perez, Eduardo – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2013
As the largest and fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the country, Latinos' educational success is a national priority. In the Los Angeles Unified School district, the country's largest, high school graduating rates for Latinos hover at near 40%. Examining this institutional and societal tragedy through the school-to-prison pipeline has…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Leadership Responsibility, Urban Schools
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Cejda, Brent D. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2010
Greater numbers of Latinas are participating in postsecondary education, however these gains have not resulted in increased graduation rates. This study examines the lived experiences of 36 Latina baccalaureate graduates to gain a deeper understanding of how they achieved this important educational goal. The primary conclusion of this…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Individual Characteristics, Graduation Rate, Educational Objectives
Zarate, Lizette – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This work is a case study focused on the practices of a comprehensive college access program that serves students in south Los Angeles that has maintained a high school graduation rate of 100% and a college matriculation rate of 98% since 1997. This study sought to utilize the voice and experience of students of color to discern the factors that…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Case Studies, Minority Group Students, Access to Education
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