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Sandra M. Olivarez-Durden – ProQuest LLC, 2023
My study seeks to explore the extent that select secondary and postsecondary indicators predict STEM student enrollment and persistence particularly for Hispanic students. Identifying postsecondary STEM success and college readiness indicators with special focus on malleable indicators that can assist educators, administrators, and policymakers in…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Predictor Variables, STEM Education, College Readiness
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Dorime-Williams, Marjorie L.; Giani, Matt – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Participation rates in postsecondary education vary greatly by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status (SES). In addition to issues of access, there are also problems with retention and persistence across higher education; improving retention and degree attainment for students continues to be an issue for higher education professionals.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Participation, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
Smith, Christian Michael – Grantee Submission, 2020
Studies in social stratification have used siblings as a tool to learn about the intergenerational transmission of advantage but less often have asked how siblings impact one another's life chances. The author draws on social capital theory and hypothesizes that when youths attend college, they increase the probability that their siblings attend…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Siblings, Educational Attainment, Social Capital
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Nonis, Sarath A.; Hudson, Gail I. – Journal of Education for Business, 2010
Available empirical research investigating the relationship that study time has with college student performance has seen mixed results. Positive, negative, and no relationship between the two variables has been reported (G. A. Krohn & C. M. O'Conner, 2005; A. G. Lahmers & C. Zulauf, 2000; R. M. Schmidt, 1983). At a time when there is overwhelming…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Program Effectiveness, Correlation, College Students
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Burrus, Jeremy; Elliott, Diane; Brenneman, Meghan; Markle, Ross; Carney, Lauren; Moore, Gabrielle; Betancourt, Anthony; Jackson, Teresa; Robbins, Steve; Kyllonen, Patrick; Roberts, Richard D. – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
Despite near universal acceptance in the value of higher education for individuals and society, college persistence rates in 4-year and community colleges are low. Only 57% of students who began college at a 4-year institution in 2001 had completed a bachelor's degree by 2007, and only 28% of community college students who started school in 2005…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Persistence, Literature Reviews, Models
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Bates, Julie K.; Accordino, Michael P.; Hewes, Robert L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2010
Hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis that specific functional factors of marijuana use would predict past 30-day marijuana use in 425 college students more precisely than demographic variables alone. This hypothesis was confirmed. Functional factors of personal/physical enhancement as well as activity enhancement were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Marijuana, Hypothesis Testing
Xia, Nailing – RAND Corporation, 2010
There is considerable debate about the relative importance of family versus school factors in producing academic and nonacademic student outcomes, and whether and how their impacts vary across different student groups. In addition to critically reviewing and synthesizing earlier work, this study extends the literature by (a) using the ECLS-K, a…
Descriptors: Blacks, Whites, Asians, Latin Americans