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Kim, Mikyong Minsun; Kutscher, Elisabeth Louise – Research in Higher Education, 2021
Using large-scale longitudinal data, this study sought to examine factors influencing two important student development outcomes in students with disabilities attending 4-year colleges and universities. Informed by Astin's Input-Environment-Outcome model and the interactional model of disability, this study investigated the effect of student…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Academic Ability, Self Esteem
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Kamer, Jacob A.; Ishitani, Terry – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Two-year public colleges serve roughly one-third of undergraduate students in the United States, and, like other types of colleges across the country, they face shifting population demographics. Additionally, completion rates at two-year institutions have received political and scholarly attention within states and across the nation in recent…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Graduation Rate, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
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Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2021
Purpose: The current study examines the moderating effect of supportive campus environment on the relationship between cultural diversity and students' sense of belonging in a university in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach: An online survey was designed and used to gather data from a sample of 2,026 registered undergraduate students.…
Descriptors: College Environment, Diversity, Cultural Pluralism, Sense of Community
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Hardacre, Bahiyyih; Hafner, Anne; Nakama, Phyllip – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2021
Teacher candidates in California are required to pass four standardized tests: the California Basic Educational Skills Test, the California Subject Examinations for Teachers, the Teacher Performance Assessment, and the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment. Many underrepresented minority teacher candidates fail to pass these required tests in…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Teacher Certification, Preservice Teachers, Student Characteristics
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Cole, Darnell; Ahmadi, Shafiqa; Sanchez, Mabel E. – Journal of College and Character, 2020
With a sample of 145 Muslim college students attending 50 institutions, a multi-level model was calculated in order to examine the extent to which the minoritized religious and spiritual campus climate framework (MRSCC), specifically, the organizational and structural aspects of an institution, influence insensitivity on campus, coercion on…
Descriptors: Muslims, College Students, Student Experience, Minority Group Students
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Wong, Newman Chun Wai; Mills, Michael T.; Araiza, Isabel – New York Journal of Student Affairs, 2020
Because of increased opportunities for social interaction, undergraduate students living on campus are more likely to persist and graduate than their counterparts. Residence hall design also contributes to student interaction. This study explored the relationship between campus apartment design and graduation rates of a sophomore cohort attending…
Descriptors: College Housing, Educational Facilities Design, Architecture, Graduation Rate
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Lin, Hsiu-Chou; Lin, Yen-Chin – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of the study is to assess the relationship between sexual satisfaction and gender, perception of body image, and level of self-esteem in college students in southern Taiwan. This study conducted questionnaires completed by 637 college students in southern Taiwan. The questionnaire consisted of four sections: the Personal Background…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Life Satisfaction, Gender Differences
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Holloway-Friesen, Holly – Journal of Career Development, 2018
This study examined the role culture and college environment had on the perception of ethnic and gender career barriers of 138 Latino/a college students. Specifically, background characteristics (i.e., parent education, immigration status, and sex), acculturation, enculturation, and college environment on perceived ethnic/gender barriers were…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Acculturation, College Environment, Gender Differences
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Appelrouth, Jed I.; Zabrucky, Karen M.; Moore, DeWayne – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2017
Attaining successful outcomes on the SAT can have profound educational and financial consequences for college-bound students. Using archival data from a private tutoring centre, we investigated variables we hypothesised to contribute to SAT score increases. Our analyses revealed significant effects of time on task and rate of SAT homework…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Test Coaching, Scores, Time on Task
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Dias Lopes, Alice – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This paper aims to understand which fields of study affirmative action students graduated at the undergraduate level in public universities in Brazil in 2009 and 2010. Public universities began expanding access for underrepresented groups through racial, economic, and social affirmative action policies in 2001. The existing literature on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affirmative Action, Social Justice, Undergraduate Study
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Akos, Patrick; Kretchmar, Jen – Review of Higher Education, 2017
Admissions professionals have historically relied on measures of cognitive ability and academic achievement to make decisions about which applicants are admitted to their institutions. At the very least, selection on the basis of these factors (high school grades and standardized test scores) alone potentially decreases ethnic and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Persistence, Grade Point Average
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Johnson, Matthew R.; Dugan, John P.; Soria, Krista M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
The ability to understand and incorporate other perspectives into one's own perspective is an important overarching outcome of higher education and a necessary precursor for the development of most higher-order learning outcomes. Utilizing a multi-institutional survey of 21,548 college seniors, we examined background characteristics and…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, College Seniors, Student Characteristics, Extracurricular Activities
Rankin, Wendy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This exploratory study examined the relationships among strengths use, spirituality, religion, and positive mental health of 109 traditional undergraduate, college-attending emerging adults in a public university in the southern region of the United States, often referred to as the Bible-Belt. Constructs of the study were guided by a student…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Spiritual Development, Religion, Mental Health
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Eroglu, Yuksel – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Social networking sites have started to become one of the most frequently used online communication types in the world. It is reported that one of the commonly used social networking sites is Facebook. Since Facebook use is new yet, it can be stated that researches on the Facebook addiction are at the beginning level. For this reason, determining…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Addictive Behavior, College Students, Student Characteristics
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Conn, Steven M. – Christian Higher Education, 2017
Using hierarchical multiple regression analysis, this study examined the factors that contribute to the variation in students' subjective perceptions of the value of their tuition dollars. This study utilized data on 6,322 undergraduate students from 11 institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) who completed the…
Descriptors: Tuition, Multiple Regression Analysis, College Admission, Questionnaires
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