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Academic Persistence of Online Students in Higher Education Impacted by Student Progress Factors and Social Media
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Lint, Anna H. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2013
This quantitative study evaluated and investigated the theoretical underpinnings of the Kember's (1995) student progress model that examines the direct or indirect effects of student persistence in online education by identifying the relationships between variables. The primary method of data collection in this study was a survey by exploring the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Online Courses, College Students, Higher Education
Predictors of Persistence for First-Generation Students Attending Christ-Centered Baccalaureate Colleges
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Shoemaker, Scott Norman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study presents the results of a study of first-generation college student predictors of persistence at Christ-centered baccalaureate colleges. Data were obtained from 5 institutions that administered the CIRP Freshman Survey from the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA and were matched with persistence data. Multiple regression…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Predictor Variables, Academic Persistence, Church Related Colleges
Understanding Social Integration and Student Involvement as Factors of Self-Reported Gains for African American Undergraduate Women
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Miller, Edna Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Diversity of student populations within higher education has considerably increased, particularly for women and minority populations, which is indicative of greater access to education toward a college degree. However, increased diversity of student populations has introduced a new set of challenges for higher education administrators in that it…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Females, African American Students, Undergraduate Students