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  • The Influence of Financial Education on the Perceived Future Financial Behaviors of TRIO Community College Students

    Creator:
    Cruse, Michele (Michele Monique)
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    Many low-income and first-generation community college students face disproportionate challenges in their quest for a college education. They typically balance multiple outside obligations, while being solely responsible for making these decisions without adequate knowledge, guidance, or support (Lyons, 2004). Many students begin college without ever having been responsible for their...
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    targeted at-risk student populations. This study infers that participation in financial education by at

  • Pregnancy and the Academy : A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experience of Pregnant Graduate Students

    Creator:
    Larkins, Emma L.
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    This study explored the lived experiences of graduate students in masters-level academic programs who become pregnant, whether intended or otherwise, and the sources from which they received support in their efforts to balance their dual responsibilities as students and mothers-to-be. Through a series of three, semistructured one-on-one interviews, seven participants...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of higher education and mothering students. Additionally, as a current graduate student, I have

  • Students' Decision to Disclose a Bias-Related Incident

    Creator:
    Altmaier, Pamela M.
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    This qualitative study informed by a phenomenological approach explored the experiences of students when deciding to disclose bias-related incidents. Through an individual interview and follow-up focus group, eight participants shared their experience with bias-related incidents, decision to disclose or not to disclose, and perception of university resources. Five themes emerged...
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    access and higher levels of education. The current makeup of college student populations is a result

  • Policies and practices of L.G.B.T. friendly institutions to support students who are attracted to more than one gender

    Creator:
    Zissen, Donald J.
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    Within the United States, the number of "out" Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) individuals attending a college or university is on the rise (Rosario, Schrimshaw, Hunter & Braun, 2006). With this increase, the new and/or different ways that lesbian and gay individuals can present and express their sexual orientation has...
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    knowledge of student support within higher education. Additionally, there is a higher level of

  • International students as educational migrants : east and southwest Asian perspectives

    Creator:
    Visconti, Lauren A.
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    Projected to reach one million people next year, international students in the United States are undergoing a transformative educational migration. Moving away from the existing study abroad paradigm is the first step to more accurately understand the lived experience of an educational migrant. Discovering the perceptions of what value an...
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    anthropology of higher education, bringing the topic of student mobility into an anthropological frame in

  • African American Males' Perceptions of Success while Attending Community College

    Creator:
    Emerson, Dana M.
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    Background: African American males' experience in higher education is often categorized with negative terminology that does not reflect notions of success. Most research addressing the success of African American males in higher education illuminates factors that impede access to success and is often situated in university settings. Very little research...
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    the discourse of student success in higher education and using Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a