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The Experience of Master-Level Graduate Students with Prior Professional Experience Enrolled in Student Affairs Graduate Programs

Creator:: Nettles, Trenton A.
Abstract:: This qualitative thesis explored the experiences of self-identified Master-level graduate students who worked four or more years in higher education before enrolling into a student affairs graduate program. The researcher utilized a sample of six semi-structured student interviews along with a review of relevant literature. The data analysis yielded five...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Science in College Student Services Administration presented on April 30, 2015

Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Creator:: Barry, Kate R.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that

Perceptions and experiences of students who graduate with the Associate of Arts/Oregon Transfer (AA/OT) Degree

Creator:: Scott, Patricia Marie
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative study was to learn about the perceptions and experiences of students who graduated with the Associates of Arts/Oregon Transfer (AA/OT) degree. This study answered the following questions: 1) How did the AA/OT degree attainment assist in the overall achievement of goals? 2) How did AA/OT...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: oranges because any student who starts at a community college and completes any number of credits is

"This culture is nurturing and caring" : ethnographic account of a campus climate from the perspective of African-American students

Creator:: Blue, Loris A.
Abstract:: Different racial/ethnic groups often perceive the realities of the campus environment differently: This difference in perspective and the attendant reactions can be a factor in student satisfaction or dissatisfaction. A quantitative survey administered in 1996 and 1999 revealed that African-American students on the campus of a diverse two-year community college...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Case Study : The Effectiveness of Mentoring for African American Male Community College Students

Creator:: Robertson, Valerie Y.
Abstract:: The purpose of this case study is to explore a mentoring program designed for African American male community college students at a Pacific Northwest community college. Community college practitioners can use the knowledge gained from this study as a best practice to increase the persistence and success of African American...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community college to pursue transfer and career/workforce education. Transfer education prepares a student

A Correlational Study on the Impact of the Pell Grant Program on Utah's Public Colleges and Universities

Creator:: Clegg, Phil L.
Abstract:: The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) and the eight public colleges and universities in the system, have depended on the Federal Pell Grant program for more than 40 years to assist students to attend. For some of these institutions, the amount of Pell grant dollars received is as much...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Defense Student Loan Program, which passed in 1958. Subsequently, the College Work-Study Program

African American Males' Perceptions of Success while Attending Community College

Creator:: Emerson, Dana M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: achievement” (p. 45). Why are African American males not succeeding in community college? Student success

Making meaning of supporting student spiritual development : perceptions of graduate students in a student affairs program

Creator:: Thomson, Amy K.
Abstract:: This interpretive, descriptive qualitative study explores how graduate students in a student affairs preparation program make meaning of their role in supporting student spiritual development. Six one-on-one semi-structured interviews with six graduate students were conducted in this single-site study. Five prevalent themes emerged from the data, each playing a role...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________________ Major Professor, representing College Student Services Administration

Community college attrition of GED certificate holders and regular high school graduates : a comparative study using national BPS data

Creator:: Long, Angela C.
Abstract:: This study was purposed to extract, collate, and statistically format data contained in the national Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Longitudinal Study: 1996-2001database that pertained to persistence and attainment rates of GED recipients who began their postsecondary education at a community college during the 1995-96 academic year. The primary objective was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: these magnitudes are worthy of the attention of college admissions officers and student support

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The Experience of Master-Level Graduate Students with Prior Professional Experience Enrolled in Student Affairs Graduate Programs

Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Perceptions and experiences of students who graduate with the Associate of Arts/Oregon Transfer (AA/OT) Degree

"This culture is nurturing and caring" : ethnographic account of a campus climate from the perspective of African-American students

Case Study : The Effectiveness of Mentoring for African American Male Community College Students

A Correlational Study on the Impact of the Pell Grant Program on Utah's Public Colleges and Universities

African American Males' Perceptions of Success while Attending Community College

Making meaning of supporting student spiritual development : perceptions of graduate students in a student affairs program

Community college attrition of GED certificate holders and regular high school graduates : a comparative study using national BPS data

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