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  • The Impact of Financial Education on Community College Student-Loan Debt

    Creator:
    Garcia, Veronica R.
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    The student-loan market has surpassed 1.3 trillion dollars; rising student-loan cohort default rates are a growing concern among educational institutions. Many colleges are implementing financial-education programs for students to help increase their knowledge, aptitude, and skills so they may become informed consumers. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The purpose of this...
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    Dissertation
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    .............................................................................................10 Lack of Financial Literacy

  • 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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    Dissertation
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    ...................................................................................................................... 12 Financial Literacy and Financial Education

  • Even Start Family Literacy Program : similarities and differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants

    Creator:
    Pamulapati, Sireesha
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    This study used a mixed method approach (quantitative and qualitative) to examine the commonalities and differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants of the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Using a life course perspective, this study examined the educational background and life history of Hispanic and non-Hispanic participants, their reasons and...
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    Dissertation
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    13 Even Start Family literacy programs in Oregon. 2 While the size of the non-Hispanic White

  • The ripple effect : relationship changes in the context of a family literacy program

    Creator:
    Merrill, Marina L.
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    Using a qualitative approach, this study explored how participation in a family literacy program can impact important relationships beyond the targeted parent-child dyad. Interviews with 108 parents, were collected over four program years, 1996-1999, as part of the statewide evaluation of Oregon's Even Start Family Literacy programs, were analyzed using...
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    Masters Thesis

  • A blank screen? : digital divide discourses and practices

    Creator:
    Powell, Jasmine
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    The existence of a “digital divide,” or inequalities of access to digital technologies among different American subpopulations, has been hotly debated and contested since the National Telecommunications and Information Administration first popularized the phrase in 1995. The purpose of this thesis is to critically examine the dominant discourses around the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    various uses by African American college students at Oregon State University. After implementing a