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  • 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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    colleges in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Subjects: Seven African

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

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    Robertson, Valerie Y.
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    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...
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    American male community college students at a Pacific Northwest community college. Community college

  • The experience of first generation college students who cross class boundaries in internship

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    Clark, Adry S.
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    Gaining professional experience via internship is a pivotal career development event for college students, but research indicates that there is class disparity in the access and benefit from of internship. Career counselors on college campuses have a role in facilitating preparation and coordinating systemic supports for equitable access and benefit...
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    professional and calling yourself my “bossy friend”. Being a first generation college student, my family

  • Adolescent sexual initiation : a predictor of adult female romantic attachment?

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    Waggoner, April R.
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    There is a knowledge gap concerning the outcomes of early adolescent sexual initiation (ASI). In particular, the influence of early ASI upon adult attachment is unknown. A multiple regression study was conducted to address this knowledge gap. Adult partner/spouse attachment was the criterion variable, and the predictor variables included both...
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    Bergquist of Northwest Christian College contributed to chapter 3 by conducting statistical analysis on

  • Investigating science identity and motivation constructs in undergraduate chemistry through novel instrument development

    Creator:
    Wolfe, Teresa M.
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    The purposes of this study were to: 1) determine in what ways incorporating active engagement into a traditional lecture chemistry course contributed to students' science identity and their motivation to learn the science, and 2) determine how the development of a science identity could be measured through the use of...
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    college to affect development of student identity. The assumption was made that all students enter into

  • The experiences of older students' use of web-based student services

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    Ho, Katy W.
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    The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to understand the experiences of older students' use of web-based student services in a community college setting. For the purpose of this study the term "older student" was defined as people born between the years 1943 and 1960. This group of people,...
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    students’ use of web-based student services in a community college setting. For the purpose of this study

  • Emergency contraceptive pills and college women : factors influencing intention and use

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    Nelson, Heather A.
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    Approximately half of the 6.4 million pregnancies occurring each year in the United States are unintended (Finer & Henshaw, 2006). Unintended pregnancies, defined as pregnancies not wanted at the time conception occurs, regardless of contraceptive use (Chandra, Martinez, Mosher, Abma, & Jones, 2005) can have serious repercussions on women, children,...
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    specifically at college students, the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (NCHRBS) shows that over

  • Exploring college students' understanding of diversity : the effect of experience, interventions, and encapsulation

    Creator:
    Versluis, Diana Omura
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    This study sought to understand how post-secondary students experience and process issues of diversity, to discover what those views of diversity are, and how those views might change. The two issues that participants felt most strongly about were homosexuality and scholarships for students of color. Their views on homosexuality ranged...
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    . Thirty-one undergraduates at a small, liberal arts university in the Pacific Northwest were interviewed

  • Religious orientation and sexual behavior of college students

    Creator:
    Stoddard, Elizabeth Anne
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    The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between religiosity and sexual behavior of college students by using a measure of religious orientation to define religiosity. Religious orientation refers to individuals' motivations for religious involvement and personal faith. Religious orientations are characterized as being extrinsic, intrinsic, indiscriminately proreligious...
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  • College women, alcohol consumption, and negative sexual outcomes

    Creator:
    Good, Debora L.
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    While it is generally assumed that alcohol consumption plays some role in the advent of negative sexual outcomes among college students (sexually transmitted diseases, unplanned pregnancies, and date rape), that role has not been empirically demonstrated or quantified. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of alcohol...
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    sexual behavior, STDs, unwanted pregnancies, and coercive sexual behavior on campus 88 COLLEGE WOMEN