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Creator:: Rasca-Hidalgo, Leo
Abstract:: Low completion rates have created serious "leakage points" (Astin, 1988) and "severe hemorrhaging" (Lango, 1996) in higher education to a large number of Hispanics. Traditional research on college persistence, which has blamed the students' culture for low performance, is inaccurate. Little research has specifically investigated academic persistence from a cultural...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: influence of spirituality on the persistence of Mexican American Chicana (o) community college transfer

Creator:: Villarroel, Luz E. Maciel de
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to do a comparative study of the self-concept of Mexican-American/Chicano(a) students enrolled in two- and four-year institutions of higher education in western Oregon during the 1985-1986 academic year. The secondary purposes of the research were: 1) To ascertain if there were any significant differences...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Achievement 35 Studies of Mexican-American/Chicano(a) College Students 37 Summary of Reviewed Literature 43

Creator:: Stoddard, Elizabeth Anne
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Pynn, Hannah M.
Abstract:: This thesis is a report of a phenomenological-informed study of public university student spiritual development. The research was based primarily upon semi-structured personal interviews and a focus group with undergraduate students at a large, public research institution on the west coast. Since the introduction of scientific objectivity into the academy...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Protestant tradition, it is in relation to this religious tradition that student spiritual life has emerged

Creator:: Prisbrey, Weston B.
Abstract:: This qualitative study explores and examines the experiences of students at a large, public university in the Pacific Northwest who identify with underrepresented religions. Eight participants were asked to share their experiences individually using semi-structured interview questions and their responses were analyzed utilizing a narrative inquiry approach. Six themes emerged...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: holistic student development (Schmalzbauer, 2013). The diversity of religious life on college campuses

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

Creator:: Luo, Laiou
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore American and Chinese college student underlying cultural assumptions, which influence their perceptions and behaviors in various domains of life. The objectives of this study were to: (a) To generate timely knowledge of Chinese and American youth's cultural images, meanings, and frame of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: explore American and Chinese college student underlying cultural assumptions, which influence their

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