Download or read book The Effect of Minority Low income and First generation Status on the Financial Capabilities of Students at Mississippi State University written by Cecilia Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using data collected from undergraduate students attending a southeastern United States University, the current dissertation includes two manuscripts examining the relationships between personal characteristics, financial socialization, financial capability and financial well-being among college students. These relationships were also compared between a focal group of students identifying as minority, low-income, and first-generation students to a comparison group not identifying as minority, low-income, or first-generation students. The first study used structural equation modeling to explore the relationships between personal characteristics (i.e., attachment, locus of control, and self-esteem), financial socialization, and the four dimensions of financial capability (financial knowledge, access to financial resources, attitudes, and actions). Findings suggest financial socialization partially mediated the relationships between personal characteristics and financial attitudes and financial actions. These findings suggest that parents continue to play a role in the development of financial attitudes and behaviors of college students. The second study used regression analysis to examine how financial knowledge and skills (i.e., applied knowledge), materialistic attitudes, compulsive spending behaviors, and access to financial resources (i.e., number of bank accounts, credit cards, and alternative financial services) are related to students’ financial well-being. Findings suggest greater financial skills and less materialistic views are related to greater financial well-being. However, among those not identifying as minority, low-income, or first-generation college students less compulsive spending behaviors and greater credit card use were positively related to financial well-being; among minority, low-income, or first generation college students, alternative financial services usage was related negatively to financial well-being.
Download or read book Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce and its value in keeping America innovative and competitive. According to the book, the U.S. labor market is projected to grow faster in science and engineering than in any other sector in the coming years, making minority participation in STEM education at all levels a national priority. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation analyzes the rate of change and the challenges the nation currently faces in developing a strong and diverse workforce. Although minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population, they are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation suggests that the federal government, industry, and post-secondary institutions work collaboratively with K-12 schools and school systems to increase minority access to and demand for post-secondary STEM education and technical training. The book also identifies best practices and offers a comprehensive road map for increasing involvement of underrepresented minorities and improving the quality of their education. It offers recommendations that focus on academic and social support, institutional roles, teacher preparation, affordability and program development.
Download or read book First generation Students written by Anne-Marie Nuñez and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Demographic Attributes and Economic Factors Related to Low Income Student Participation in Online Distance Learning Courses at a Mississippi Community College written by Wesley Allen Payne and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1994 and 2003, two related concerns were in the educational spotlight. The first concern was participation rates of low income students in higher education. The second was the apparent disparity in Internet usage by low income and other disadvantaged individuals, highlighted in the report Falling Through The Net (United States Department of Commerce, 2000). The purpose of this study is to identify the economic factors and demographic attributes that influence participation of low income students in online distance learning courses offered by a Mississippi community college. This study centers on the hypothesis that there is no statistically significant difference between low income and non low income student participation rates in online distance education courses and that the economic factors, other than income, between low income participates and non low income participants will be statistically similar. Survey data collected from analyzed through the use of logistical regression to determine the relationship of demographic and economic factors to the decision to enroll in future online courses. It was found that students who are older and married are less likely to choose to enroll in future online distance learning courses. Students with higher numbers of courses completed and who paid for college with personal funds are more likely to enroll in future online distance learning courses than those with fewer numbers of distance learning hours completed and those who experience less difficulty traveling to campus are less likely to choose to enroll in future distance learning courses.
Download or read book Persistence of First generation Low income Students Receiving Financial Aid at a Public Regional New England University written by Sonia Y. Mihok and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Stories Seldom Told written by Karen Warren Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American college men have been the subjects of numerous research studies for over a decade; consequently, it would seem that educators have greater insight into these students' experiences than those of any other racial or ethnic group. However, little of this research focuses specifically on the lived experiences of low-income, first-generation African American men at highly selective research institutions. This qualitative study employed narrative inquiry to introduce readers to the lives, realities, aspirations, and hopes of four students at Duke University, Princeton University, Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania in order to provide institutional policymakers, university faculty members, administrators, and students with deeply textured and personal insights into the experiences of the men in this demographic. To analyze this qualitative data, I applied a number of critical frameworks and theoretical approaches, including the Anti-Deficit Achievement Framework (Harper, 2012a), Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura, 1997), Dewey's seminal work on Education and Experience (1938), and other theoretical perspectives on financial, human, social, cultural, and academic capital. The study drew several conclusions, including: 1) the dominant cultural narrative about Black men in higher education elides their real experiences and instead reinforces negative stereotypes; 2) not all first-generation, low-income Black males at highly selective universities are the same; 3) race and class intersect with other identities to complicate the experiences of first-generation, low-income African American male students; 4) not enough is known about low-income, first-generation students of color; 5) financial support is critical for this student population; and 6) co-curricular experiences powerfully shape these students' success in college and beyond. The findings suggest several practical implications for those interested in the success of these students, whether at elite or other types of institutions. In particular, this study offers recommendations for both the students in this demographic and their families, and it synthesizes crucial points for educators and administrators at elite institutions.
Download or read book Student Success in College written by George D. Kuh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student Success in College describes policies, programs, and practices that a diverse set of institutions have used to enhance student achievement. This book clearly shows the benefits of student learning and educational effectiveness that can be realized when these conditions are present. Based on the Documenting Effective Educational Practice (DEEP) project from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, this book provides concrete examples from twenty institutions that other colleges and universities can learn from and adapt to help create a success-oriented campus culture and learning environment.
Download or read book You Mean They ll Pay Me to Think How Low income First generation and Underrepresented Minority McNair Students Construct an Academic Identity as Scholar written by Ramona Yvette Beal and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation reports findings from a case study of the McNair Scholars program at Redstone University, a federal TRIO program designed to motivate and encourage students who are from low income, first-generation families, or from underrepresented minority groups to attend and complete the doctorate. It was combined with an auto-ethnography of my early tertiary schooling experiences through my successful attainment of a PhD. The conceptual framework encompassed cultural difference, symbolic interaction and literacy theoretical perspectives. This orientation allowed critique of the complex web of factors student encountered on personal, interpersonal, professional and structural levels. Participants were studied to understand their development of an academic identity while participating in the program and after they exited the program. Qualitative data methods include long interviews with alumni, students, faculty, course instructors, program alumni, three semesters of seminar observations and students weekly electronic reports collected from the 2003 entering cohort of mostly junior undergraduates.
Download or read book The Educational Experiences of Low income First Generation College Students of Color at a Major Public University written by Ruttanatip Chonwerawong and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from life history approach, six low-income first generation college students of color were interviewed six times and observed from the fall of their freshman year to the end of the spring semester. In addition, fifteen administrators, staff, and faculty members were also interviewed. A total of 110.5 hours were spent on in-depth interviews and observations.
Download or read book Influences on the Motivation of Low Income First Generation Students on the Path to College written by Allison Michelle Mitchall and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Higher Education Opportunity Act written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Aid written by Byron N. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Meaning of College Access and Persistence for Low income First generation College Students written by Jan L. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Make Money Moves written by Seranda Sylvers (Graduate student) and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: First-generation college students are concentrated at community colleges, and nearly half of those students who identify as being first-generation come from a low-income background. This qualitative study utilized a conceptual framework to explore understand how LI-FG (low-income, first-generation) community college students, particularly students of color, make career decisions from a strengths-based perspective.
Download or read book Family Support and Institutional Support for Low Income FirstGeneration College Students written by JeanMarie St.Clair-Christman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First generation college students are a diverse group of students who enter college with unique challenges and varying abilities. Understanding the college experience for first generation students involves an examination of their background characteristics as well as the barriers and supports that impact their college success. This study explores within group differences in a diverse sample of first generation college students. Unlike many other studies that compare first generation students to their continuing generation peers, this study takes a more in-depth look at first generation student characteristics such as gender, race/ethnicity, income, parents' education, sibling education and institution type and their relationship to academic integration, social integration, goal commitment, institutional support and family support. Using a Social Exchange and Life Course framework, as well as elements of Tinto's model of student persistence in college, this study finds differences in student support and integration based on student characteristics and institution type. Findings indicate differences in family support and institutional support based on race, income, parents' education, and sibling education. The findings also reveal differences in social integration and academic integration based on gender, race, parents' education, and sibling education. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest llc. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.].
