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A Mixed Methods Approach To The Study Of Pell Recipients' Formation Of Academic Capital And The Influence Of Institutional Agents, Rebecca S. Royal
A Mixed Methods Approach To The Study Of Pell Recipients' Formation Of Academic Capital And The Influence Of Institutional Agents, Rebecca S. Royal
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The purpose of this explanatory sequential study was to identify factors associated with Pell grant recipients' persistence in a community college setting and to understand the influence of institutional actors on the formation of academic capital. Students completed a survey designed to measure the formation of students' academic capital (St. John et al., 2011; Winkler & Sriram, 2015). Then, survey participants participated in interviews to examine the influence of institutional actors and the role they play in the development of academic capital (Stanton-Salazar, 1997; Stanton-Salazar, 2011). Three meta-inferences emerged from the data that provided an overall explanation of the factors …