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Information Sources That Influence The Financial Literacy Of Puerto Rican College Students, Enid Alvarez
Information Sources That Influence The Financial Literacy Of Puerto Rican College Students, Enid Alvarez
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Researchers agree that Puerto Ricans lack basic financial knowledge that would allow them to participate in the financial system actively. However, the literature did not provide any data about the knowledge transmission practices that Puerto Ricans use to gather and transmit financial knowledge. As a result, there was a limited understanding of the social learning processes used by Puerto Rican college students to make financial decisions. Using consumer socialization and family financial socialization models as the theoretical framework, the purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental study was to identify the information sources that Puerto Ricans use to gather financial knowledge. A …
Rational Choice Theory For Financial Strategy In Rural Michigan Community Colleges, Nicholas John Brege
Rational Choice Theory For Financial Strategy In Rural Michigan Community Colleges, Nicholas John Brege
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Since 2011, drastic declines in tuition revenue for many rural community colleges have hindered institutional budgets and have been the primary driver for the financial strategy decisions made by college leaders. Recent declines in revenue for rural community colleges have created a constrained fiscal environment causing college leaders to increase focus on internal operations. The aim of this research was to expand the understanding of how management decisions influence tuition revenue when demand fluctuates. Data from multiple archival sources including several national and state statistical databases were used. This study used a multiple regression analysis to investigate the relationships between …