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The South Omaha Community Scholarship Program: A Qualitative Study Of Persistence Of Hispanic Students At Bellevue University, Tracy J. Mctavish
The South Omaha Community Scholarship Program: A Qualitative Study Of Persistence Of Hispanic Students At Bellevue University, Tracy J. Mctavish
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this case study was to determine the impact of the South Omaha Community Scholarship Program on the persistence of the Hispanic students who participated. Previous research on Hispanic student persistence has focused on the reasons why students do not persist and more recent research has been conducted on programs and retention efforts, colleges and universities are implementing on their campuses. This study researched a specific program, The South Omaha Community Scholarship Program, designed to provide financial, academic and other needed resources to help Hispanic students persist to graduation. The researcher believes this study was important because it …