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Laying The Foundation: The Importance Of Implementing Student Mentoring Programs To Promote Minority Student Satisfaction & Persistence On Hbcu & Pwi Campuses (With Bernice Alston, Phd), Charmaine E. Troy
Dr. Charmaine E. Troy
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Higher Education Lockout: Examining The Low Income Student Experience, Charmaine E. Troy
Higher Education Lockout: Examining The Low Income Student Experience, Charmaine E. Troy
Dr. Charmaine E. Troy
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The Effects Of First-Year Students' Self-Perceptions Of Behaviors, Attitudes, And Aptitudes On Their First-To-Second-Year Persistence, Rebecca Jean Lambert
The Effects Of First-Year Students' Self-Perceptions Of Behaviors, Attitudes, And Aptitudes On Their First-To-Second-Year Persistence, Rebecca Jean Lambert
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Student persistence continues to be a topic of much research and discussion in higher education. Based on Bean and Eaton's (2000) psychological theory of persistence for its theoretical framework, this study examined the effect of students' demographic and background characteristics and students' self-perceptions on their first-to-second-year persistence at a small, private, faith-based institution. Demographic and background characteristics examined were gender, race/ethnicity, first-generation college student status, high school GPA, and type of high school attended. Four constructs from the CIRP Freshman Survey were used to examine student self-perceptions: (a) Habits of the Mind, (b) Academic Self-concept, (c) Social Self-concept, and (d) …