If students with disabilities have successfully completed the requirements for being accepted into college and are also successful in completing the admission process, their ability to succeed (in receiving a degree) may be mitigated due to multiple f . . .

Adult learners are returning to higher education to pursue their higher education aspirations in increasing numbers (Pusser et al., 2007). For many adult learners, the pursuit of their educational aspirations is just one of several activities that com . . .

Researchers agree that first-year university students are the campus population at greatest risk for institutional departure. Since institutional effectiveness is primarily tied to retaining and graduating students, administrators are constantly under . . .

The review of literature for this study explores the differences in the adjustment process of freshmen who commute to college in contrast to freshmen who live in on campus housing while attending college. The literature that was reviewed for this stud . . .

Immediately upon beginning this literature review it became clear that little to no research existed on the topic. As such, the author circumvented the topic and examined literature detailing with the importance of study abroad, the lack of diversity . . .

The purpose of this research is to explore the reasons, or motivations, for why people who have a degree pursue advanced study in the Leadership and Educational Policy (LEP) program. In general, what are the reasons why people who have a degree pursue . . .

Brief Literature Review Female students and students from underrepresented ethnic groups (UEGs), including Latinos, African Americans, and Native Americans, are underrepresented in the academic and occupational setting of engineering. Females tend to . . .

This thesis, a mixed methods study, was a collaborative effort written by two students from the Master of Arts in Education: Higher Education Leadership with an emphasis in Student Affairs (ME-HELSA) Program at California State University, Sacramento . . .

Morrison's (2004) research showed that students select universities on the basis of prestige and image. The idea of selection based on image is also supported by Ivy (2001) as he reported that an institution's quality of instruction is less important . . .

Brief Literature Review: The literature depicts students who are not socially and academically integrated within their institutions of postsecondary educations are less likely to be retained through degree completion. This study extends existing stude . . .

The focus of this study is to examine parental involvement and the role it plays in increasing college enrollment, performance, and graduation and of historically underserved and underrepresented students. It will look at what ways cultural norms and/ . . .

A review of the literature was completed to understand the impact of a specific type of student employment. The review included four sections: a review of related theoretical frameworks (Astin, 1984; Chickering, 1969; Tinto, 1993); a review of what is . . .

Since the arrival of the Hmong in the United States as war refugees, they have been shadowed by the Asian Minority Success Myth (Ngo & Lee, 2007) which holds that all Asians and Asian Americans excel in the classroom. A Critical Race Theory analys . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the learning community program in its initial stage at a local community college. Effectiveness is defined by the researcher as the level of satisfaction experienced by the learning communit . . .

Brief Literature Review: The Latino population is the fastest growing group in the nation, demands further consideration in academic research as well as a place in higher education (Brown, Santiago, & Lopez, 2003). The number of Latino students ea . . .

Due to the limited amount of research on gender-neutral housing, the researcher expanded the literature review to related areas of research. These areas of research included the evolving community attitudes toward LGBT people in the United States, lin . . .

There has been limited research conducted at the higher education level about DHH students’ who attend mainstream postsecondary institutions where a small number of Deaf people are enrolled (Smith, 2004). Moreover, reported research indicated there is . . .

This study examined the creation of the earliest Greek letter organizations, including Black Greek letter organizations (BGLOs) who heavily influenced the establishment of recently established ethnic-based Greek letter organizations (REGLOs). The trad . . .

The literature shows that first-generation students are among the most disadvantaged groups when considering their opportunities for higher education. They face a number of challenges that impede their academic progress and consequently their success . . .

Brief Literature Review Of approximately 300,000 former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 25, about half obtain a high school diploma (Emerson, 2007). Aside from trauma or abuse, various factors stand in the way of their academic success. Of the . . .