Conceptions of Widening Participation and Non-Traditional.
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Problem. This research examined student background characteristics, student social and institutional integrations, and their relation to attrition rates of freshman students at a public Midwestern commuter university. Method. A quantitative research methodology based on empirical data collection was used utilizing a 101-question research instrument consisting of two sections: student.
Non-traditional approaches to traditional demographic questions: Three essays on fertility and mortality. Ina Katherine Warriner, University of Pennsylvania. Abstract. This dissertation is composed of three essays examining different facets of demography, ranging from an issue affecting infant mortality and two issues affecting fertility. The first paper is an assessment of the role of cousin.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether Newbery Award-Winning and Honor books from 1995-2004 present careers in a traditional or non-traditional manner. Two of the most recognizable titles, due to recent Hollywood productions, are Because of Winn-Dixie and Holes. Though there has been much research in the area of gender roles, which indicates males and females in children’s.
University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2006 Women in non-traditional careers Teresa Ann Roche.
The goal of this meta-analysis was to synthesize research on the effectiveness of early intervention programs with children at-risk and to examine the contributions of specific mediating variables to these programs. Overall, 86 studies from 1986 through 1998 were examined. A total of 319 effect sizes were yielded from the total sample, and 185 effect sizes were yielded from the sample of high.