College Student Journal articles from June 2005

College Student Journal archives from June 2005

Building an alumni support community: tracking alumni for program evaluation and added value.
June 1, 2005... This paper is a report of the development of a systematic process for locating instructional design alumni and recruiting them to provide feedback from their workplaces. The purpose of initiating this process is related to program improvement...

Student awareness of educational requirements for desired careers and the utility of a careers in psychology course.
June 1, 2005... In the last twenty years colleges have begun to emphasize the importance of career training in undergraduate programs. The current investigation addressed three questions related to this movement. First, are college students, in general, aware...

College persistence and student attitudes toward financial success.
June 1, 2005... This study found that students who highly valued financial success were less likely to continue at the same institution from their first to their second year of college and were more likely to drop out of college than students who valued...

Moral development in fraternity members: a case study.
June 1, 2005... Research on the effects of Greek life on college student moral development has generally concluded that membership in these organizations does little to enhance moral development. However, this qualitative case study of one fraternity found...

A study of experienced special education teachers' perceptions of adminstrative support.
June 1, 2005... The purpose of this study is to describe the level of administrator support perceived by special education teachers in South Texas. The literature on teacher retention indicates that "lack of administrative support" as an important reason for...

The Goetz plan: a practical smoking cessation program for college students.
June 1, 2005... Smoking is a serious health concern in today's society. College students represent a large portion of the smoking public and could have a unique opportunity to quit smoking with a college smoking cessation program. One idea for a smoking...

College students' perceptions about career fairs: what they like, what they gain, and what they want to see.
June 1, 2005... College instructors use a variety of strategies to increase the likelihood that their students will find jobs. Career fairs are just one strategy designed to help students think more clearly about their career paths. It has traditionally been...

The rhetoric of mock trial debate: using logos, pathos and ethos in undergraduate competition.
June 1, 2005... While engaging in learning about roles of evidence, rules of procedure and case law, undergraduate mock trial students must also learn how to effectively communicate their evidence to the fact-finder. In mock trial, as in real courtroom trials...

Personal and social contributors to dropout risk for undergraduate students.
June 1, 2005... The purpose of the present study was to examine how personal characteristics (e.g., loneliness, interpersonal competence) and social characteristics (e.g., marginality) contributed to dropout risk among undergraduate students. The respondents...

A comparison between African-American and White students enrolled in an equal opportunity program on predominantly White college campuses: perceptions of the campus environment.
June 1, 2005... This article compares the campus environmental perceptions of African-American and White students enrolled in an equal opportunity program on predominantly White campuses. These are students who are trying to overcome socioeconomic and academic...

Assessing the knowledge base of faculty at a private, four-year institution.
June 1, 2005... The following study evaluated the knowledge, experience and attitudes, that faculty at a private four-year institution have towards students with disabilities. The 208 participants responded to a survey questionnaire. The findings of the study...

A comparative study of performance on a college student newspaper: foreign versus American students.
June 1, 2005... This study attempts to make a qualitative comparison between the contributions to a student newspaper made by foreign students and American students as well as make some analytical assessments as to the focus and world view brought to bear on...

The financial knowledge of college freshmen.
June 1, 2005... The problem of the study was to determine college freshmen's financial knowledge. The entire freshman English 101, College Reading and Writing class at Texas A&M University--Commerce was surveyed. There were a total of 407 students enrolled in...

Stress, race and substance use in college.
June 1, 2005... This study investigates the role of stress in the substance use behavior of black and white college students. We examine the issue across race and look both at measures of traumatic stress and life stress. A perusal of the research literature...

Exploring the use of first name to address faculty members in graduate programs.
June 1, 2005... Twenty-six graduate psychology students at 2 Midwestern public universities used a self-report questionnaire for an exploratory study to rate interactions with faculty based on mode of address. When students addressed faculty by first name....

Sexual attitudes of college students: the impact of religiosity and spirituality.
June 1, 2005... Factors such as religiosity and spirituality were examined to determine their impact on the sexual attitudes of college students. The sample consisted of 330 undergraduate students from a southeastern doctoral research institution. It was...

An exploration of the factors that affect the academic success of college sophomores.
June 1, 2005... Researchers have suggested that, although they have not received much attention in the research literature, college sophomores may face academic difficulties. Pattengale and Schriener (2000) said that the sophomore year may be a time in which...

Preparation for the real business world: empirical research in the MBA finance curriculum.
June 1, 2005... The majority of MBA students receive little exposure to formal empirical research even though research and development spending at corporations around the world continues to increase. We believe that in order to be successful managers, MBA...

Perceptions of international students toward GRE.(Graduate Record Examination)
June 1, 2005... Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is an aptitude test thought to reflect intelligence or the capacity to learn and is used by colleges for admission of students into graduate school. No matter bow well written, no test can measure all aspects...