College Student Journal articles from September 2007

College Student Journal archives from September 2007

Predicting performance of one-year MBA students.(Master of Business Administration)(Report)
September 1, 2007... Although several studies have been performed, Graduate Admissions programs are still encountering difficulties uncovering criteria that will predict academic success in their programs. Researchers have analyzed Executive, full and part-time MBA...

Support services for students with Asperger's Syndrome in higher education.(Report)
September 1, 2007... The study examines the following research question: What are the needs of students with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), and what are the services and accommodations available to them at the post-secondary level? An increasing number of individuals...

A study of factors that influence high school athletes to choose a college or university, and a model for the development of player decisions.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Decisions made by high school and college basketball athletes are becoming increasingly complex as sport has evolved into a true industry. The decisions made during the formative years have a tremendous impact upon the individual as well as the...

Expectations and perceptions of undergraduate research mentoring: comparing first generation, low income white/Caucasian and African American students.(Report)
September 1, 2007... This study examines how student scholars from first generation college and low income (FGLI) backgrounds and/or African American students perceive a research mentoring relationship. There has been much literature on the positive benefits of...

Perceived parenting styles on college students' optimism.(Report)
September 1, 2007... The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived parenting styles and levels of optimism in undergraduate college students. Sixty-three participants were administered surveys measuring dispositional optimism and...

Psychological and emotional reactions of college students to September 11, 2001.(Report)
September 1, 2007... This study, using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), investigated the moods, perceptions, and behavioral changes among college students during the week following September 11 and again 11 weeks later. Originally,...

Higher education classroom management: Kuwait University students' views.(Report)
September 1, 2007... This study attempts to examine students' views on the effectiveness of classroom management techniques used by faculty members. By examining their views, some insights may be gained as to the kinds of management techniques that a faculty member...

Age, gender and ethnic differences in prevalence of overweight and obesity in Asian American college students and their parents using different BMI cutoffs.(body mass index)(Report)
September 1, 2007... The objective was to determine if the WHO global BMI (kg/[m.sup.2]) cutoffs for determining overweight and obesity in the general populations are appropriate for Asian populations and to consider whether population-specific cutoffs would be...

Teaching with the lights out: what do we really know about the impact of technology intensive instruction? *.(Report)
September 1, 2007... In this study, we attempt to determine the extent to which students enrolled in economic courses benefit from extensive use of modern technology based teaching/learning tools such as electronic slide presentations. Our results are mixed. We...

Personal safety practices, beliefs and attitudes of academic faculty on a small university campus: comparison of males and females (Part 1).(Report)
September 1, 2007... The current study reports on a study examining the safety concerns of male and female faculty members on a small university campus. A 160-item questionnaire was distributed to 100 faculty members (58 males and 42 females; response rate was...

The adolescent quest for autonomy: renegotiating a cordial relationship.
September 1, 2007... At adolescence, the young one sees himself already as a miniature adult, and would want to express the autonomy that goes with it. Even though parents may recognize this and would want some measure of freedom for their adolescent children, they...

Japanese international female students' experience of discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes.(Report)
September 1, 2007... This qualitative study examined four Japanese international female college students' experience of discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes in a predominately white university. Four themes emerged from the analysis of data: (1) overt forms of...

Examining students' perceptions of their first-semester experience at a major land-grant institution.(Report)
September 1, 2007... This study examined the perceptions of freshmen students regarding their first-semester experiences at a major land-grant institution. A questionnaire was developed based on a review of the literature related to factors that influence students'...

Quality assurance in the teaching and examination of Vocational and Technical Education in Nigeria.(Report)
September 1, 2007... The vital role of Vocational and Technical Education in the production of skilled and competent manpower for economic, industrial and social development cannot be achieved if an efficient and effective teaching and examination is not...

ISO 9000 and creativity: potential advantages of implementing ISO in community colleges.(International Organization for Standardization)(Report)
September 1, 2007... The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the ISO 9000 standard and creativity. In this paper, the researcher tries to answer the following questions: Which learning theories best foster creative thought? Is creativity...

Apathy and personality traits among college students: a cross-cultural comparison.(Report)
September 1, 2007... The authors adapted a measure of apathy previously used with Japanese college students to investigate relations between this construct and personality traits among U.S. college students. Males and females reported similar levels of apathy, and...

Assessing the relationship between campus programs, student self-efficacy, stress, and substance abuse.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Student life educators continue searching for ways to assess campus programs. This is an exploratory study for an alternative assessment approach based on a hypothesized relationship between participation in campus activities, student...

Black undergraduate students attitude toward counseling and counselor preference.(Report)
September 1, 2007... A help seeking survey and measures of socioeconomic status, cultural mistrust, and African Self-consciousness were administered to 315 Black college students to study attitudes toward counseling and counselor preference. Multiple Regression...

Women and HIV/AIDS epidemic: the issue of college age girls' awareness in Nigeria.(Report)
September 1, 2007... This study was conducted to examine women and HIV/AIDS epidemic: the issue of school age girls' awareness in Nigeria information was elicited from 1,222 randomly selected regular under-graduate female students from the 11 faculties of the...

College student sexual morality revisited: a consideration of pre-marital sex, extra-marital sex and childlessness between 1940 and 2000-2005.(Report)
September 1, 2007... Much attention has been given to the new "sexual morality" of college students today. Indeed, some maintain that the American family is doomed because of the attitudes of young people today toward sex and the family. How does the sexual...

Social bond theory and drunk driving in a sample of college students.(Report)
September 1, 2007... This paper reports the finding from a study that examined the relationship between social bond variables and drunk driving in a sample of university students. A questionnaire containing indicators representing social bond variables, as well as...