Cultural Capital Efficacy in Parental and Student Aligned Expectations for Postsecondary Matriculation
Author(s) -
Kennetra Bryant,
Ronnie Davis,
Teryana Lamb,
Mr. Orlando Milton,
Joyce Montgomery,
Dominic Thomas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of education and human development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-2978
pISSN - 2334-296X
DOI - 10.15640/jehd.v5n2a4
Subject(s) - matriculation , graduation (instrument) , community college , cultural capital , receipt , population , state (computer science) , institution , political science , sociology , psychology , medical education , demographic economics , demography , medicine , economics , law , accounting , geometry , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictability and relationship of selected student-related and institutional factors on the graduation rates of community colleges in multiple regions in the largest state in the Southern Region of the United States. The selected total population for this study included public twoyear community colleges within six community college regions in the largest state in the Southern Region of the United States. The target state’s Higher Education Accountability System (Community College Success, Participation, Institutional Efficiency and Effectiveness reports were used to collect the data. The data revealed that the student-related and institutional factors of postgraduate employment, receipt of financial assistance, number of full-time faculty, number of part-time faculty and size of institution collectively accounted for 77% of the variance of graduation rates of community colleges.
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