Welcome!Defining the ProblemExplaining the GoalHypotheses 1-4Slide 5Literature Review Lack of Time Management SkillsLiterature Review High Cost of TuitionLiterature Review Part-time or Full-time EmploymentLiterature Review Lack of Academic ReadinessLiterature Review Excessive PartyingLiterature Review Poor Mental or Physical HealthLiterature Review Lack of Academic EngagementSlide 13Were our hypotheses valid?What are our solutions?Thank you for coming!Speaker: Arslan AhmedWelcome!The students of EGL 102 section 006 would like to present their research project.Let’s start with Defining the ProblemSpeaker: Arslan AhmedDefining the ProblemThe community college transfer student who seeks the bachelor’s degree but fails, negatively affects many:•Self•Family•Community college•Four year college•Society•WorldSpeaker: Arslan AhmedExplaining the GoalWhat would cause the community college transfer student to fail?We brainstormed for these possible factors.We came up with 8 hypotheses and formed 8 research teams.Speaker: Arslan AhmedHypotheses 1-4Lack of Time Management Skills may play a significant role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreeHigh Cost of Tuition may play a significant role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreePart-time or Full-time Employment may play a role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreePoor Academic Readiness may play a role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreeSpeaker: Arslan AhmedExcessive Partying may play a significant role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreePoor Mental and Physical Health may play a significant role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreeLack of Academic Engagement may play a significant role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreeRace, Religion, or Sex Orientation Differences may play a significant role in failing to attain the bachelor’s degreeHypotheses 5-8Speaker: Arslan AhmedLiterature ReviewLack of Time Management SkillsKathleen Byrd and Ginger Macdonald. (2007) “Defining College Readiness from the Inside out: First-Generation College Student Perspectives.”Speaker: Nadine DakhoulFrankie Santos Laanan. (2007) “Studying Transfer Students: Part II: Dimensions of transfer Students’ Adjustment .”Speaker: Faria ZafarD. Thompson. (2007) “Examining Student's Perceptions of their First-Semester Experience at a Major Land-Grant Institution”Speaker: Jebin PonnanSpeaker: Arslan AhmedLiterature ReviewHigh Cost of TuitionSandra Gardner. (2004) “Stemming At-Riskers’ College Crises in a Recession.”Speaker: Avani PatelNo Author. (2006) “The Importance of Price in College Attendance: A Pennsylvania Conundrum.”Speaker: Chablis ScornavaccoKevin O’Kelly. (2003) “College may become more and more unaffordable.”Speaker: Kate BershadskaiaSpeaker: Arslan AhmedLiterature ReviewPart-time or Full-time EmploymentMarie-Pierre Moreau, Carole Leathwood. (2006) “Balancing paid work and studies: working class students in higher education.”Speaker: Margaret KomorekAli Berker, Laura Horn, and Dennis Carroll. (2003) “Work First, Study Second: Adult Undergraduates Who Combine Employment and Postsecondary Enrollment. Postsecondary Educational Descriptive Analysis Reports.”Speaker: Billy HoumaSarath A. Nonis and Gail I. Hudson. (2006) “Academic Performance of College Students: Influence of Time Spent Studying and Working.”Speaker: Roxanne TabamoSpeaker: Arslan AhmedLiterature ReviewLack of Academic ReadinessFrancesca B. Purcell. (2006) “Smooth Transfer: A Once Mundane Administrative Issue Re-emerges a Key Tool for Equity.”Speaker: Malgorzata KolodziejCarol Kozeracki and Dean Gerdeman. (2000) “Southern California Community College Transfer Readiness Research Project Focus Group Findings.”Speaker: Raguez TahaSpeaker: Arslan AhmedLiterature ReviewExcessive PartyingBruce dePyssler. (2003) “Alcohol Consumption and Positive Study Practices among African American College Students.”Speaker: Justin WardAlan Reifman, PhD; Wendy K. Watson. (2003) “Binge Drinking during the First Semester of college: Continuation and Desistance from High School Patterns.”Speaker: Bensen MattathilMary E. Pritchard. (2003) “Using Emotional and Social Factors to Predict Student Success.”Speaker: Vishal GandhiSpeaker: Arslan AhmedLiterature ReviewPoor Mental or Physical HealthCarma L. Bylund, Rebecca S. Imes, Leslie A. Baxter. (2005) “Accuracy of parents perceptions of their college student children's health and health risk behavior.”Speaker: Carrie SmigielRobert B. Smith and Dana L. Fleming. (2007) “Student Suicide and Colleges’ Liability.”Speaker: Andrey LiokumovichEmilia H. Koumans, MD. et al. (2005) “Sexually Transmitted Disease Services at US Colleges and Universities.”Speaker: Stephanie SampraSpeaker: Arslan AhmedLiterature ReviewLack of Academic EngagementIbtesan Halaway. (2006) “The Effect of Motivation, Family Environment, and Student Characteristics on Academic Achievement .”Speaker: Maria AlfajoraStephen J. Handel. (2007) “Second Chance, Not Second Class: A Blueprint for Community-College Transfer.”Speaker: Edgar FrazierPamela Sherer. (2004) “Academic Engagement at Community Colleges.”Speaker: Nicole LopezSpeaker: Arslan AhmedPo Yang. (2003) “Do Institutional Characteristics Matter in Two to Four-year Transfer.”Speaker: Mareen MathewIrwin E. Solomon. (2001) “Articulation, College Transfer, and Academic Success: Northern Virginia Community College Transfer Students and Post-Transfer Success at George Mason University.”Speaker: Arslan AhmedStephen Wessler and Margaret Moss. (2001) “Hate Crimes on Campus: The Problems and Efforts to Confront it.”Speaker: Josie BostonLiterature ReviewRace, Religion, Sex Orientation DifferencesSpeaker: Arslan AhmedWere our hypotheses valid?Time management: YesHigh Cost of Tuition: YesPart-time or Full-time Employment: MixedLack of Academic Readiness: YesExcessive Partying: YesPoor Mental or Physical Health: YesLack of Academic Engagement: YesRace, Religious, or Sex Orientation Differences: MixedSpeaker: Arslan AhmedWhat are our solutions?Time management: Take a study skills class in high school; college advisors can help;High Cost of Tuition: seek scholarships; colleges offer more scholarships; demand federal govt. help college studentsPart-time or Full-time Employment: Take class on
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