We develop a positive theory of decentralized college admissions problems with uncertainty, in which a continuum of heterogeneous students apply to two colleges. Student college application choices are nontrivial since they are costly and they are noisily evaluated. Colleges set admissions standards for signals of student caliber. With a heterogeneous student population, we first characterize h...

background: college student community is the one with high risk of tuberculosis (tb). a systemic and standardized administration model for prevention and control of tb is significance in controlling tb spread in universities. currently, the universities in china have not established the comprehensive and standardized administration system for tb prevention and control in college student communi...

Individual achievement in college has been closely tied to dropout and graduation rates and these indices of completion have been considered the most important measures for gauging achievement in undergraduate education. In this study, we both define and examine a new concept of thriving in college. Both the literature and the data suggest that a multidimensional concept of thriving is better s...

This policy brief advances the growing literature on how student loan debt affects individuals’ other economic decisions. Specifically, it examines the impact of student loan liabilities on individuals’ homeownership status and wealth accumulation. The analysis employs a rich set of financial and demographic control variables that are not available in many of the existing studies that use credi...

Since most college student development models take students’ interaction with peers as an important influential factor, by reviewing an amount of related literature, this paper summarized the impact of interaction with peers on college student development in the eight areas categorized by Pascarella and Terenzini. Based on a body of research conducted by analyzing national samples or some small...

Article history: Received 23 July 2014 Available online 22 September 2014 Wehypothesized and tested amodelwherementor career support predicts college student career planning, job search intentions, and self-defeating job search behavior via student career selfefficacy. Using survey responses collected at two points in time from college students near graduation who were mentored by working busin...

This research focuses on using NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) responses to predict student academic success. The analysis is based on 16,630 Indiana University Bloomington first-year beginner students and seniors who completed the NSSE survey administered from 2006-2012. Logistic regression and linear regression on student background and pre-college information, financial aid, pre...

The transition to higher education can be a journey of life changing experiences. These experiences culminate in factors that affect a student’s academic success. This can lend itself to areas of growth, change, and maturation that cultivate and stimulate the intellectual curiosity which motivate a student to succeed in college. Specifically, this study attempts to measure three factors that af...

1) Master in Surgery for the Federal University of Pernambuco. Professor Assistant of Otolaryngology of the College of Medical Sciences of the University of Pernambuco. 2) Graduating of Medicine of the College of Medical Sciences of the University of Pernambuco. Graduating of Medicine of the College of Medical Sciences of the University of Pernambuco. 3) Graduate Student of Medicine of the Coll...

Despite the significant attention that drugs and alcohol receive on college campuses, few resources and supports are available to students who are recovering from an addiction. Student affairs professionals are uniquely positioned to support these students with a variety of strategies. This article summarizes what is currently known about college students in recovery and ways that student affai...