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1 online resource |
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As a doctoral student, I was asked to focus my dissertation research on a subject that would shed light on a current problem in higher education. Since I had concentrated a great amount of writing throughout my coursework to Hispanic student success and was interested in this topic, I chose to contribute research in that area. After a review of the literature, I discovered that a subgroup within the Hispanic college-going population, the Hispanic nontraditional undergraduate student population, was a relatively underexplored group within the context of academic persistence and within Hispanic-serving institutions. Overall, in the United States, Hispanic college students have the lowest bachelor degree completion rates and, historically, are enrolling in colleges and universities at the highest level in history. My study focused on understanding factors associated with the academic persistence of Hispanic undergraduate nontraditional students at Hispanic-serving Institutions because I wanted to provide insight for faculty, administrators, and advisors working with this group. This case study focuses on the methodology, hermeneutic phenomenology, utilized to explore the academic persistence experiences of 10 students from two different Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the southeast region of the United States. It describes the decision-making process of choosing qualitative research and describes the steps and rationale in research design, data collection, and analysis. The case will provide readers insight on the practices of recruiting participants, challenges in data collection, and nuances in working with Hispanic students and will demonstrate the importance of studying relevant topics in education |
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Hispanic American college students -- Research -- Case studies.
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Hispanic Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Research -- Case studies.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration -- Research -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1473997062 |
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9781473997066 |
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