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Oregon State University
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Pelkey, Dave.
Factors supporting persistence of academically underprepared community college students.
Degree: PhD, Education, 2011, Oregon State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21177
► The purpose of this study is to identify factors that support the likelihood of persistence of academically underprepared community college students to 45 college level…
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▼ The purpose of this study is to identify factors that support the likelihood of
persistence of academically underprepared community college students to 45 college level credits. Factors considered in this research include: (a) race/ethnicity, (b) age, (c) enrollment status, (d) socio-economic status (SES), (e) first quarter GPA, (f) developmental need, (g) participation in a learning community, and (h) completion of a first year seminar course.
The population of students used for the purposes of this research was a cohort of first time, full and part-time, community college students enrolled in associate degree pre-baccalaureate programs of study at Tacoma Community College during Fall quarter 2005. Students in this cohort placed below college level in mathematics, reading or English. Binary logistic regression was used to evaluate the existence, direction and strength of the relationships between each of the independent variables and the dependent variable the completion of 45 college credits.
Findings from this study indicate that enrollment status, specifically full-time enrollment and first quarter GPA, both had statistically significant positive relationships to
persistence of academically underprepared students at the community college. Although this research only identifies only two elements as having statistically significant relationships to the completion of 45 credits the data does indicate several other variables with high odds ratios that suggest a possibility that they influence the
persistence of
academically underprepared students and should be considered by practitioners at community colleges.
Advisors/Committee Members: White, Jessica (advisor), Roper, Larry (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Persistence
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Pelkey, D. (2011). Factors supporting persistence of academically underprepared community college students. (Doctoral Dissertation). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21177
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Pelkey, Dave. “Factors supporting persistence of academically underprepared community college students.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Oregon State University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21177.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Pelkey, Dave. “Factors supporting persistence of academically underprepared community college students.” 2011. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Pelkey D. Factors supporting persistence of academically underprepared community college students. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21177.
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Pelkey D. Factors supporting persistence of academically underprepared community college students. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21177
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Guidotti, Ivan.
Three essays on portfolio management.
Degree: 2015, Université de Neuchâtel
URL: http://doc.rero.ch/record/257855
► This dissertation is constituted of three distinct chapters. The first two study the information role of sell-side analysts from two specific angles of attack. The…
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▼ This dissertation is constituted of three distinct
chapters. The first two study the information role of sell-side
analysts from two specific angles of attack. The first chapter
focuses on the investment value of target prices. Based on a sample
of more than 590’000 expected return revisions over the 1999-2011
period, I construct tercile portfolios that buy (sell) stocks with
the highest (lowest) expected return revisions. The strategy
initiated at the end of announcement day and held for a month that
is long the highest tercile and short the lowest tercile yields a
risk-adjusted performance of 0.48% per month. Similar results are
obtained when the expected return revisions are industry or market
adjusted. The risk-adjusted return remains significant if the
position is initiated five days after the announcement (0.29% per
month). Given the high number of target price revisions, I identify
ex-ante likely valuable target prices. The risk-adjusted
performance of the portfolio based on this subset increases to
0.81%. The downside exposures to SMB and MOM factors are negative
and statistically significant at the 1% and 5% level, respectively.
I demonstrate that more weight is given to pro cyclical (neutral)
stocks when the expected probability of recession is low (high).
Finally, we show that the results are not driven by firm specific
events, post earnings announcement drift (PEAD), limited investors’
attention or illiquid stocks. In the second chapter I
analyze the information conveyed by analysts’ research and how it
is perceived by investors. I introduce a methodology that
disentangles the information conveyed through analysts’ target
prices according to its availability and scope. The purpose is to
investigate if investors correctly interpret analysts’ research by
analyzing whether there is correspondence between investors’
reaction and the type of information conveyed through analysts. The
empirical results provide evidence that investors duly process
analysts’ research and appropriately incorporate this information
into prices. Indeed, public information is not associated with any
abnormal return, whereas private information is. Moreover, the
reaction to firm-specific private information is confined to the
firm analyzed, but industry-wide private information is associated
with a reaction that spreads to the whole industry. The
decomposition also shows that target prices are based on an equal
amount of private and public information, and that private
information is mostly firm-specific. In the last chapter
I turn my attention to hedge fund managers, a category of
sophisticated users of analysts’ research. More specifically, I
analyze how the remuneration structure of hedge funds affects the
performance to investors to rationalize the persistent abnormal
performance of hedge funds. I show that when managers expect to
receive a performance fee payment, the commitment to deliver an
absolute return, the decreasing returns to scale to which hedge
fund strategies are
subject, and the performance-linked…
Advisors/Committee Members: Michel (Dir.).
Subjects/Keywords: persistence
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Guidotti, I. (2015). Three essays on portfolio management. (Thesis). Université de Neuchâtel. Retrieved from http://doc.rero.ch/record/257855
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Guidotti, Ivan. “Three essays on portfolio management.” 2015. Thesis, Université de Neuchâtel. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://doc.rero.ch/record/257855.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Guidotti, Ivan. “Three essays on portfolio management.” 2015. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Guidotti I. Three essays on portfolio management. [Internet] [Thesis]. Université de Neuchâtel; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/257855.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Guidotti I. Three essays on portfolio management. [Thesis]. Université de Neuchâtel; 2015. Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/257855
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Alberta
3.
Kovacev-Nikolic, Violeta.
Persistent Homology in Analysis of Point-Cloud Data.
Degree: MS, Department of Mathematical and Statistical
Sciences, 2012, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/cv43nx33b
► The main goal of this thesis is to explore various applications of persistent homology in statistical analysis of point-cloud data. In the introduction, after a…
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▼ The main goal of this thesis is to explore various
applications of persistent homology in statistical analysis of
point-cloud data. In the introduction, after a brief historical
overview, we provide some of the underlying concepts of
persistence. Starting from Chapter 2 the focus is on analysis of
point-clouds sampled from a surface of a torus and a sphere; our
first exploratory tool is a homology plot. In Chapter 3 we
calculate the Wasserstein distances in order to visualize existing
relationships among samples of data. Chapter 4 introduces a new
approach in topological statistical inference, based on the notion
of persistence landscapes. In Chapter 5 the method of persistence
landscapes is applied to non-perturbed data; following that, data
in Chapter 6 involve a component of noise which allows us to
demonstrate the efficiency of the new method. To test hypotheses,
we implement suitable permutation tests. Last but not least, in
Chapter 7 we work with real data of samples of HIV-1 protease some
of which feature drug resistance. We truly hope that with the
results presented, we offer convincing evidence that testifies in
favor of applications of topology in statistical data
analysis.
Subjects/Keywords: topology; persistence
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Kovacev-Nikolic, V. (2012). Persistent Homology in Analysis of Point-Cloud Data. (Masters Thesis). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/cv43nx33b
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kovacev-Nikolic, Violeta. “Persistent Homology in Analysis of Point-Cloud Data.” 2012. Masters Thesis, University of Alberta. Accessed April 21, 2021.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/cv43nx33b.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kovacev-Nikolic, Violeta. “Persistent Homology in Analysis of Point-Cloud Data.” 2012. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Kovacev-Nikolic V. Persistent Homology in Analysis of Point-Cloud Data. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Alberta; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/cv43nx33b.
Council of Science Editors:
Kovacev-Nikolic V. Persistent Homology in Analysis of Point-Cloud Data. [Masters Thesis]. University of Alberta; 2012. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/cv43nx33b

McMaster University
4.
Paquette, Miney.
Oral Anticoagulation Persistence in Atrial Fibrillation.
Degree: PhD, 2020, McMaster University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/25348
► PhD Thesis
Long-term persistence with oral anticoagulants (OAC) in atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with improved outcomes. However, 1-year discontinuation of vitamin K antagonists (VKA)…
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▼ PhD Thesis
Long-term persistence with oral anticoagulants (OAC) in atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with improved outcomes. However, 1-year discontinuation of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) is as high as 50%. Persistence to non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOAC) show some signal of improvement but the estimates are variable.
This thesis includes a prospective evaluation of newly diagnosed AF patients in 44 countries using physician reported start and stop dates of anticoagulation. One-year persistence to dabigatran was 75.6% and 69.2% at 2 years. Approximately half of discontinuers switched to another OAC, increasing estimates of general overall 2-year OAC persistence to 84.1%. Probability of discontinuation was highest in the first 6 month period (83.7%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 82.7-84.8%) and lower in successive periods. Patients persistent with dabigatran at 1 year had >90% probability of remaining persistent at 2 years. Patients with symptomatic AF, and prior bleeding had higher discontinuation, those with prior stroke, lower discontinuation. Standardized stroke incidence rates post-discontinuation were (95% CI) 1.76 (0.89 to 2.76) in non-switchers, and 1.02 (0.43 to 1.76) in those who switched, consistent with the expected benefit of remaining on treatment.
Supplemental patient education may be one mechanism to improve persistence to treatment and improve patient outcomes. A systematic review of the impact of education on outcomes in 9 randomized clinical trials showed low to very low certainty of evidence for benefit of education over usual care. Sufficiently powered trials or different approaches are required to further assess the impact of education on patient outcomes.
Finally, important considerations for interpreting available research in OAC persistence, including differences in study methodology, setting, and timing are examined, and patient factors associated with higher or lower persistence reported. A framework for assessing persistence studies is presented to assist researchers and clinicians in evaluating current research and to support planning of future studies.
Dissertation
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Oral anticoagulants (OAC) are approved for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients, however discontinuation rates are high and associated with poor patient outcomes. Prior to the last decade, medications to reduce blood clotting by reducing vitamin K action [vitamin K antagonists (VKA)] were primarily used. However, up to 50% of patients discontinue VKA within one year. The introduction of non-VKA (NOAC) anticoagulants that do not require continuous monitoring or dose adjustments, show some promise of improvement in persistence.
This thesis examines and reports on long-term persistence over 2 years to the first NOAC available, dabigatran. Reasons, clinical predictors, and periods of risk for discontinuation as well as outcomes following discontinuation are prospectively examined. A systematic review of educational interventions examines existing evidence for…
Advisors/Committee Members: Nieuwlaat, Robby, Health Sciences.
Subjects/Keywords: Persistence; Anticoagulation
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Paquette, M. (2020). Oral Anticoagulation Persistence in Atrial Fibrillation. (Doctoral Dissertation). McMaster University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11375/25348
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Paquette, Miney. “Oral Anticoagulation Persistence in Atrial Fibrillation.” 2020. Doctoral Dissertation, McMaster University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11375/25348.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Paquette, Miney. “Oral Anticoagulation Persistence in Atrial Fibrillation.” 2020. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Paquette M. Oral Anticoagulation Persistence in Atrial Fibrillation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. McMaster University; 2020. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/25348.
Council of Science Editors:
Paquette M. Oral Anticoagulation Persistence in Atrial Fibrillation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. McMaster University; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/25348
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Ponte, Edward P.
The relation of persistence to academic success ;: a validation of the Seckler maze as a test of persistence and its relation to academic success in the junior high school.
Degree: Education, 1939, University of Massachusetts
URL: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2622
Subjects/Keywords: Persistence
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Ponte, E. P. (1939). The relation of persistence to academic success ;: a validation of the Seckler maze as a test of persistence and its relation to academic success in the junior high school. (Thesis). University of Massachusetts. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2622
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ponte, Edward P. “The relation of persistence to academic success ;: a validation of the Seckler maze as a test of persistence and its relation to academic success in the junior high school.” 1939. Thesis, University of Massachusetts. Accessed April 21, 2021.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2622.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ponte, Edward P. “The relation of persistence to academic success ;: a validation of the Seckler maze as a test of persistence and its relation to academic success in the junior high school.” 1939. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Ponte EP. The relation of persistence to academic success ;: a validation of the Seckler maze as a test of persistence and its relation to academic success in the junior high school. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Massachusetts; 1939. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2622.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Ponte EP. The relation of persistence to academic success ;: a validation of the Seckler maze as a test of persistence and its relation to academic success in the junior high school. [Thesis]. University of Massachusetts; 1939. Available from: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2622
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
6.
Banda, Rosa 1978-.
Perceptions of Social Support Networks and Climate in the Persistence of Latinas Pursuing an Undergraduate Engineering Degree.
Degree: PhD, Educational Administration, 2013, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148272
► While an abundance of literature addresses undergraduate students’ lack of success in engineering programs, fewer studies examine the persistence of minority females, especially of Latinas…
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▼ While an abundance of literature addresses undergraduate students’ lack of success in engineering programs, fewer studies examine the
persistence of minority females, especially of Latinas in such a male-dominated discipline. This study employed a qualitative method of inquiry to gain insight into the perceptions of social support networks and climate in the
persistence of eleven Latinas pursuing an undergraduate engineering degree at two research-extensive universities.
The study, ultimately, concluded that participants utilized various systems of support (e.g., fathers and family, peers, and student organizations) to aid in their sense of belonging, which essentially influenced their decision to persist. Additionally, the study found that Latinas encountered various levels of hostile climates (e.g., institutional, departmental, classroom, student organizations, and internships) throughout their undergraduate experience. Lastly, the study concluded that several participants had to grapple with the idea of gender and what that means within a male-dominated discipline. While the findings from this study added to the literature on the perceptions of social support networks and climate in the
persistence of Latinas pursuing an undergraduate engineering degree, further qualitative studies that examine the role of fathers, the conceptualization of gender by female engineers, the coping mechanisms employed to mediate gender discrimination, and the reasons for the lack of entry to the STEM workforce are warranted.
Advisors/Committee Members: Lechuga, Vicente M (advisor), Lincoln, Yvonna S (committee member), Bonner, Fred A (committee member), Biscontin, Giovanna (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Engineering; Persistence; Latinas
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Banda, R. 1. (2013). Perceptions of Social Support Networks and Climate in the Persistence of Latinas Pursuing an Undergraduate Engineering Degree. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148272
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Banda, Rosa 1978-. “Perceptions of Social Support Networks and Climate in the Persistence of Latinas Pursuing an Undergraduate Engineering Degree.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148272.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Banda, Rosa 1978-. “Perceptions of Social Support Networks and Climate in the Persistence of Latinas Pursuing an Undergraduate Engineering Degree.” 2013. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Banda R1. Perceptions of Social Support Networks and Climate in the Persistence of Latinas Pursuing an Undergraduate Engineering Degree. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148272.
Council of Science Editors:
Banda R1. Perceptions of Social Support Networks and Climate in the Persistence of Latinas Pursuing an Undergraduate Engineering Degree. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148272

University of Houston
7.
Wheatley, Kathryn.
Academic Advising Influence on Undergraduate Student Odds of Retention and Graduation: A Multilevel Analysis.
Degree: PhD, Higher Education Leadership and Policy, 2018, University of Houston
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3112
► Background: Academic advising can be an effective intervention for students needing guidance through their academic programs. At this point, we are unsure how academic advising…
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▼ Background: Academic advising can be an effective intervention for students needing guidance through their academic programs. At this point, we are unsure how academic advising affects the success of students who bring different pre-enrollment academic experiences. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to better understand the factors associated with success of transfer and dual-credit students in order to help inform efforts to improve university-wide advising practices. Therefore, these analyses attempted to identify individual- and college-level factors influencing the likelihood that FTIC, transfer, and dual-credit students will persist from their first to second year and the likelihood that they will graduate. Methods: The outcomes of interest in this study are dichotomous indicators of student success (retention and graduation). Therefore, a Hierarchical Generalized Linear Model was used to estimate the probability (φ) that a student from the 2012 cohort graduated conditioned on a set of fixed effects at the individual (β) and college (γ) levels. Logistic regression was used to determine whether student retention from the first to second year was influenced by student demographics, college designation, academic advising attendance, and other background characteristics. Finally, multiple regression was used to determine whether cohort 2015 students’ cumulative first year GPA was influenced by student characteristics and behaviors. Results: HLM results indicated that college-level factors percentage of transfer students and percentage of students at high academic risk, as well as multiple student-level variables including academic advising contact were strong predictors of student graduation. Logistic regression revealed that increased academic advising contact, transfer designation and full-time enrollment status, among other variables, were likely to predict
persistence to second year. Finally, multiple regression results indicated that academic advising contact and other variables were associated with first-year GPA. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of academic advising contact within colleges and the researcher suggests changes to advising practice and ideas for future
research.
Advisors/Committee Members: Horn, Catherine L. (advisor), McKinney, Lyle (committee member), Fan, Weihua (committee member), Elkins Longacre, Teri (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Advising; Persistence; Transfer
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Wheatley, K. (2018). Academic Advising Influence on Undergraduate Student Odds of Retention and Graduation: A Multilevel Analysis. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Houston. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3112
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wheatley, Kathryn. “Academic Advising Influence on Undergraduate Student Odds of Retention and Graduation: A Multilevel Analysis.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Houston. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3112.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wheatley, Kathryn. “Academic Advising Influence on Undergraduate Student Odds of Retention and Graduation: A Multilevel Analysis.” 2018. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Wheatley K. Academic Advising Influence on Undergraduate Student Odds of Retention and Graduation: A Multilevel Analysis. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Houston; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3112.
Council of Science Editors:
Wheatley K. Academic Advising Influence on Undergraduate Student Odds of Retention and Graduation: A Multilevel Analysis. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Houston; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3112

University of New South Wales
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Cheng, David.
Jokes that work or work that is a joke: The influence of humor on persistence and cheating behavior.
Degree: Australian Graduate School of Management, 2015, University of New South Wales
URL: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55442
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https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37553/SOURCE02?view=true
► Workers often encounter temptations that entice them to withdraw their effort from assigned work tasks and pursue counterproductive goals. Studies have shown that failure to…
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▼ Workers often encounter temptations that entice them to withdraw their effort from assigned work tasks and pursue counterproductive goals. Studies have shown that failure to resist such temptations collectively costs organizations billions of dollars each year in lost productivity and additional expenses (Bennett & Robinson, 2000). Ego-depletion theory posits that an individuals’ ability to resist temptations is dependent on a limited pool of self-regulatory resources that is expended whenever an individual exerts self-control (Muraven & Baumeister, 2000). While much research has examined how individuals expend resources, little research has examined how individuals can replenish resources in order to resist further temptations (Hagger, Wood, Stiff, & Chatzisarantis, 2010). This dissertation examines whether humor, a phenomenon highly recommended by business consultants as being energizing (Kanter, 2010), can help individuals persist at assigned work tasks and resist the temptation to engage in counterproductive behavior. In addition, the studies in this dissertation also examine one mechanism by which humor increases
persistence along with how different types of humor and individual differences in humor style interact to influence its outcomes. Five experimental studies are reported. Study 1 examined the effects of humor and found that those who experienced humor persisted significantly longer than others at an assigned task. In addition, the discrete emotion of amusement mediated the positive relationship between humor and
persistence. Study 2 replicated the findings of Study 1 and found that those high in self-enhancing humor style persisted longer when experiencing humor than those low in self-enhancing humor style. Study 3 found that exposure to self-deprecating humor generally results in greater levels of
persistence. However, those high in self-defeating humor style did not show any significant increase in
persistence when experiencing self-deprecating humor. Studies 4 and 5 examined aggressive humor and found that aggressive humor in general led to a significant increase in
persistence. It also found that those low in aggressive humor style did not persist longer at assigned tasks. In addition, those who were high in aggressive humor style who laughed at others were more likely to engage in cheating behavior. Implications for research, practice and future directions are discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Wang, Lu, Management, Australian School of Business, UNSW.
Subjects/Keywords: Persistence; Humour; Emotions
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Cheng, D. (2015). Jokes that work or work that is a joke: The influence of humor on persistence and cheating behavior. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New South Wales. Retrieved from http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55442 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37553/SOURCE02?view=true
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Cheng, David. “Jokes that work or work that is a joke: The influence of humor on persistence and cheating behavior.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New South Wales. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55442 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37553/SOURCE02?view=true.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cheng, David. “Jokes that work or work that is a joke: The influence of humor on persistence and cheating behavior.” 2015. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Cheng D. Jokes that work or work that is a joke: The influence of humor on persistence and cheating behavior. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55442 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37553/SOURCE02?view=true.
Council of Science Editors:
Cheng D. Jokes that work or work that is a joke: The influence of humor on persistence and cheating behavior. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2015. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/55442 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:37553/SOURCE02?view=true

Victoria University of Wellington
9.
Nili, Alireza.
Digital service problems: Prevention and user persistence in solving them.
Degree: 2016, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5343
► The service sector is an important and consistently growing sector of the world economy. It is estimated that the sector will make up two thirds…
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▼ The service sector is an important and consistently growing sector of the world economy. It is estimated that the sector will make up two thirds of the total world Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Information Technology (IT) has been an important contributor to the fast and high grow of the sector by increasingly digitising the production, delivery and use of services. IT has enabled multiple parties, including user support service staff, employees (internal IT users) and customers (external IT users) of an organisation, to engage in the production, delivery and use of digital services. Consequently, both users and user support service staff of the organisations have an increased responsibility to both prevent IT problems from occurring, and solve them when they do occur. Problems with ITs can occur at different stages of a digital service value chain (i.e. sequential steps/stages required to produce and deliver a digital service), and may lead to a service failure in the user’s mind. Examples include problems with a self-check-out machine at a library, problems with an online registration system that occurs for university students, or a website that does not include an online payment functionality a user expects. Numerous studies in both Information Systems (IS) and service literature have focused on the role of the service staff in both preventing and solving digital service failures, but few have considered the user’s role in these.
This thesis includes four original articles. The first article emphasises that prevention from digital service failures must be considered before establishing effective approaches to solving the problems. The article presents a typology of technologies and technological approaches that customers and businesses can use to support prevention from these failures. The rest of the articles consider situations where an IT-related service problem has occurred, and address the user’s behaviour of
persistence in solving their own IT problem. From the user’s perspective, their
persistence in solving the problem contributes to achieving a satisfactory outcome, and from the organisational perspective, such an outcome is important for maintaining their user satisfaction. User
persistence is important both when trying to solve an IT problem alone, and when using support services. Studying user
persistence can help organisations to design their user support services in a way that encourages user
persistence, resolves the problems more efficiently and cheaply; and maintains their user satisfaction. The study of user
persistence included the use of focus groups for data collection purposes. Surprisingly, qualitative methodology literature has little to say on analytical approaches to focus group data – particularly interactive participant data. Therefore, a focus group analysis framework was designed (presented in the second article) and was used in the analysis phase of the user
persistence study. The third article uses the framework in its analysis phase, and (a) presents a conceptual clarification of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Tate, Mary, Johnstone, David, Gable, Guy.
Subjects/Keywords: Digital services; Service failure prevention; Problem solving; User persistence; Method persistence; Process persistence; Theory
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Nili, A. (2016). Digital service problems: Prevention and user persistence in solving them. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5343
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Nili, Alireza. “Digital service problems: Prevention and user persistence in solving them.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5343.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nili, Alireza. “Digital service problems: Prevention and user persistence in solving them.” 2016. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Nili A. Digital service problems: Prevention and user persistence in solving them. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5343.
Council of Science Editors:
Nili A. Digital service problems: Prevention and user persistence in solving them. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5343

University of California – San Diego
10.
Hayden, Marina Calvet.
The First Year of College: Understanding Student Persistence in Engineering.
Degree: Education, 2017, University of California – San Diego
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2vr1g587
► This research study aimed to expand our understanding of the factors that influence student persistence in engineering. The unique experiences of engineering students were examined…
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▼ This research study aimed to expand our understanding of the factors that influence student persistence in engineering. The unique experiences of engineering students were examined as they transitioned into and navigated their first year of college at a public research university in California. Most students provided similar responses with respect to the way they experienced the transition to college and social life. There was, however, wide student response variation regarding their experience of academic life and academic policies, as well as in their level of pre-college academic preparation and financial circumstances. One key finding was that students’ experiences during the first year of college varied widely based on the extent to which they had acquired organizational and learning skills prior to college. The study used a mixed methods approach. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through an online survey and one-on-one interviews conducted with freshman students near the end of their first year of college. The theoretical foundations of this study included Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement and Tinto’s Theory of Student Departure. The design of the study was guided by these theories which emphasize the critical importance of student involvement with the academic and social aspects of college during the first year of college.
Subjects/Keywords: Higher education; College; Engineering; Persistence
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hayden, Marina Calvet. “The First Year of College: Understanding Student Persistence in Engineering.” 2017. Thesis, University of California – San Diego. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2vr1g587.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hayden, Marina Calvet. “The First Year of College: Understanding Student Persistence in Engineering.” 2017. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Hayden MC. The First Year of College: Understanding Student Persistence in Engineering. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – San Diego; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2vr1g587.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Hayden MC. The First Year of College: Understanding Student Persistence in Engineering. [Thesis]. University of California – San Diego; 2017. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2vr1g587
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Victoria
11.
Silla, Michael.
Cleaning up the big muddy: psychological ownership and its effect on entrepreneurial persistence.
Degree: Faculty of Business, 2020, University of Victoria
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12079
► While research has shown that persistence is an important predictor of entrepreneurial success, evidence also indicates that entrepreneurial persistence can lead to disastrous consequences. Therefore,…
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▼ While research has shown that
persistence is an important predictor of entrepreneurial success, evidence also indicates that entrepreneurial
persistence can lead to disastrous consequences. Therefore, it is crucial to manage entrepreneurial
persistence to limit an entrepreneur’s exposure to failure and improve their likelihood of success. However, our current understanding of why entrepreneurs persist is fragmented, as the determinants of
persistence have yet to be integrated in a meaningful way. As a result, our current understanding of entrepreneurial
persistence lacks the clarity required to manage entrepreneurial
persistence effectively.
I propose that psychological ownership is a key variable that facilitates the integration of the four (psychological, project, social and structural) determinants of entrepreneurial
persistence. I assert that psychological ownership can provide a psychological explanation for entrepreneurial
persistence by positing that entrepreneurs persist in order to address the impairment of their self-concept that results from their venture’s failure. I then establish that psychological ownership can provide a link to project determinants by noting that psychological ownership enhances the expected utility of the course of action, which increases the likelihood of entrepreneurial
persistence. Following, I articulate that collective psychological ownership can provide a social explanation for entrepreneurial
persistence by arguing that a team of entrepreneurs persist to address the collective impairment of their identity that stems from receiving negative feedback. Finally, I demonstrate that psychological ownership can provide a link to structural determinants by noting that psychological ownership motivates entrepreneurs to increase their commitment to their venture following negative feedback in order to prevent investors from gaining control of their ventures.
In order to test my hypotheses, I modified and extended Staw’s (1976) seminal research design on escalation of commitment to fit the entrepreneurial context and conducted mediated moderation tests on data collected from 229 entrepreneurs. The results of this study show that psychological ownership is positively related to commitment when controlling for the performance of the venture. Thus, the results indicate that psychological ownership predicts entrepreneurial
persistence. In addition, the results suggest that there is tentative support for the notion that psychological ownership can link the four determinants of entrepreneurial
persistence and provide a holistic explanation for why entrepreneurs persist.
I conclude by highlighting the importance of psychological ownership in managing entrepreneurial
persistence. I note that psychological ownership can be a useful criterion for investors to identify which entrepreneurs are likely to persist and go the extra mile to advance their entrepreneurial projects. In addition, I note that an effective measure to mitigate entrepreneurial
persistence, when it is time to pull the plug…
Advisors/Committee Members: Brown, Graham (supervisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Persistence; Entrepreneurs; Psychological Ownership
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Silla, M. (2020). Cleaning up the big muddy: psychological ownership and its effect on entrepreneurial persistence. (Thesis). University of Victoria. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12079
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Silla, Michael. “Cleaning up the big muddy: psychological ownership and its effect on entrepreneurial persistence.” 2020. Thesis, University of Victoria. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12079.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Silla, Michael. “Cleaning up the big muddy: psychological ownership and its effect on entrepreneurial persistence.” 2020. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Silla M. Cleaning up the big muddy: psychological ownership and its effect on entrepreneurial persistence. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Victoria; 2020. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12079.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Silla M. Cleaning up the big muddy: psychological ownership and its effect on entrepreneurial persistence. [Thesis]. University of Victoria; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/12079
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Georgia
12.
Bhagat, Arpan Rajeshkumar.
Attachment and biofilm forming abilities of persistent and non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes isolates.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22583
► Attachment and biofilm formation by 27 selected strains of Listeria monocytogenes that had been isolated from a chicken further processing plant were determined. One objective…
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▼ Attachment and biofilm formation by 27 selected strains of Listeria monocytogenes that had been isolated from a chicken further processing plant were determined. One objective was to determine whether the persistent L. monocytogenes isolates
demonstrated different attachment and biofilm formation than the non-persistent isolates. Second objective was to establish the microtiter plate assay as a rapid screening method for the attachment and biofilm forming ability. Persistent and
non-persistent Listeria isolates showed similar attachment to the hydrophilic and hydrophobic microtiter plates as well as on stainless steel coupons (p<0.05). Only one persistent Listeria isolate exhibited significantly greater (p<0.05) biofilm
formation than the non-persistent genotypes in both high and low nutrient media and on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces. The results indicate that significant phenotypic variation occurs within persistent genotypes. Data obtained using the microtiter
plate assay highly correlated (p<0.0001) with the data for the bacterial attachment and biofilm formation on stainless steel.
Subjects/Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes; persistence; attachment; biofilm.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bhagat, Arpan Rajeshkumar. “Attachment and biofilm forming abilities of persistent and non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes isolates.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22583.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bhagat, Arpan Rajeshkumar. “Attachment and biofilm forming abilities of persistent and non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes isolates.” 2014. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Bhagat AR. Attachment and biofilm forming abilities of persistent and non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes isolates. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22583.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Bhagat AR. Attachment and biofilm forming abilities of persistent and non-persistent Listeria monocytogenes isolates. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/22583
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13.
Dejene, Teshome Kirbet.
Persistence and change in the practice of medical
pluralism in Addis, Addaba, Ethoipia; -.
Degree: Anthropology, 2013, Andhra University
URL: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/14096
► This study is about medical pluralism in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia with the intention to understand its persistence and dynamism. I reviewed…
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▼ This study is about medical pluralism in Addis
Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia with the intention to
understand its persistence and dynamism. I reviewed secondary data
for conceptual framework and conducted fieldwork between July, 2011
and August, 2012 to get access to firsthand information on medical
pluralism in the city. This study reveals that there has been a
growing diversity in the practice of medical pluralism based on
different assumptions of health, illness and healing in the study
area despite the absence of impartial health policy. Patients of
different socio-economic status in the city as well as from far
distant places make visit to these plural medical practices. The
patients use the services of medical pluralism either
simultaneously or in patterns of resort. The satisfaction with the
treatment outcomes at one of the health service centers, the
severity of the illness (whether acute or chronic), the perceived
causes of the illness by patients and close relatives and the
affordability of the service in the case of biomedicine in private
practice are the major factors at work behind the patterns of
resort by patients. The official relation between biomedicine and
others is largely dominative and to a limited extent
complementary.While indigenous traditional herbalists and
non-indigenous alternative medicine complement their practice with
biomedicine, biomedicine marginalizes indigenous traditional and
non-indigenous alternative medicine. Exception to this
marginalization is a rare circumstance where an individual private
biomedical clinic owner allows acupuncture to complement
biomedicine within the compound of biomedical clinic. The changes
of modus operandi by traditional healers and the increasing
diversity medical traditions in the pluralistic medical practices
do not appear to extend so much to the changes of the ideas of
health, illness and healing by each medical tradition. The
externalizing discourse that locate the origin of illness outside
the human body
Maps p.XIV, Figures p..XIV, Plates p.XIV, Tables
p.XV
Advisors/Committee Members: Bapu Haranath, Ch, Jai Kishan, G.
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropology; Persistence; pluralism; addaba; addis
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pluralism in Addis, Addaba, Ethoipia; -. (Thesis). Andhra University. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/14096
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dejene, Teshome Kirbet. “Persistence and change in the practice of medical
pluralism in Addis, Addaba, Ethoipia; -.” 2013. Thesis, Andhra University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/14096.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dejene, Teshome Kirbet. “Persistence and change in the practice of medical
pluralism in Addis, Addaba, Ethoipia; -.” 2013. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Dejene TK. Persistence and change in the practice of medical
pluralism in Addis, Addaba, Ethoipia; -. [Internet] [Thesis]. Andhra University; 2013. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/14096.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Dejene TK. Persistence and change in the practice of medical
pluralism in Addis, Addaba, Ethoipia; -. [Thesis]. Andhra University; 2013. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/14096
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Texas A&M University
14.
Gregory, Lucas F.
Influences of External Factors on Escherichia Coli Distribution, Concentration, Sources, and Fate in Secondary Environments.
Degree: PhD, Water Management and Hydrological Science, 2016, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157032
► E. coli contamination in surface waters is a universal issue that signifies increased risks to human health. Understanding E. coli fate, transport, sources, and distribution…
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▼ E. coli contamination in surface waters is a universal issue that signifies increased risks to human health. Understanding E. coli fate, transport, sources, and distribution in watersheds is critical for reducing these risks. This study assessed E. coli fate in simulated mesocosms constructed using unaltered creek water and sediments with variable nutrient and flow treatments. E. coli concentrations in soil and runoff from small upland watersheds were used to assess transport and distribution while bacterial source tracking determined its sources.
Nutrient amendments and flow rate changes did not significantly alter E. coli fate in water or sediments but produced visible differences in some scenarios. Nutrient amendments representing irrigation runoff and wastewater spills did not produce discernable E. coli decay rate changes in water but marginally decreased observed decay rates in sediments. Alternatively, nutrient amendments affected heterotrophic bacteria decay and growth in water and sediments. Median heterotrophic bacteria decay and growth constant slopes were not significantly different between treatments and control, but were significantly different than median E. coli constant slopes during the initial growth phase suggesting that they outcompeted E. coli for available nutrient resources. E. coli concentrations were modeled with measured water quality parameters demonstrating that they could be predicted from independent variables including turbidity, specific conductivity, nitrate, ammonia, and orthophosphorus.
Watershed land use and cover significantly affected runoff and soil E. coli concentrations, runoff E. coli loads, and sediment concentrations and loads but not runoff volume. Within land uses, soil E. coli loads were significantly less than runoff E. coli loads suggesting that fecal deposition dominates loading in runoff. Wildlife contributed most runoff and soil E. coli, but livestock, humans and pets were also identified E. coli source contributors. Significant E. coli source composition differences were identified between watersheds in runoff but not soils. Grassed watersheds exhibited significant source composition differences between soil and runoff but this was not observed in cropland.
Advisors/Committee Members: Karthikeyan, Raghupathy (advisor), Harmel, R Daren (committee member), Gentry, Terry (committee member), Aitkenhead-Peterson, Jacqueline (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: E. coli; Fate; Growth; Persistence
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Gregory, L. F. (2016). Influences of External Factors on Escherichia Coli Distribution, Concentration, Sources, and Fate in Secondary Environments. (Doctoral Dissertation). Texas A&M University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157032
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gregory, Lucas F. “Influences of External Factors on Escherichia Coli Distribution, Concentration, Sources, and Fate in Secondary Environments.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157032.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gregory, Lucas F. “Influences of External Factors on Escherichia Coli Distribution, Concentration, Sources, and Fate in Secondary Environments.” 2016. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Gregory LF. Influences of External Factors on Escherichia Coli Distribution, Concentration, Sources, and Fate in Secondary Environments. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157032.
Council of Science Editors:
Gregory LF. Influences of External Factors on Escherichia Coli Distribution, Concentration, Sources, and Fate in Secondary Environments. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157032

Texas A&M University
15.
Russo, Renata Ferreira.
“When You Want Something So Bad, You Can Always Do It:” Mexican Women Journeying from the GED to Community College Graduate in a Southwestern State.
Degree: PhD, Educational Human Resource Development, 2014, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153347
► The Hispanic population is the fastest growing population in the United States. Mexicans, who represent the largest Hispanic ethnicity, are also the most undereducated. Mexican…
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▼ The Hispanic population is the fastest growing population in the United States. Mexicans, who represent the largest Hispanic ethnicity, are also the most undereducated. Mexican women struggle between their roles as housewives and their desire to complete a higher education degree in order to improve their lives. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal (personal) and external (institutional) factors that influence female Mexican GED graduates’
persistence in completing associate’s degrees at a community college in southeast Texas.
A basic interpretive approach was employed to frame this study and to collect and analyze data. The sample consisted of twelve female Mexican GED graduates in their second year of postsecondary education. Additionally, two secondary sources were used to collect data for the study: interviews with two academic counselors from the institution, and institutional data showing student demographics. A thematic approach was utilized to analyze data from the audio-recorded and transcribed interviews.
The findings revealed that the institution played a significant role in facilitating the female Mexican GED graduates’ completion of their degrees. Supportive teachers, services such as counseling, and financial aid all had a strong impact on the participants’
persistence. The findings also showed that pregnancies at an early age caused major setbacks in connection with their educational pursuits. Yet the participants also pointed out the support they received from parents and other family members. While many of the participants’ parents did not themselves have high school diplomas, they had made education a priority for their daughters. A fourth finding suggests that the individual resilience of the participants played a significant role in their educational perseverance. The women in this study showed remarkable resilience in response to the many barriers they faced, overcoming these in order to remain in school through degree completion.
The overall findings show that Mexican women who immigrate to the United States face significant obstacles with respect to earning their two-year college degrees. However, some of these women managed to complete their education by relying on supportive teachers, services, and family members. Most importantly, those who reached their educational goals showed great personal resilience and motivation to persist in order to provide a better life for themselves and their children.
Advisors/Committee Members: Chlup, Dominique T (advisor), Alfred, Mary V (committee member), Bonner II, Fred A (committee member), Elbert, Chanda D (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Mexican; women; postsecondary; persistence; GED
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Russo, Renata Ferreira. ““When You Want Something So Bad, You Can Always Do It:” Mexican Women Journeying from the GED to Community College Graduate in a Southwestern State.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A&M University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153347.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Russo, Renata Ferreira. ““When You Want Something So Bad, You Can Always Do It:” Mexican Women Journeying from the GED to Community College Graduate in a Southwestern State.” 2014. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Russo RF. “When You Want Something So Bad, You Can Always Do It:” Mexican Women Journeying from the GED to Community College Graduate in a Southwestern State. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153347.
Council of Science Editors:
Russo RF. “When You Want Something So Bad, You Can Always Do It:” Mexican Women Journeying from the GED to Community College Graduate in a Southwestern State. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Texas A&M University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153347
16.
Pereira, Rui Humberto.
Transactions and schema evolution in a persistent object-oriented programming system.
Degree: 2015, Instituto Politécnico do Porto
URL: http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/8275
► Applications are subject of a continuous evolution process with a profound impact on their underlining data model, hence requiring frequent updates in the applications' class…
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▼ Applications are subject of a continuous evolution process with a profound impact on their underlining data model, hence requiring frequent updates in the applications' class structure and database structure as well.
This twofold problem, schema evolution and instance adaptation, usually known as database evolution, is addressed in this thesis. Additionally, we address concurrency and error recovery problems with a novel meta-model and its aspect-oriented implementation.
Modern object-oriented databases provide features that help programmers deal with object persistence, as well as all related problems such as database evolution, concurrency and error handling.
In most systems there are transparent mechanisms to address these problems, nonetheless the database evolution problem still requires some human intervention, which consumes much of programmers' and database administrators' work effort.
Earlier research works have demonstrated that aspect-oriented programming (AOP) techniques enable the development of flexible and pluggable systems.
In these earlier works, the schema evolution and the instance adaptation problems were addressed as database management concerns.
However, none of this research was focused on orthogonal persistent systems.
We argue that AOP techniques are well suited to address these problems in orthogonal persistent systems.
Regarding the concurrency and error recovery, earlier research showed that only syntactic obliviousness between the base program and aspects is possible.
Our meta-model and framework follow an aspect-oriented approach focused on the object-oriented orthogonal persistent context.
The proposed meta-model is characterized by its simplicity in order to achieve efficient and transparent database evolution mechanisms.
Our meta-model supports multiple versions of a class structure by applying a class versioning strategy.
Thus, enabling bidirectional application compatibility among versions of each class structure.
That is to say, the database structure can be updated because earlier applications continue to work, as well as later applications that have only known the updated class structure.
The specific characteristics of orthogonal persistent systems, as well as a metadata enrichment strategy within the application's source code, complete the inception of the meta-model and have motivated our research work.
To test the feasibility of the approach, a prototype was developed.
Our prototype is a framework that mediates the interaction between applications and the database, providing them with orthogonal persistence mechanisms.
These mechanisms are introduced into applications as an {\it aspect} in the aspect-oriented sense.
Objects do not require the extension of any super class, the implementation of an interface nor contain a particular annotation.
Parametric type classes are also correctly handled by our framework.
However, classes that belong to the programming environment must not be handled as versionable due to restrictions imposed by the Java Virtual Machine.
Regarding…
Subjects/Keywords: Aspect-oriented programming; Orthogonal persistence
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Pereira, R. H. (2015). Transactions and schema evolution in a persistent object-oriented programming system. (Thesis). Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Retrieved from http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/8275
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Pereira, Rui Humberto. “Transactions and schema evolution in a persistent object-oriented programming system.” 2015. Thesis, Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/8275.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Pereira, Rui Humberto. “Transactions and schema evolution in a persistent object-oriented programming system.” 2015. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Pereira RH. Transactions and schema evolution in a persistent object-oriented programming system. [Internet] [Thesis]. Instituto Politécnico do Porto; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/8275.
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Council of Science Editors:
Pereira RH. Transactions and schema evolution in a persistent object-oriented programming system. [Thesis]. Instituto Politécnico do Porto; 2015. Available from: http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/8275
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California State University – Sacramento
17.
Williams, Alton Norris.
Understanding institutional barriers through minority students experience in a structured scientific research program.
Degree: MA, Sociology, 2016, California State University – Sacramento
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/171173
► This study explores how minority community college students who participated in in a structured science research program, perceived the program???s effectiveness in trying to mitigate…
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▼ This study explores how minority community college students who participated in in a structured science research program, perceived the program???s effectiveness in trying to mitigate the unique challenges they face as minorities pursuing science careers. Through qualitative interviews with a convenience sample of six, the researcher sought to understand from the student???s standpoint how/if participation in the program helped mitigate the challenges they faced and continue to face as minorities pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degrees, both in and outside of the classroom. Guided by Tinto???s retention model (1975) and Bourdieu???s (1977) concept of cultural capital, this study attempts to elucidate how institutional support affects students??? intention to persist, sense of belonging, identity, and ability to negotiate the distinct set of challenges they face as minority students. To this end, the researcher hopes to elicit findings that can guide institutions in their effort to recruit, retain, and graduate greater numbers of minority STEM majors.
Advisors/Committee Members: Barajas, Manuel, 1968-.
Subjects/Keywords: Retention; STEM; Cultural Capital; Persistence
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Williams, A. N. (2016). Understanding institutional barriers through minority students experience in a structured scientific research program. (Masters Thesis). California State University – Sacramento. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/171173
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Williams, Alton Norris. “Understanding institutional barriers through minority students experience in a structured scientific research program.” 2016. Masters Thesis, California State University – Sacramento. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/171173.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Williams, Alton Norris. “Understanding institutional barriers through minority students experience in a structured scientific research program.” 2016. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Williams AN. Understanding institutional barriers through minority students experience in a structured scientific research program. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. California State University – Sacramento; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/171173.
Council of Science Editors:
Williams AN. Understanding institutional barriers through minority students experience in a structured scientific research program. [Masters Thesis]. California State University – Sacramento; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/171173

Colorado State University
18.
Salas, Rich A.
Persisting Latino students at Colorado State University: their mentoring experiences.
Degree: PhD, Education, 2011, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/49860
► This study examined the experiences of 17 Latino students who participated in the El Centro Resource Leaders Mentoring Program (ERLMP). The El Centro Resource Leaders…
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▼ This study examined the experiences of 17 Latino students who participated in the El Centro Resource Leaders Mentoring Program (ERLMP). The El Centro Resource Leaders Mentoring program at Colorado State University focuses on assisting incoming Latino/a freshman and transfer students with the transition to college by providing academic and cultural resources, involvement and leadership opportunities, and mentoring support. The purpose of the program is to assist Latino students to be successful and eventually graduate from Colorado State University. The program has been in place since 1994. All the participants in this study were currently serving or had served as Resource Leader Mentors within the last five years. The goal of the research was to understand the lived experiences of the students and their own perceptions of the reasons for their academic success and
persistence. This study used an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) of qualitative inquiry. Personal one-on-one interviews were conducted revealing thematic connections and interrelatedness of thoughts, patterns, and experiences that helped identify the essence of participants' experiences. The IPA approach allowed the researcher to explore the underlying meanings and experiences of undergraduate Latino students. The majority of the participants were first generation college students attending Colorado State University. Four major themes emerged from the data: Participants' Common Challenges, Participants' Common Experiences, Participant Benefits of Program, and Participants' Lessons Learned. The experiences of Colorado State University Latino students who had participated in the ERLMP provided valuable insights in understanding their mentoring experiences and what contributed to their
persistence.
Advisors/Committee Members: Banning, Jim (advisor), Aragon, Antonette (advisor), Valdez, Norberto (committee member), Quick, Don (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Latino; students; persistence; mentoring
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Salas, R. A. (2011). Persisting Latino students at Colorado State University: their mentoring experiences. (Doctoral Dissertation). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/49860
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Salas, Rich A. “Persisting Latino students at Colorado State University: their mentoring experiences.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Colorado State University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/49860.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Salas, Rich A. “Persisting Latino students at Colorado State University: their mentoring experiences.” 2011. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Salas RA. Persisting Latino students at Colorado State University: their mentoring experiences. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Colorado State University; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/49860.
Council of Science Editors:
Salas RA. Persisting Latino students at Colorado State University: their mentoring experiences. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Colorado State University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/49860

Syracuse University
19.
Webb, Michaele Elizabeth.
Off the Rural Back Road: Describing the Experiences of Rural Students who Enrolled at an Urban 4-Year University.
Degree: PhD, Design, 2019, Syracuse University
URL: https://surface.syr.edu/etd/1051
► Tinto (1993) argued that all students have different needs and require different resources and services to enable them to persist at the university level.…
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▼ Tinto (1993) argued that all students have different needs and require different resources and services to enable them to persist at the university level. One group of students that requires individualized attention is students from rural areas. During the 2010-2011 academic year, 57% of public school districts in the U.S. were in rural areas (U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2013). These rural school districts serve a quarter of the students who attend public schools in the U.S. (Schiess & Rotherham, 2015).
Rural students have lower college enrollment and
persistence rates than non-rural students (Aylesworth & Bloom, 1976; Koricich, 2014; U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016). Rural students may be less prepared for college than their non-rural peers, which may lead them to decide not to enroll in college (Schiess & Rotherham, 2015). Additionally, they may possess many of the qualities, such as coming from a family that has a low level of education and belonging to a low socio-economic group, that increase a student’s risk of dropping out of college (Aylesworth & Bloom, 1976).
There is little information available about the experiences of college students from rural areas. This study begins to fill this research gap by exploring the following question, “How do rural students perceive their experiences coming from a rural background and enrolling at a 4-year urban university?”
A phenomenological study was conducted using data from in-depth interviews of rural students enrolled at a 4-year urban university between the fall of 2013 and the fall of 2016. Interview data was coded for common themes. Findings of this study include: 1) Rural students face isolation in their rural communities. This isolation includes both geographic and social isolation; 2) Rural students face many of the same challenges that students from other geographic locations, but these challenges appear to be more severe for students from rural backgrounds; 3) Rural students often struggle to fit into their college environment; and 4) Coming from a rural background can also be an advantage for students when enrolling in college. This report discusses these findings in more detail and suggests how the information gained from this study could help rural students in the future
Advisors/Committee Members: Gerald S. Edmonds.
Subjects/Keywords: Higher Education; Persistence; Rural; Education
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Webb, Michaele Elizabeth. “Off the Rural Back Road: Describing the Experiences of Rural Students who Enrolled at an Urban 4-Year University.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Syracuse University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
https://surface.syr.edu/etd/1051.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Webb, Michaele Elizabeth. “Off the Rural Back Road: Describing the Experiences of Rural Students who Enrolled at an Urban 4-Year University.” 2019. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Webb ME. Off the Rural Back Road: Describing the Experiences of Rural Students who Enrolled at an Urban 4-Year University. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Syracuse University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: https://surface.syr.edu/etd/1051.
Council of Science Editors:
Webb ME. Off the Rural Back Road: Describing the Experiences of Rural Students who Enrolled at an Urban 4-Year University. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Syracuse University; 2019. Available from: https://surface.syr.edu/etd/1051
20.
Worley, Daryl R.
Life Interrupted: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Doctoral Persistence with a Diagnosis of Cancer.
Degree: 2019, Liberty University
URL: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2120
► The purpose of this autoethnography research study was to describe the lived experience of coping with a diagnosis of cancer at the point of dissertation,…
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▼ The purpose of this autoethnography research study was to describe the lived experience of coping with a diagnosis of cancer at the point of dissertation, while persisting in a doctoral program. This inquiry used an autoethnographic approach to examine the factors that lead to successful completion of a doctoral degree after the devastating diagnosis of cancer. The findings indicated a strong relationship to spiritual faith as a basis for resilience and persistence.
Subjects/Keywords: Autoethnography; Cancer; Persistence; Spirituality; Education
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Worley, Daryl R. “Life Interrupted: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Doctoral Persistence with a Diagnosis of Cancer.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Liberty University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2120.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Worley, Daryl R. “Life Interrupted: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Doctoral Persistence with a Diagnosis of Cancer.” 2019. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Worley DR. Life Interrupted: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Doctoral Persistence with a Diagnosis of Cancer. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Liberty University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2120.
Council of Science Editors:
Worley DR. Life Interrupted: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Doctoral Persistence with a Diagnosis of Cancer. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Liberty University; 2019. Available from: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2120

University of Houston
21.
-0777-8635.
Influential Factors Why Latino Students Attain a Bachelor’s Degree.
Degree: PhD, Educational Psychology, 2016, University of Houston
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/5407
► Using data from a survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center (n=2,012) to answer them, the study asks the following research questions: Does Latinos’ value…
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▼ Using data from a survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center (n=2,012) to answer them, the study asks the following research questions: Does Latinos’ value of education increase likelihood of completing or planning to complete a bachelor’s degree among Latino students? Does Latinos’ perception of academic readiness increase the likelihood of completing or planning to complete a bachelor’s degree? In addition, do in-college rigorous, academic behaviors influence completing or planning for college completion of the Latino population? The research applied the Nora Student Engagement Model (Nora, 2002, 2003, & 2006) as a theoretical framework to analyze the factors postulated including valuing of education, academic readiness, and in-college rigorous behaviors. The outcome of interest was intent to complete or completion of a bachelor’s degree.
The logistic regression (χ²= 103.97, p< .001 with df=3) indicated that the constructs of valuing of education and academic readiness were significant predictors of bachelor degree completion (p<.001). The more value of education a student has the more likely he/she is to complete a bachelor’s degree. Similarly, the better academically prepared a student perceives to be, the more likelihood of a bachelor’s degree completion. This analysis indicated that the construct of in-college rigorous behaviors was not a significant predictor.
This study provides educators insight as to why there is an underrepresentation of Latinos at universities. The conclusion of this research informs educators that in order to increase representation of Latinos at universities, valuing of education must be integrated into the K-12 curricula. Since this study indicated that Latinos who value education are more likely to complete a bachelor’s degree, K through 12 institutions should promote the benefits of a college education in order to increase college enrollment post high school.
According to this study, students who are knowledgeable of the college matriculation path are more likely to complete a bachelor’s degree. Therefore, K through 12 institutions should also incorporate a college seminar class where students understand the college matriculation pathway. College preparatory charter schools have provided these classes and have demonstrated high college matriculation numbers among minorities (Perna, 2000).
Advisors/Committee Members: Horn, Catherine L. (advisor), Hawkins, Jacqueline (committee member), Reyes, Augustina H. (committee member), Santi, Kristi L. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Motivation; Latinos; Attainment; Persistence
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-0777-8635. “Influential Factors Why Latino Students Attain a Bachelor’s Degree.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Houston. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10657/5407.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
-0777-8635. “Influential Factors Why Latino Students Attain a Bachelor’s Degree.” 2016. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
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Author name may be incomplete
Vancouver:
-0777-8635. Influential Factors Why Latino Students Attain a Bachelor’s Degree. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Houston; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/5407.
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Author name may be incomplete
Council of Science Editors:
-0777-8635. Influential Factors Why Latino Students Attain a Bachelor’s Degree. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Houston; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/5407
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Hansen-Morgan, Karen M.
Spirituality, grit and graduation : examining persistence at a public university.
Degree: Thesis (D. Ed.), 2017, Ball State University
URL: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/201030
► This study examined persistence to graduation at a public Midwestern university from the perspective of the constructs of spirituality and grit, using historical demographic, academic,…
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▼ This study examined
persistence to graduation at a public Midwestern university from the
perspective of the constructs of spirituality and grit, using historical demographic, academic, and
survey data from nine cohorts of students. Significant correlation between spirituality and grit
was found, leading to the development of the SPIRIT theory and working model. Significant
correlation between spirituality, grit, and
persistence to graduation was also found, and the
SPIRIT theory was applied to
persistence to graduation, accounting for both progress towards the
graduation goal, as well as for times when some cohorts showed negative correlation for some
factors. Development of the SPIRIT theory offers insights into the psychological attributes that
have been identified by previous scholars as relevant to
persistence to graduation.
Advisors/Committee Members: Wessel, Roger D. (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Spirituality.; Determination (Personality trait); Persistence.
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Hansen-Morgan, K. M. (2017). Spirituality, grit and graduation : examining persistence at a public university. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ball State University. Retrieved from http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/201030
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hansen-Morgan, Karen M. “Spirituality, grit and graduation : examining persistence at a public university.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Ball State University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/201030.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hansen-Morgan, Karen M. “Spirituality, grit and graduation : examining persistence at a public university.” 2017. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Hansen-Morgan KM. Spirituality, grit and graduation : examining persistence at a public university. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ball State University; 2017. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/201030.
Council of Science Editors:
Hansen-Morgan KM. Spirituality, grit and graduation : examining persistence at a public university. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ball State University; 2017. Available from: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/201030

University of Illinois – Chicago
23.
Segura, David.
Social Capital and Persistence of Students in Science Majors.
Degree: 2018, University of Illinois – Chicago
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/23164
► This study examined the role of social capital on persistence using three data sources. First, this study drew on the NELS 88:00 dataset to examine…
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▼ This study examined the role of social capital on
persistence using three data sources. First, this study drew on the NELS 88:00 dataset to examine the effect of social capital on 1-year and 2-year
persistence within different science fields, and among non-science majors. Then, this study compared life, physical, and other science majors on factors influencing
persistence using a designed survey. Lastly, this study used semi-structured interviews to examine how six Latinx life and physical science majors drew on social capital to persist and negotiated their networks in order to reduce detrimental impacts to
persistence.
Findings from the secondary analysis of NELS 88:00 data using a binary probit ridge regression suggests that social capital impacts 2-year
persistence more than 1-year
persistence, but that there also exist baseline differences between different fields that complicate interpret this effect. Findings from analysis of a designed survey using ridge regression models showed no difference between science fields for six factors impacting
persistence, although Latinx race/ethnicity indicated lower academic performance (college GPA) and gender indicated for higher academic performance and peer social capital. Findings from analysis of semi-structured interviews using hybrid (a priori initial, evaluation, pattern) coding suggests that students use their agency to access those resources they find necessary to persist, but this involves managing detrimental impacts that are parceled with this support. Such instances included access to advice on how to access resources on campus with encouragement to leave science because of its difficulty, or the use of family for childcare that also involved contending with encouragement to leave school to serve in gendered roles of a mother that did not include working or attending school. Implications for supporting science students, is presented, as well as avenues for future research.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cosner, Shelby (advisor), Karabatsos, George (committee member), Sima, Celina (committee member), Quiroz, Pamela A (committee member), Secada, Walter G (committee member), Cosner, Shelby (chair).
Subjects/Keywords: STEM persistence; Social Capital
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Segura, D. (2018). Social Capital and Persistence of Students in Science Majors. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/23164
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Segura, David. “Social Capital and Persistence of Students in Science Majors.” 2018. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10027/23164.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Segura, David. “Social Capital and Persistence of Students in Science Majors.” 2018. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Segura D. Social Capital and Persistence of Students in Science Majors. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/23164.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Segura D. Social Capital and Persistence of Students in Science Majors. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/23164
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24.
Strandberg, Johanna.
Medlares egenskaper : Hur påverkas förhandlingsparterna av medlarens envishet och tålamod?.
Degree: Business and Economic Studies, 2015, University of Gävle
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19628
► Abstract Title: The Mediator’s Qualities - How are the negotiating parties effected by the mediator's persistence and patience? Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree…
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▼ Abstract Title: The Mediator’s Qualities - How are the negotiating parties effected by the mediator's persistence and patience? Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree Author: Johanna Strandberg and Emma Hjalmarsson Supervisor: Jens Eklinder Frick and Jonas Molin Date: May 2015 Aim: Our aim is to create a greater understanding of the negotiating parties' experience of the mediator's persistence and patience. Method: We have chosen a deductive approach that we have based our empirical data on already existing research. Theoretical material has been gathered through literature, theses and scientific articles. With the background to our aim, we have chosen to use a qualitative approach where we have interviewed ten people who have been in contact with a real estate agent the last 24 months. The empirical data was then analysed and discussed in our analysis and conclusion. Result & Conclusions: We have found that the mediator's persistence and patience affect negotiating partners in various ways. Patient is seen as a positive quality while persistence can be perceived as negative. Our survey shows that when persistence and patience are combined, the result is successful. Our survey also showed that the main characteristics of the mediator were not at all persistence and patience, which earlier research has shown, but instead it was nice, impartial and knowledgeable. Suggestions for further research: What we think would be interesting for further research is to investigate the mediator's perspective because we only looked at the negotiating parties' perspective. We would encourage further research on qualities in general and also on the specific persistence and patience because we fount that it was a limited amount of research based on these qualities. Contribution of the thesis: The contribution of this study is that it has created a larger understanding for the characteristics that negotiation parties perceive as important for a real estate agent. This can be beneficial for real estate agents to know what properties the parties prefer and how they should act in their efforts to make the parties satisfied. Key words: Negotiation, mediation, characteristics, persistence, patience.
Subjects/Keywords: Negotiation; mediation; characteristics; persistence; patience.
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Strandberg, Johanna. “Medlares egenskaper : Hur påverkas förhandlingsparterna av medlarens envishet och tålamod?.” 2015. Thesis, University of Gävle. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19628.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Strandberg, Johanna. “Medlares egenskaper : Hur påverkas förhandlingsparterna av medlarens envishet och tålamod?.” 2015. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Strandberg J. Medlares egenskaper : Hur påverkas förhandlingsparterna av medlarens envishet och tålamod?. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Gävle; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19628.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Strandberg J. Medlares egenskaper : Hur påverkas förhandlingsparterna av medlarens envishet och tålamod?. [Thesis]. University of Gävle; 2015. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19628
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Iowa State University
25.
Bir, Devayan Debashis.
Investigating persistence in an Aerospace Engineering Program.
Degree: 2019, Iowa State University
URL: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17405
► Recent trends in the Aerospace Engineering (AE) industry point to expansion and growth in the sector while its workforce lacks diversity and has an aging…
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▼ Recent trends in the Aerospace Engineering (AE) industry point to expansion and growth in the sector while its workforce lacks diversity and has an aging population as compared to other engineering majors. One of the ways this requirement can be fulfilled is to retain engineering students who want to pursue AE as a career. Students usually show intent in pursuing a career in AE by choosing AE as their college major. Multi-institutional research on undergraduate engineering trends (i.e. enrollment and graduation) report that AE has lagged cumulative engineering for the past decade even when minorities and gender were considered.
With the goal to increase persistence in AE, this study looked at a population of students who showed intent to pursue AE in their freshmen year at a large Midwestern University in U.S. and subsequently left the major. The study examined survey data of over 1200 students collected over six years through binary logistic regression while employing multiple imputations to reduce biases due to missing data. The quantitative analysis highlighted high school preparation especially in math and physics, and student self-reported analytical skills as indicators of academic success and persistence in AE. Additionally, aspects related to academic experiences and academic integration were also important.
With little literature available on students who migrate to other STEM majors and none on specific to AE, the study interviewed nine students who left AE for other STEM majors before the end of their junior year. These students, who have the required skills for engineering, narrated their experiences during their time in AE and their reasons for leaving the major which were audio recorded and transcribed for analysis. The qualitative analysis revealed that these students left mostly because their interest in AE declined. While some students reported the same reasons as students who leave engineering altogether or a spark in interest in a new career, a few students reported that AE constrained their future career options and that it is tough to get a job in the AE industry. Based on the above mixed methodology results, recommendations for students and the department have been discussed which may increase persistence in AE at the University.
Subjects/Keywords: academic success; persistence; undergraduate; Education
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Bir, D. D. (2019). Investigating persistence in an Aerospace Engineering Program. (Thesis). Iowa State University. Retrieved from https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17405
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bir, Devayan Debashis. “Investigating persistence in an Aerospace Engineering Program.” 2019. Thesis, Iowa State University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17405.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bir, Devayan Debashis. “Investigating persistence in an Aerospace Engineering Program.” 2019. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Bir DD. Investigating persistence in an Aerospace Engineering Program. [Internet] [Thesis]. Iowa State University; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17405.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Bir DD. Investigating persistence in an Aerospace Engineering Program. [Thesis]. Iowa State University; 2019. Available from: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/17405
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
26.
Johnson, Michael A.
An analysis of student persistence at Mid-State Technical College.
Degree: 2019, University of Wisconsin – Stout
URL: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/79652
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http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2019/2019johnsonm.pdf
► This study analyzed student persistence at Mid-State Technical College by first measuring the accuracy of the predictions made by a newly acquired software that uses…
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▼ This study analyzed student
persistence at Mid-State Technical College by first measuring the accuracy of the predictions made by a newly acquired software that uses available student data to predict how likely they are to persist. To do this, the software's prediction scores for degree seeking students at the college were captured every two weeks throughout the Spring 2018 semester. These prediction scores were then compared to actual student
persistence rates (those that either enrolled in the Fall 2018 semester or graduated). The accuracy of the software's predictions were measured by calculating the correlation coefficient (R2) between the software's prediction scores and actual student
persistence at the college. R2 values above 0.95 were considered very strong, with values above 0.90 still considered strong. An R2 value below 0.90 was considered to be a weak correlation. Once the software's accuracy was determined, further analyses compared
persistence among different demographic groups and programs at the college to identify areas of opportunity for improved student success.
Advisors/Committee Members: McAlister, Brian.
Subjects/Keywords: Software documentation; College students; Persistence
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Johnson, M. A. (2019). An analysis of student persistence at Mid-State Technical College. (Thesis). University of Wisconsin – Stout. Retrieved from http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/79652 ; http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2019/2019johnsonm.pdf
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Johnson, Michael A. “An analysis of student persistence at Mid-State Technical College.” 2019. Thesis, University of Wisconsin – Stout. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/79652 ; http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2019/2019johnsonm.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Johnson, Michael A. “An analysis of student persistence at Mid-State Technical College.” 2019. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Johnson MA. An analysis of student persistence at Mid-State Technical College. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Wisconsin – Stout; 2019. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/79652 ; http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2019/2019johnsonm.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Johnson MA. An analysis of student persistence at Mid-State Technical College. [Thesis]. University of Wisconsin – Stout; 2019. Available from: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/79652 ; http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2019/2019johnsonm.pdf
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Southern California
27.
Felina Castillo, Evelyn.
The effect of socialization on doctoral student persistence
in engineering: a structural equation model.
Degree: EdD, Education (Leadership), 2011, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/673807/rec/6624
► A structural equation model technique was used to examine the socialization and the mediating effects of satisfaction on doctoral student persistence in engineering at a…
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▼ A structural equation model technique was used to
examine the socialization and the mediating effects of satisfaction
on doctoral student
persistence in engineering at a large private,
4-year research university. The four areas of socialization studied
are experience in the doctoral program; experience with advising
and mentoring; understanding the requirements of the doctoral
program; and internalizing the outcomes of doctoral education.
Two-hundred and three doctoral students in engineering responded to
a modified version of the Carnegie Foundation Survey of Doctoral
Students (Fall2003). The results from this analysis indicate that
higher levels of positive experiences in the doctoral program had a
direct positive effect on
persistence. Satisfaction had a
significant effect as a mediator between advising and mentoring
experience and
persistence. In addition, significant departmental
differences were found on advising and mentoring experiences and
internalizing program outcomes. Contrary to the extant literature,
largely based on small sample case studies, there were no gender
differences on any of the measured constructs. A structural model
indicating the relationship between
persistence, satisfaction, and
socialization was presented. Conclusions and recommendations for
future research are discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hocevar, Dennis (Committee Chair), Baca, Reynaldo R. (Committee Member), Fischer, Linda A. (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: doctoral student persistence; socialization; engineering
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Felina Castillo, E. (2011). The effect of socialization on doctoral student persistence
in engineering: a structural equation model. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/673807/rec/6624
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Felina Castillo, Evelyn. “The effect of socialization on doctoral student persistence
in engineering: a structural equation model.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/673807/rec/6624.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Felina Castillo, Evelyn. “The effect of socialization on doctoral student persistence
in engineering: a structural equation model.” 2011. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Felina Castillo E. The effect of socialization on doctoral student persistence
in engineering: a structural equation model. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/673807/rec/6624.
Council of Science Editors:
Felina Castillo E. The effect of socialization on doctoral student persistence
in engineering: a structural equation model. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2011. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/673807/rec/6624

Kansas State University
28.
Guo, Rui.
Novel
pathogenic mechanisms of porcine reproductive and respiratory
syndrome virus: intercellular transmission and
persistence.
Degree: PhD, Department of Diagnostic
Medicine/Pathobiology, 2018, Kansas State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38666
► Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes a tremendous economic loss in swine industry worldwide. The capabilities to evade host immune responses and to…
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▼ Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
(PRRSV) causes a tremendous economic loss in swine industry
worldwide. The capabilities to evade host immune responses and to
establish persistent infection are the two hallmark features of
PRRSV infection. In this dissertation, the research was mainly
focused on investigating the novel mechanisms underlying PRRSV
transmission and
persistence.
In chapter 2, the research was
focused on an alternative pathway of PRRSV intercellular
transmission. Our data showed that intercellular nanotube
connections can be utilized for cell-to-cell spreading the core
infectious viral machinery (viral RNA, certain replicases and
structural proteins) of PRRSV. Live-cell movies tracked the
intercellular transport of a recombinant PRRSV that expressed green
fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged nsp2 in a receptor-independent
manner. The cytoskeleton proteins F-actin and myosin-IIA were
identified as co-precipitates with PRRSV nanotube associated
proteins. Drugs inhibiting actin polymerization or myosin-IIA
activation prevented nanotube formations and viral clusters in
virus-infected cells. These data lead us to propose that PRRSV
utilizes the host cell cytoskeletal machinery inside nanotubes for
efficient cell-to-cell spread. This form of virus transport
represents an alternative pathway for virus spread, which is
resistant to the host humoral immune response.
In chapter 3, we
further showed that PRRSV infection could induce the formation of
nanotubes between infected and uninfected cells following a
ROS-dependent nanotube formation model. Co-culturing PRRSV-infected
cells with uninfected cells rescued PRRSV-induced cell death.
Mitochondrion was observed transferring from uninfected to
PRRSV-infected cells. Importantly, impaired formation of nanotube
or defective mitochondrion was unable to rescue infected cells from
apoptosis/necrosis. Certain PRRSV proteins were detected to
associate with mitochondria and transport from infected to
uninfected cells through TNTs. Our results suggest that
TNTs-transfer of functional mitochondria rescued PRRSV-infected
cells from apoptosis/necrosis in the early stage of infection. On
the other hand, mitochondria could be utilized as a cargo to
transport viral materials for spreading the infection.
In chapter
4, a novel mechanism s of PRRSV persistent infection has been
studied. In this study, a cellular model of persistent infection
was established. Strand-specific quantitative RT-PCR and RNase I
treatment analysis showed that double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)
conformation existed in persistently infected cells. This data has
been further confirmed in vivo by performing two independent PRRSV
persistence studies. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that
viral dsRNAs were detected aggregating inside the germinal centers
of tonsils and lymph nodes from PRRSV
persistence pigs, but RNA
array analysis further showed that dsRNA in lymphoid tissues had
limited ability to stimulate host antiviral responses during
persistent infection stage. These results suggest that…
Advisors/Committee Members: Ying Fang.
Subjects/Keywords: PRRSV; Pathogenic
mechanisms;
Transmission;
Persistence
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Guo, R. (2018). Novel
pathogenic mechanisms of porcine reproductive and respiratory
syndrome virus: intercellular transmission and
persistence. (Doctoral Dissertation). Kansas State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38666
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Guo, Rui. “Novel
pathogenic mechanisms of porcine reproductive and respiratory
syndrome virus: intercellular transmission and
persistence.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Kansas State University. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38666.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Guo, Rui. “Novel
pathogenic mechanisms of porcine reproductive and respiratory
syndrome virus: intercellular transmission and
persistence.” 2018. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Guo R. Novel
pathogenic mechanisms of porcine reproductive and respiratory
syndrome virus: intercellular transmission and
persistence. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Kansas State University; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38666.
Council of Science Editors:
Guo R. Novel
pathogenic mechanisms of porcine reproductive and respiratory
syndrome virus: intercellular transmission and
persistence. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Kansas State University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38666

University of North Texas
29.
Del Rio, Roxanne.
Student Engagement As a Predictor of Intent to Persist Among Latino Students at Community Colleges in Texas.
Degree: 2013, University of North Texas
URL: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271803/
► The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of student-faculty interactions, student-staff interactions, and student-peer interactions of Latino students to their intent to…
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▼ The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of student-faculty interactions, student-staff interactions, and student-peer interactions of Latino students to their intent to persist toward graduation in community colleges in Texas. Parental educational level (for both mother and father), first generation status, gender, and English as a second language served as additional predictor variables. The existing data used for this investigation were collected by the Center for Community College Student Engagement and included longitudinal data from the years 2012, 2011, and 2010. Data from 12,488 randomly selected Latino students enrolled in Texas community colleges were obtained and used for the study. The research design method was non-experimental using extant data. To assess the relationships between student engagement variables and Latino student intent to persist, correlations and logistic regression were used. Though no relationship was found between intent to persist and student-faculty interactions (r = -.017, p = .066, n= 11,824) or student peer interactions, (r = -.012, p = .208, n = 11,766), a positive relationship was found between intent to persist and student-staff interaction (r = .048, p = .000, n = 10,794) with an extremely small effect size (r2 = .002). Among the variables of parental level of education, first generation college student status, gender, and English as a second language status, only mother's educational level emerged as a significant predictor for intent to persist, R2 = .048, ?2 (8, N = 7,862) = 62.606, p < .0001. The findings suggest the possibility that staff availability and accessibility is important for Latino student
persistence. In order to retain Latino community college students, knowledgeable staff able to facilitate students' successful navigation of the educational system is recommended to be a part of the community college's student success strategies. In addition the findings regarding parental education indicate that community colleges would be well advised to offer programs that engage and include parents as students proceed toward achieving their academic goals.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bower, Beverly, Whitson, Kathleen, Fann, Amy.
Subjects/Keywords: Student engagement; Latino; persistence
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University of Georgia
30.
Johnson, Lindsay Nicole.
Incongruent paths.
Degree: 2014, University of Georgia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/29083
► The study investigated the impact of gendered ideology, identity, efficacy, and climate on career persistence for women in the STEM industry. The study used role…
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▼ The study investigated the impact of gendered ideology, identity, efficacy, and climate on career persistence for women in the STEM industry. The study used role congruity theory to describe perceived disparity in congruence between gender
roles for women and the role of ‘scientist.’ The study also investigated the importance of identity compatibility (compatibility between ‘self’ and ‘discipline’) on career persistence. Results indicated both role congruence and identity compatibility
significantly predicted persistence. Women demonstrated significantly less role congruence (greater disparity perceived in two roles) compared to men, yet there appeared to be no significant difference between women and men in terms of identity
compatibility. A partial mediator, efficacy was also investigated. Multi-group analyses revealed marginal support for the mediated model, where women demonstrated greater efficacy compared to men. Lastly, climate perceptions also significantly predicted
persistence. In sum, congruence, compatibility, as well as efficacy offered insight into women’s persistence in sometimes incongruent STEM career paths.
Subjects/Keywords: Women; Career; Identity; Gender; Persistence
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Johnson, L. N. (2014). Incongruent paths. (Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10724/29083
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Johnson, Lindsay Nicole. “Incongruent paths.” 2014. Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed April 21, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10724/29083.
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Johnson, Lindsay Nicole. “Incongruent paths.” 2014. Web. 21 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Johnson LN. Incongruent paths. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. [cited 2021 Apr 21].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/29083.
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Council of Science Editors:
Johnson LN. Incongruent paths. [Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/29083
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