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ERIC Number: EJ649261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0091-5521
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Using Survey and Focus Group Research To Learn About Parents' Roles in the Community College Choice Process.
Bers, Trudy H.; Galowich, Pamela M.
Community College Review, v29 n4 p67-82 Spr 2002
Discusses a survey of community college students' parents, regarding their expectations from the college, their role in their child's college choice, and their observations following their child's first year. Reports that parents had high academic goals for their children but overestimated their academic abilities, and that the parents engaged in a variety of college search and choice activities. (Contains 20 references.) (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: College Choice, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Student Recruitment, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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