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Joo, S.-H.; Grable, J. E.; Bagwell, D. C. – Journal of American College Health, 2005
At a southwestern public university, 242 students responded to a questionnaire about their credit-card use and attitudes. The results revealed that about 70 percent of the students held one or more credit cards, and about 10 percent had five or more credit cards. Twenty-two percent never kept copies of their charge slips, and only 49 percent paid…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, College Students, Birth Order, Credit (Finance)
TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2012
As the importance of a college degree climbs and federal and state grant funding remains inadequate, millions of students in the U.S. continue to take out student loans each year to help pay for their rising education costs. In October 2011, the total amount of outstanding student loan debt in the U.S. exceeded $1 trillion (Chopra, 2012),…
Descriptors: College Students, Majors (Students), Debt (Financial), Student Loan Programs
Rice, Erin – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2013
Over the last several years, the media, higher education researchers, and an increasing number of policymakers have pointed to the growing levels of individual and aggregate student loan debt in the United States. At approximately $1.2 trillion, outstanding student loans have surpassed credit cards as the second largest form of consumer debt in…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Debt (Financial), Higher Education, Graduation Rate
Rivas, Faustino – ProQuest LLC, 2017
According to the Nation's Report Card (2015), American schools are suffering a double-digit academic gap between minority and non-minority students in reading proficiency scores and graduation rates. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of mediated reading (MR) across the curriculum on the achievement of at-risk low-SES minority…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, At Risk Students, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Migrant Education. – 1996
This resource guide assists migrant parents of secondary school students (grades 7-12) in understanding the educational system. The guide presents a compilation of information from an array of books, manuals, school documents, and ideas from migrant practitioners. The introduction overviews the Texas State Migrant Education Program, including…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College Bound Students, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education