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Andrews, Benjamin D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Since the turn of the 21st century, going to college has become increasingly financially difficult in the United States. Tuition prices continued to rise, state funding for higher education declined, and the mean family income declined or stagnated for all but the top 20 percent of families (Goldrick-Rab 2016). In a period where college has risen…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), College Students, Tuition, Paying for College
Smith, Temple Day – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Few students leave college with a plan for paying off their debt. Starting a career inundated with student loans and credit card debt burdens is a reality many college students face today. In the wake of graduation coming to terms with the consequences of credit card debt is stressful for many students. This dissertation observes the relationship…
Descriptors: College Students, Debt (Financial), Credit (Finance), Grade Point Average
Bowles, Charity – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: This purpose of this correlational study using Joo's (2008) financial wellness framework was to determine the impact of an online financial literacy workshop on student subjective knowledge, dependent on indicators of stress, behavior, and objective knowledge, when controlling for demographic differences at a large public university.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Workshops, Statistical Analysis, Undergraduate Students
Anderson, Carla – ProQuest LLC, 2013
College students who are unprepared for financial decision making may make risky decisions such as compulsive spending and debt accumulation. Financial stress impacts both academic achievement and retention. The current literature addresses the deficiency college students have when making financially responsible decisions, but little is mentioned…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Credit (Finance), Money Management, Consumer Education
Toe, Cleophas Adeodat – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Data security breaches are categorized as loss of information that is entrusted in an organization by its customers, partners, shareholders, and stakeholders. Data breaches are significant risk factors for companies that store, process, and transmit sensitive personal information. Sensitive information is defined as confidential or proprietary…
Descriptors: Information Security, Costs, Corporations, Information Management
Bonomi, Luca – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The Big Data phenomenon is posing new challenges in our modern society. In addition to requiring information systems to effectively manage high-dimensional and complex data, the privacy and social implications associated with the data collection, data analytics, and service requirements create new important research problems. First, the high…
Descriptors: Data, Privacy, Information Security, Data Analysis
Blackman, David H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The large number of real estate transactions across the United States, combined with closing process complexity, creates extremely large data sets that conceal anomalies indicative of fraud. The quantitative amount of damage due to fraud is immeasurable to the lives of individuals who are victims, not to mention the financial impact to…
Descriptors: Real Estate, Deception, Prediction, Identification
Davtyan, Arman – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Despite ample evidence of the relative financial illiteracy of students in college, personal finance education remains inconsistent across postsecondary institutions in the United States. Moreover, existing programs and services related to personal finance education have had modest success in attracting student interest and participation. To…
Descriptors: Expenditures, College Students, Student Interests, Money Management
Rodriguez, Anthony M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In my experiences, students with Developmental Disability (DD) are routinely excluded from Algebra and other high-level mathematics courses. People with DD do not have the opportunity to learn Algebra, which may support the understanding and provide purpose for learning money and budgeting skills that, perhaps, could help them avoid financial…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Mathematics Education, Clubs, Student Participation
Mandato, Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research study examined the best practices for a successful rollout of check-in kiosks from the perspectives of frontline service employees (FLSEs) in an outpatient medical setting, the benefits and positive experiences of the kiosks, and those factors that helped to motivate the FLSEs to perform their role in promoting the use of the kiosks.…
Descriptors: Training, Patients, Technical Assistance, Action Research
West, Jeffrey H. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students with Emotional Impairment (EI) often have among the worst outcomes of any category of students receiving services for learning disabilities. They earn fewer credits, are less likely to graduate, are more likely to drop out, and are less likely to pursue education beyond high school than almost any other of the categories identified under…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Emotional Disturbances, Student Reaction, Students with Disabilities
Packer, Sherry Kaye – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The researcher conducted a quantitative study to compare the differences in scores on prescriptive and cumulative tests of high school math students between blended and online learning instructional settings. The researcher collected archival data from the district where students participated in blended or online learning instructional settings…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Blended Learning, Online Courses, Teaching Methods
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
Stanigar, Jennifer Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Aspiring entrepreneurs give and receive support in growth-fostering interactions with seasoned entrepreneurs, mentors, peers, and others. This dissertation investigates viewpoints held by entrepreneurs about their experiences of effective mentoring support. Little is known about how an entrepreneur learns through interacting with different…
Descriptors: Q Methodology, Mentors, Entrepreneurship, Learning Processes
Paszkowski, Diane M. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Severe reductions in funding coupled with the imperative to measure and report teachers' ability to integrate technology into their practice pose a significant problem for school districts in New Jersey. This study was designed to identify factors that influence teacher use of technology. A review of the literature identified four areas of…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Statistical Significance, Educational Technology, Data Analysis