Students often do not know which questions to ask about college until it is too late, and want colleges to anticipate their information needs¶
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q2 i? Focus group participants reported not knowing what information they needed or what questions to ask, sometimes discovering too late that courses did not count toward their major or that financial aid has credit limits. → Nodine 2012
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Nodine 2012¶
Nodine, T., Jaeger, L., Venezia, A., and Bracco, K. R., with research support from Public Agenda. (2012). Connection by Design: Students' Perceptions of Their Community College Experiences. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED541651
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In the focus groups, a current student described the problem of not knowing what to ask: "If you ask the right questions, if you know which questions to ask, you can get a lot of information back. I don't know what questions to ask." Participants reported enrolling in courses that did not count toward their major and learning too late about financial aid credit limits.
""If you ask the right questions, if you know which questions to ask, you can get a lot of information back. I don't know what questions to ask"
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Related Claims¶
- Students are dissatisfied with college websites and want interactive, dynamic, accurate, and timely online information — related
- Former students who dropped out want colleges to proactively invite them to return and explain how to return — related
- Community college students want to feel connected to their college — faculty, staff, peers, and services — from entry through completion — related
- Information barriers disadvantage low-income students in the college transition: bright low-income students miss selective colleges, and mailed information packages raise application and enrollment — related
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Students often do not know which questions to ask about college until it is too late, and want colleges to anticipate their information needs |
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Students often do not know which questions to ask about college until it is too late, and want colleges to anticipate their information needs |
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