scholarly journals The Role of Socioeconomic Factor in Promoting Higher Education in the State of Kuwait

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Salwa Al Darwish
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Socioeconomic Factor ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Senior College ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The State Of Kuwait ◽  
The Impact

<p class="apa">The purpose of this research study is to determine the level of influence of parental education, social and financial status on their senior college students by encouraging them to pursue higher degrees. The sample of the study was 313 senior college students randomly selected from private and public universities in Kuwait to answer the questionnaire. Then followed by interviewing some of these 313 students for triangulation. The result of the findings shows that the impact of parents on college student’s academic achievement should be mediated through college student’s own self-perception and the environments in which students grew up. The findings show that there is a strong influence and positive motivations on the development of the students’ own beliefs. Moreover, the study shows other factors such as the family socioeconomic background, the students’ social influences, the students’ academic achievement, in addition to the educational achievement of both parents which all have impact on students’ decisions to pursue higher degrees.</p>

scholarly journals Employment Status and Educational Achievements in Universities: Evidence from Southeast Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-166
Author(s):  
Obed I. Ojonta ◽  
Jonathan E. Ogbuabor ◽  
Peace N. Ojonta ◽  
Anthony Orji ◽  
Onyinye I. Anthony-Orji
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
University System ◽  
Educational Attainments ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction: Educational achievement has remained the common yardstick for assessing human capital development across the world. However, it has been observed that Nigeria is one of the developing countries facing the challenge of low level of academic achievement by employees in the university system, which in turn has grave implications for the overall performance of the Nigerian university system in terms of efficient work delivery. Methods: This study adopts a robust and stratified sampling technique to select 4,122 employees in selected federal universities in the southeast of Nigeria and uses structural questionnaire and binary logistic regression to analyse the effect of employment status on academic achievement in South East Nigeria. Results: The findings show that employment status negatively and significantly influences the academic achievement of employees in Nigerian universities. Discussion: The major focus of this study is to examine the impact of employment status on educational achievement in the universities for southeast, Nigeria. To drive more effective and efficient service delivery in the universities, there is need for adequate salary enhancement for employees in order to motivate them to strive for higher educational attainments. Limitations: The study was carried out in federal universities in Nigeria. It is expected to expand the study to cut across both private, states in Nigeria for effective and efficient comparison among the universities found in southeast geopolitical zones. Conclusion: The study concludes that government should continuously motivate these employees so that they can strive for higher educational attainments.

scholarly journals Impact of Academic Achievement Orientation in the Context of Private and Public Sector University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 642-650
Author(s):  
Wajiha Kanwal ◽  
Tahir Aziz ◽  
Saqib Shahzad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
University Students ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Achievement Orientation ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Impact

The problem of the study was to explore the impact of academic achievement orientation in the context of private and public sector university students; it further aimed to investigate the impact of demographic variations such as gender, age, semester, birth order, number of siblings, discipline and family income in determining the level of academic achievement orientation of private and public sector university students. The achievement orientation attitude scale developed by Ansari was used to measure achievement orientations, which was consisted of 10 items. Data was collected through a stratified random sampling technique. Data were analyzed with various statistics, which provided an insight that students differ in terms of academic achievement orientations. Results revealed that students of public sector universities have higher academic achievement orientations. It is also recommended that at the university level, students may also learn self-management and ought to work hard in order to achieve their academic goals without an external push.

Financial Stress, Coping Strategy, and Academic Achievement of College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya L. Britt ◽  
Melanie R. Mendiola ◽  
Gregory H. Schink ◽  
Racquel H. Tibbetts ◽  
Scott H. Jones
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Objective Financial Knowledge ◽  
Subjective Financial Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

The impact of financial stress on college students can range from psychological distress to adverse academic outcomes. The purpose of this study was to identify how resources and perceptions alter the amount of financial stress felt by college students and how this relates to academic achievement. Results from 2,236 Midwestern college students indicate that financial and life stressors, higher subjective financial knowledge, fewer financial resources, negative perceptions, and lower mastery are associated with higher financial stress. Financial stress was not associated with academic achievement, but financial stressors, objective financial knowledge, and financial resources were highly related to financial stress. Increasing available financial resources to students, in addition to providing opportunities to increase financial knowledge for students, would likely be associated with decreased stress and better academic achievement.

Test Anxiety and the Economic Recession

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1211-1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arline L. Bronzaft ◽  
Stephen B. Dobrow
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Public College ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the present economic recession on college students' attitudes toward school and the relationship of these reactions to test-anxiety scores was investigated for two samples of college students, 142 attending a public college and 144 a private college. As hypothesized, students who reported that economic crisis resulted in increased desire to do well in school had higher facilitating and lower debilitating test-anxiety scores than those students who stated that economic recession caused them to worry more about rising educational costs and future job opportunities. Differences between findings for the private and public college were discussed.

scholarly journals Smartphone Addiction among Sultan Qaboos University Undergraduates

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 723-740
Author(s):  
Hafidha suleiman Al-Barashdi ◽  
Abdelmajid Bouazza ◽  
Naeema H. Jabr
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Sultan Qaboos University ◽  
University Undergraduates ◽  
The Impact

In addition to the studys main focus on smartphone addiction among Sultan Qaboos University Undergraduates undergraduates, it also investigated particular issues such as the following: smartphone applications and activities that students were most addicted to, the impact of addiction on academic achievement, and addiction variation according to gender, field of study, parental education and family income. A ques tionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 140 undergraduates (37.1% males and 62.9% females) Findings revealed that what the study calls a casual level of addiction (42.3%) was the most common, followed by a heavy level (30.8%), and finally a moderate level (26.%). While messaging was the activity students were most addicted to, no significant differences were found that related to academic achievement. Males were more addicted than females, but nothing significant emerged in relation to field of study, parental education and family income.

The impact of alcohol and marijuana use on academic achievement among college students

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riane M. Bolin ◽  
Margaret Pate ◽  
Jenna McClintock
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
The Impact
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