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Acad 3 (Watkins) - entrance
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North Georgia College gate
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Betty Speaks with Veronica
No full textInteractions and interviews between older adult mentor and University of North Georgia student. Mentor shares lived experiences, talks about living through difficult times, and provides lessons for future generations.https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/gen2gen/1030/thumbnail.jp
How Veterans Make Meaning of the College Choice Process in the Post-9/11 Era
Full text linkThe Post-9/11 GI Bill was implemented in 2009. Since then, more than 1.9 million people have used the benefits afforded by the bill to attend college, and more than $90 billion has been paid to institutions of higher learning and Post-9/11 GI Bill beneficiaries. During this time, the types of colleges that veterans attend as well as the educational models they select have shifted. Veterans are more likely to utilize online or distance education models. Additionally, veterans attend for-profit universities at an increasing and greater rate than do their nonveteran counterparts. These shifts differ from the trends observed among the general population. The purpose of this study was to learn from veterans how they make sense of decision-making related to college choice prior to matriculation into a 4-year institution. Qualitative methods were utilized to examine the lived experiences of 12 post-9/11-era U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps student veterans during the college choice process. The experiences shared by the participants in this study were used to further examine and critique an established theory of college selection. This study provides practitioners and academics with insight into how to better engage with this diverse and unique community of prospective students on and off campus through greater understanding of how they make meaning of the college choice process
A Study of Recidivism among Online Sexual Predators
Full text linkThe current body of research lacks clarity and specificity on which factors may contribute to sexual offense recidivism. The body of research on recidivism suggests that among online sexual offenses committed against minors, victim prevalence rates may be as high as 19 percent and offender recidivism rates may be as high as 13.4 percent. These data create a compelling case that offender recidivism is a critical area of study that affects many individuals nationwide. The present study explores whether selected personal history variables or particular crimes may predict whether or not the perpetrator of an online sexual offense against minors is a first-time or repeat offender. The sample is derived from a national representative sample conducted by the National Data Archive of Child Abuse and Neglect between the years of 2000 and 2001. Findings suggest that controlling for age, gender, and race of the online offender, history of mental illness, history of drug or alcohol abuse, having an illegal occupation, and having been previously convicted of a non-sexual crime are not significant predictors of recidivism. Secondly, committing a crime involving the sexual exploitation of a minor, the distribution of child pornography to a minor, and possession/production of child pornography are also not-significant predictors of offender recidivism within this population
