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LaPatriello, Alyssa. From student debt to the gender wage gap: how female college seniors manage their finances and plan for the future. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-p3wk-t479

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TitleFrom student debt to the gender wage gap: how female college seniors manage their finances and plan for the future
NameLaPatriello, Alyssa (author); O'Donnell, Angela (chair); Garcia, Nichole (member); Klein, Michael (member); McCloud, Laura (member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2022
Other Date2022-10 (degree)
SubjectHigher education administration, Female, Financial literacy, Gender wage gap, Student debt
Extent1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionThis current dissertation used case study (Yin, 2018) to examine United States female college students’ perceptions of their financial literacy, especially with respect to their debt accumulation and the gender wage gap, at a public, 4-year institution in New Jersey. It answered the following research questions: How are student debt, financial literacy, and the gender wage gap experienced and/or perceived by the participants? How do indebted female college seniors at a public, 4-year New Jersey institution make financial decisions? The study relied upon Yin’s framework (Yin, 2018). It employed purposive and snowball sampling to recruit participants (n=14) (Lune & Berg, 2017), Charmaz’s intensive interviewing to interview participants using a semi-structured interview (Charmaz, 2014), and Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis to analyze the data (Braun & Clarke, 2014). Results were analyzed using NVivo qualitative software. It was found that participants were determined to earn their bachelor’s degrees despite the many obstacles they endured. There were five subthemes: 1) Degree Attainment: Not if, but how? 2) Need for increased financial literacy; 3) Making the Most of the Investment in College 4) Gender wage gap: Current and future experience; and 5) Pandemic: Negatives and Positives.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-p3wk-t479
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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