ZW Taylor

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS 39406

United States

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1.

Using Chat GPT to Clean Interview Transcriptions: A Usability and Feasibility Analysis

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 May 2023
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 842 (60,404)
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artificial intelligence; AI; education; educational research; transcription; audio; text; files; language; language processing

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'Nobody's Talking to the Mentees': Exploring the Concept of Mentorability

The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Vol. 2, November 2017, Special Issue 10
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
ZW Taylor and V. G. Black
University of Southern Mississippi and Texas State University
Downloads 289 (217,876)
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higher education, mentor, mentee, mentoring, retention, transition

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The Dangers of Opportunity: How Leaders in U.S. Higher Education Articulated Policy After 'Unite the Right' in Charlottesville

Taylor, Z.W., Zaragoza, D.M., & Hartman, C.E. (2019). The dangers of crisis: How institutional leaders addressed policy after Charlottesville. Critical Questions in Education, 10(3), 212-231.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Jun 2019
ZW Taylor, D Zaragoza and Catherine Hartman
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Educational Administration, Students and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Educational Administration
Downloads 255 (247,402)
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higher education, policy, official statements, educational leadership, hate and bias

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A Positive Spin on a Negative Narrative: How the Media Portrays Fraternities and What Fraternities Can Do About it

Taylor, Z.W., Zamora, J., McArdle, A., & Villa, M. (2018) Putting a positive spin on a negative narrative: How fraternities are portrayed in popular newspaper outlets. ORACLE: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, 13(1), 51-68.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Aug 2019
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at Austin, Students, University of Texas at Austin, Students and University of Texas at Austin, Students
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fraternities, sororities, higher education, colleges, universities, Greek life, Greek organizations

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In Loco Parentis and the 21st Century U.S. Institution of Higher Education

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 21 Oct 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 224 (280,829)

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higher education, college, university, law, in loco parentis

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ADA Compliance Inside the Virtual Classroom: Preparing ADA Compliant Learning Materials Amid COVID-19

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 May 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, web accessibility, COVID-19, COVID, coronavirus, curriculum, college, university, faculty

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Financial wellness, financial literacy, colleges, universities, higher education, money, finances, students loans, debt

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College Affordability and U.S. News & World Report Rankings: Analyzing National and Regional Differences

Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, Volume 9, Issue 1 (2020), pp. 87–93
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 May 2020
ZW Taylor and Izzat Alsmadi
University of Southern Mississippi and Department of Computing and Cyber Security, Texas A&M, San Antonio, TX, USA
Downloads 209 (299,835)

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college affordability, college rankings, higher education, student debt, universities, U.S. News & World Report rankings

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Understanding and Promoting Student Financial Wellness: A Report from the Financial Wellness Learning Collaborative

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 May 2021
Erin Willig, Bryan Ashton and ZW Taylor
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Trellis Company and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 200 (312,483)

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financial wellness, financial literacy, college, university, college students

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Ensuring ADA Compliance During COVID-19: Communication for People with Disabilities (Presentation Slides)

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Apr 2020
ZW Taylor and McKayla Marois
University of Southern Mississippi and University of Maine at Farmington
Downloads 189 (329,107)

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students with disabilities, web accessibility, COVID-19, coronavirus, higher education, college, university, ADA

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Being Mentorable: First-Generation Students of Color Define 'Mentorability'

UNM Mentoring Institute 2019, The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Vol. 2, October 2019, Special Issue 1
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Feb 2020
Texas State University, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas
Downloads 177 (349,263)
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higher education, mentoring, mentees, mentors, colleges, universities, college students, students of color, first generation in college students, first generation

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Six Easy Steps: Do Aspiring College Students Understand How to Apply for Financial Aid?

Taylor, Z. W. (2019) "Six Easy Steps: Do Aspiring College Students Understand How to Apply for Financial Aid?," Journal of Student Financial Aid: Vol. 48 : Iss. 3 , Article 1.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Jul 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 173 (356,233)

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financial aid, FAFSA, application, readability, access, equity, college students

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Optimizing Away Summer Melt: How Search Engine Optimization May Reduce Summer Melt at Highly Ranked U.S. Institutions of Higher Education

Forthcoming in Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly (April 2020, pre-print)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Jan 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 157 (387,381)

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admission yield; Internet; college rankings; regression analyses; search engine optimization; strategic enrollment management; summer melt

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'You Should Want to Change': First-Year, First-Generation Perspectives on Mentoring

The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 2, Special Issue 1, 2018
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Dec 2018
V. G. Black and ZW Taylor
Texas State University and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 154 (393,713)
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mentoring, college, university, higher education, first-generation, first-year

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Does Size Matter? An Evaluation of Institutional Internet Ranking Metrics

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Jan 2020
Izzat Alsmadi and ZW Taylor
Department of Computing and Cyber Security, Texas A&M, San Antonio, TX, USA and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 138 (429,964)
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institutional ranking, Internet popularity, Internet presence, Google Trends

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Tweeting in Greek: How National Fraternities and Sororities use Twitter

Taylor, Z.W., & McArdle, A. (2018) Tweeting in Greek: How National Fraternities and Sororities Use Twitter. ORACLE: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, 13(2), 1-17
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 06 Aug 2019
ZW Taylor and Arianne McArdle
University of Southern Mississippi and University of Texas at Austin, Students
Downloads 131 (447,997)

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fraternities, sororities, higher education, colleges, universities, Greek life, Greek organizations

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Skills to Pay the Bills: A Review of College Student Employability Literature

Burnett, C.A., & Taylor, Z.W. (2022). Skills to Pay the Bills: A Review of College Student Employability Literature. Essays in Education, 28(2), 1-52. https://openriver.winona.edu/eie/vol28/iss2/2
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Jan 2023
Christopher Burnett and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 128 (456,229)

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college students, employability, career readiness, post-graduate outcomes, post-graduate success

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Linguistics As Lemonade: Summer Melt and the Readability of Admissions and Financial Aid Materials

Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, Summer 2019
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Aug 2019
ZW Taylor and Catherine Hartman
University of Southern Mississippi and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Educational Administration
Downloads 125 (464,745)

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summer melt, readability, linguistics, summer melt, t-test, admissions, financial aid

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'We All Need Coins, You Know?': How College Students View Paid Mentorship

UNM Mentoring Institute 2019,The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Vol. 2, October 2019, Special Issue 1
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Feb 2020
University of Southern Mississippi, Texas State University, University of Texas and University of Texas at Austin
Downloads 117 (492,112)

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mentoring, mentees, mentors, college, university, college students, paid mentoring

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Simplifying College: A Simple Guide to Composing Readable College Materials

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 107 (522,184)
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Higher Education, Readability, Linguistics, Flesch-Kincaid, SMOG, Word Count

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Who Did They Just Hire? A Content Analysis of Announcements of New College Presidents and Chancellors

Fry, J.J., Taylor, Z.W., Gavillet, R., Watson, D., & Somers, P. Who did they just hire? A content analysis of announcements of new college presidents and chancellors. Journal of Research on the College President, 3, 72-88, 2019
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Jan 2020
University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas, University of Texas and University of Texas
Downloads 105 (529,377)

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higher education, presidents, chancellors, presidency, colleges, universities

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¿Habla Español? Do Financial Aid Offices Use Chatbots…and Can They Speak Spanish?

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Jun 2021
University of Southern Mississippi, Austin Community College and University of Texas at Austin
Downloads 103 (536,668)

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financial aid, FAFSA, chatbots, linguistics, websites, college, university, college students

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Clicking in the Dark: Are Student Financial Aid Websites Accessible for Students with Disabilities?

Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2020
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Jan 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 100 (547,824)

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Financial aid, students with disabilities, web accessibility, Internet, WCAG, ADA, Section 508, colleges, universities

To Their Credit: Information Desired by College Students Seeking Peer Financial Mentoring

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Nov 2023
University of Southern Mississippi, Kansas State University, Baylor University and Columbia University
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financial wellness, financial literacy, colleges, universities, higher education, money, finances, students loans, debt

To Their Credit: Information Desired by College Students Seeking Peer Financial Mentoring

UNM Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 7, Special Issue 16, 2023
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Jan 2024
University of Southern Mississippi, Columbia University, Kansas State University, Baylor University and Texas A&M University
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financial wellness, financial literacy, colleges, universities, higher education, money, finances, students loans, debt

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The Future of Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Oct 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 90 (585,756)

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higher education, affirmative action, people of color, law, colleges, universities

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Predicting International Student Enrollment in U.S. Institutions by Institutional Characteristics: Using Fixed and Random Effects

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 May 2020
Ibrahim Bicak and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 87 (597,843)

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International Students, Higher Education, Enrollment, Random Effects, Fixed Effects, Panel Data Analysis

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Learning to Speak Financial Aid: Results from a National Financial Aid Jargon Survey

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Nov 2019
ZW Taylor, Ibrahim Bicak and Jessica J. Fry
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
Downloads 85 (606,332)

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financial aid, college, university, FAFSA, college students, jargon, readability, higher education, education

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College Admissions for L2 Students: Comparing L1 and L2 Readability of Admissions Materials for U.S. Higher Education

Journal of College Access (2020)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Feb 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 84 (610,563)
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admissions instructions, higher education, readability, access, equity, linguistics

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Sources of Free Speech in U.S. Higher Education: What the Law Tells Us

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Oct 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 82 (619,144)

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Higher Education, Colleges, Universities, Free Speech, First Amendment, Hate and Bias

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Web (In)Accessible: Supporting Access to Texas Higher Education for Students with Disabilities

Taylor, Z.W. (2019). Web (in)accessible: Supporting access to Texas higher education for students with disabilities. Texas Education Review, 7(2), 60-75.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 28 Jul 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 78 (636,707)
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web accessibility, readability, translation, students with disabilities, Internet, higher education, postsecondary education

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Playing Plinko: A Conceptual Framework for Student Financial Aid Communication

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Mar 2024
Georgia State University, University of Southern Mississippi and Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison
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financial aid, FAFSA, college students, communication, colleges, universities, higher education

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Nudging in a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Text Messaging College Students amid COVID-19

Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly 2022
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 May 2022
ZW Taylor, Sana Meghani and Liz Nguyen
University of Southern Mississippi, Catalyst:Ed and Trellis Company
Downloads 77 (641,184)
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higher education, COVID-19, colleges, universities, text messaging, communication, nudging, college students

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Comprehension in a Crisis: Evaluating the Readability and Translation of Emergency Response Messaging in U.S. Higher Education

Taylor, Z.W. (2018). Comprehension in a Crisis: Evaluating the Readability and Translation of Emergency Response Messaging. Journal of Student Affairs, 27, 83-91.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 08 Jun 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 75 (650,452)
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communication, comprehension, emergency response, emergency technology, readability, student affairs, translation

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Toward Validating a Mentorability Scale For First-Year Mentees in Developmental Relationships

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Sep 2021
V. G. Black and ZW Taylor
Texas State University and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 72 (664,744)

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mentoring, mentorability, mentees, college students, retention, college student success

'Not a Whole Lot I Could Do': Challenges Facing College Peer Financial Mentors

UNM Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 7, Special Issue 16, 2023
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Jan 2024
University of Southern Mississippi, Columbia University, Kansas State University, Baylor University and Texas A&M University
Downloads 35 (936,528)

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financial wellness, financial literacy, colleges, universities, higher education, money, finances, students loans, debt

'Not a Whole Lot I Could Do': Challenges Facing College Peer Financial Mentors

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Nov 2023
University of Southern Mississippi, Kansas State University, Baylor University and Columbia University
Downloads 34 (946,138)

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financial wellness, financial literacy, colleges, universities, higher education, money, finances, students loans, debt

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The Complicit, the Compliant, and the 6%: Using Critical Race Theory to Analyze Tenure Track Position Announcements and Evaluate Institutional Commitments of Diversity and Inclusion

Journal of the Professoriate 11(1), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Aug 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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faculty, diversity, inclusion, human resources, equal opportunity employment

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Comprehending the Cost: Are Application Fee Waiver Statements Readable?

Journal of College Orientation and Transition, 26(1), 17-29, 2019
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Jul 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 67 (689,808)

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higher education, policy, linguistics, admissions, equity

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Decoding Debt: Can College Students Understand Student Loan Debt Letters?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Karla Weber Wandel and ZW Taylor
Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 64 (705,938)

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colleges, universities, college students, debt, debt letters, loans, student borrowing, FAFSA

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Making Progress: How Institutions Can Improve Sap Policy to Support Students

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Nov 2022
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 63 (711,584)

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higher education, college, college students, SAP, financial aid, aid, loans, debt

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The Promise of Student Loan Debt Letters: A Critical and Linguistic Analysis

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 May 2020
ZW Taylor and G Holthaus
University of Southern Mississippi and Wichita State University
Downloads 60 (728,413)
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student debt letters, financial aid, student loans, higher education

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Lost in Translation: Linguistic Hurdles Facing U.S. Language-Minority Students of Color Pursuing International Higher Education

Taylor, Z.W. (2019). Lost in Translation: Linguistic Hurdles Facing U.S. Language-Minority Students of Color Pursuing International Higher Education. Emerging Voices in Education, 1(1), 45-60.
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Dec 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 59 (734,220)

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international students, language-minority students, world universities, readability, linguistics, translation, higher education

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Why Students Participate and Persist in Voluntary Financial Education Programs

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Aug 2022
ZW Taylor and Ayeesha Green
University of Southern Mississippi and Austin Community College
Downloads 56 (752,586)

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college students, finance, financial education, money, loans

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'U' Won’t Get a Response: Community College Student Preferences for Institutional Text Messages

The Journal of Multidisciplinary Graduate Research 2019, Volume 1, Article 1, pp. 1-8
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Oct 2019
ZW Taylor and K Serna
University of Southern Mississippi and Austin Community College
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How Community College Students Respond to Financial Emergencies

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Aug 2022
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 54 (765,318)

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college students, community college, finance, money, emergencies, aid, loans, scholarships

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Simplifying and Consolidating Your Financial Aid Website

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Jul 2022
Georgia State University, Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 54 (765,318)
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college students, financial aid, college, university, websites, communication, information

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The Socioeconomics of College Inequity: A Review of Armstrong and Hamilton’s Paying for the Party

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 13 Apr 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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higher education, socioeconomics, Greek life, postsecondary education, book reviews

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Directly Indirect and Other Paradoxes: What Graduate Students Need to Know About Financial Aid

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Jun 2021
University of Southern Mississippi, Georgia State University and Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison
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graduate students, financial aid, college, university, aid, scholarships, first generation college students

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Communicating with College Students Communicating with College Students During COVID-19: College Student Reflections on Communication Preferences and Institutional Best Practices

Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 8(1), 102-137, 2023
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Oct 2023
Elizabeth Rainey and ZW Taylor
Loyola University New Orleans and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 52 (778,442)

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Where Do Students with Disabilities Enroll in Texas Postsecondary Institutions?

Texas Education Review, 2020
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
University of Texas, University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
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students with disabilities, special education, special education policy, higher education, postsecondary education, quantitative methods

Relevant, Professional, and Altruistic: Motivations of College Peer Financial Mentors

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Nov 2023
University of Southern Mississippi, Kansas State University, Baylor University and Columbia University
Downloads 26 (1,030,630)

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financial wellness, financial literacy, colleges, universities, higher education, money, finances, students loans, debt

Relevant, Professional, and Altruistic: Motivations of College Peer Financial Mentors

UNM Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 7, Special Issue 16, 2023
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Jan 2024
University of Southern Mississippi, Columbia University, Kansas State University, Baylor University and Texas A&M University
Downloads 25 (1,041,972)

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financial wellness, financial literacy, colleges, universities, higher education, money, finances, students loans, debt

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Cross-Cultural Mentoring: What Education Needs Now

Texas Education Review, 2020
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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mentoring, cross-cultural mentoring, education, higher education

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Common Applications, Uncommon Messaging: How Branch and Flagship Institutions Communicate Admissions and Financial Aid Application Processes

Access: The Journal of the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators, Vol. 5, Issue 1, August 2019
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Sep 2019
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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admissions, financial aid, branch campuses, readability, literacy

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Institutional, Informational, International: Predicting International Student Enrollment and Rate by Online Information

Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 10 (2018)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 12 Jan 2019
ZW Taylor and Ibrahim Bicak
University of Southern Mississippi and University of Texas at Austin
Downloads 47 (813,309)
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international students, readability, TOEFL, quantitative methods, multiple regression

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Translation as Charitable Currency: Exploring Linguistic Philanthropy from International Students and Alumni

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Feb 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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higher education, philanthropy, alumni giving, international students, international higher education, fundraising, linguistics, linguistic philanthropy

Developing Self Efficacy: Role Modeling and Mentoring for Undergraduates of Color

UNM Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 7, Special Issue 16, 2023
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Jan 2024
Christopher Burnett and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 30 (986,592)

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college students, employability, career readiness, post-graduate outcomes, post-graduate success

Developing Self Efficacy: Role Modeling and Mentoring for Undergraduates of Color

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Christopher Burnett and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 15 (1,169,838)
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college students, employability, career readiness, post-graduate outcomes, post-graduate success

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Ni máquina, ni humano, ni disponible: Do College Admissions Offices Use Chatbots and Can They Speak Spanish?

Journal of Communication Technology, 5(2), 2022
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jun 2022
University of Southern Mississippi, Austin Community College and University of Texas at Austin
Downloads 43 (843,410)
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admissions, college students, linguistics, Spanish, chatbots, Internet

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Student Loan Debt Letters

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
University of Southern Mississippi, Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison and Wichita State University
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colleges, universities, student debt, college students, college loans, student loans, finance

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An Empirical Analysis of the ApplyTexas Postsecondary Application

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Aug 2021
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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higher education, college, university, college students, students, applications, admissions, financial aid, college access, equity, diversity, inclusion, DEI, EID efforts, disability services, disability services

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Simplicity and Self-Sufficiency: Consolidating Your Financial Aid Communication

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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financial aid, college, university, college students, money, finance, linguistics, language, readability, reading, ADA, disability compliance

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A Sage on Two Stages: What a Black Academic Taught a White Scholar About Cross-Cultural Mentoring

Texas Education Review, 2020
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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cross-cultural mentoring, higher education, autoethnography, personal narrative, analytic and holistic attention

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Like Babies: One Millennial's Response to Safe Spaces on U.S. College Campuses

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 26 Oct 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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safe spaces, college, university, college students, free speech, Constitution

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Lowering Obstacles: How Aligning Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy to Federal Student Aid Minimums Increased Community College Student Retention and Equity

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Aug 2024
University of Southern Mississippi, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Glendale Community College
Downloads 40 (876,062)

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Financial aid, college students, satisfactory academic progress, financial aid policy, Critical Race Theory

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'Not Impossible to Do': Why Community College Students Participate and Persist in Voluntary Financial Education Programs

Critical Questions in Education, 14(3), 259-278, 2023. https://academyedstudies.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/taylor-et.-al-final.pdf
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Jan 2024
University of Southern Mississippi, Austin Community College, Austin Community College and University of Maine at Farmington
Downloads 38 (884,755)

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financial education, community college students, financial wellness, personal finance, financial literacy

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'I Feel Like a Bother': COVID-Era Experiences of College Students on Academic Probation and Financial Aid Warning Status

Rainey, E. A., & Taylor, Z. (2023). 'I feel like a bother': COVID-Era Experiences of College Students on Academic Probation and Financial Aid Warning Status. Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 6(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.58997/fa2
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Oct 2023
Elizabeth Rainey and ZW Taylor
Loyola University New Orleans and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 38 (884,755)

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undergraduate college students, COVID-19, academic probation, financial aid warning

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Resuscitating Your Admissions Social Media: Re-Engaging Your Audiences (Presentation Slides)

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 May 2022
University of Southern Mississippi, Texas State University, Texas State University, Texas State University and Texas State University
Downloads 36 (902,431)

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college, university, admissions, social media, facebook, twitter, instagram, enrollment management

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ApplyTexas Exploratory Research Report

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 36 (902,431)
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College, University, College Applications, Texas, ApplyTexas, Postsecondary Access, Equity, Readability, Accessibility, Ada Compliance, Ada

67.

What Types of Canadian Postsecondary Mentoring Programs Are Online?

2019 UNM Mentoring Institute
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Jan 2020
Kelly Hobson and ZW Taylor
University of Alberta and University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 35 (911,525)

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mentoring, mentors, mentees, Canadian education, Canadian postsecondary education, Internet, websites

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Hispanic Serving Artificial Intelligence: Do Hispanic Serving Institutions Use Chatbots and Can They Speak Spanish?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
University of Southern Mississippi, Idaho State University and Northern Arizona University
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higher education, college, admissions, linguistics, computational linguistics, Hispanic Serving Institutions, artificial intelligence, chatbots, technology, HSIs, Hispanic students, students of color

Rehearsal Context: Pre-Professional Identity Development Through Student Employment

UNM Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 7, Special Issue 16, 2023
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Jan 2024
Christopher Burnett and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
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college students, employability, career readiness, post-graduate outcomes, post-graduate success

Rehearsal Context: Pre-professional Identity Development Through Student Employment

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Christopher Burnett and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
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college students, employability, career readiness, post-graduate outcomes, post-graduate success

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Helping Secondary School Students with ADHD Documentation and Access to Accommodations as College Students

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Oct 2023
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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ADHD, college students, Section 504, disabilities, students with disabilities, reading comprehension, higher education, college, communication

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Directly Indirect and Other Paradoxes: What Schools Need to Teach Students About Financial Aid

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Jul 2021
University of Southern Mississippi, Georgia State University and Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison
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college, university, financial wellness, financial literacy, student financial wellness

72.

Talking to the Mentees: Exploring Mentee Dispositions Prior to the Mentoring Relationship

The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 2, Special Issue 1, 2018
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Dec 2018
ZW Taylor and V. G. Black
University of Southern Mississippi and Texas State University
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mentees, mentoring, higher education, college, university, relationships

How Student Affairs Professionals Mentor Undergraduate Students Through Campus Employment

UNM Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Volume 7, Special Issue 16, 2023
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Jan 2024
Christopher Burnett and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
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college students, employability, career readiness, post-graduate outcomes, post-graduate success

How Student Affairs Professionals Mentor Undergraduate Students Through Campus Employment

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Christopher Burnett and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
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college students, employability, career readiness, post-graduate outcomes, post-graduate success

74.

Everything’s Bigger in Texas: Examining the Mandatory (and Additional) Financial Burden of Postsecondary Education

Black, V.G., & Taylor, Z.W. (2018) Everything’s bigger in Texas: Examining the mandatory and optional financial burdens facing postsecondary students in Texas. Texas Education Review, 6(2), 2-17
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Jun 2019
V. G. Black and ZW Taylor
Texas State University and University of Southern Mississippi
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higher education, student fees, student financial aid, postsecondary education, college students

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"I Had No Idea": At-Risk College Student Knowledge of Financial "I Had No Idea": At-Risk College Student Knowledge of Financial Aid and Resources Aid and Resources

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Oct 2024
Elizabeth Rainey and ZW Taylor
Loyola University New Orleans and University of Southern Mississippi
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financial aid, college students, at-risk students, financial aid communication, qualitative research, higher education, college, university

76.

eCanada: Measuring the Presence of Mentoring Programs on Canadian Postsecondary Websites

2019 UNM Mentoring Institute
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Jan 2020
Kelly Hobson and ZW Taylor
University of Alberta and University of Southern Mississippi
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mentoring, mentors, mentees, Canadian education, Canada, Canadian postsecondary education

77.

Increasing United States College Access for Native Arabic Speakers: Applying a Simplification Intervention and Evaluating Machine and Human Translations

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Jun 2024
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Iowa and Georgia State University
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college access, language, linguistics, Arabic, English, translation, human-computer interaction, machine translation, Google Translate, ChatGPT, artificial intelligence

78.

"It's a Big Deal:" The Impact of Texas' Senate Bill 212 on Student Safety and Wellbeing on Texas' College Campuses

BYU Education & Law Journal, 2022
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Jul 2023
ZW Taylor, Joshua Childs and Pat Somers
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas
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higher education, law, senate bill 212, Texas, colleges, universities

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International, Inaccessible, and Incomplete: A Texas Case Study of International Student Websites

Journal of International Students, Volume 9, Issue 4 (2019), pp. 1009-1014, Doi: 10.32674/jis.v0i0.756
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 17 Dec 2019
ZW Taylor and Ibrahim Bicak
University of Southern Mississippi and University of Texas at Austin
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access, admissions, application, Internet, institutional websites

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Organizational Communication and The University of Texas System: Learning to Speak Spanish

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Aug 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
Downloads 28 (979,605)
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higher education, Texas, linguistics, organizational theory

81.

Decoding Debt: Can College Students Understand Student Loan Debt Letters?

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Karla Weber Wandel and ZW Taylor
Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison and University of Southern Mississippi
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college, students, financial aid, debt, debt letters, finances, university, college students

82.

Translation as Charitable Currency: Internationalization Through International Alumni Giving

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 11(Winter), 199-202, 2020. https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v11iWinter.1430
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Feb 2021
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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Unpermitted Collaboration on Homework

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Lori McNabb, Pat Somers and ZW Taylor
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Texas and University of Southern Mississippi
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academic ethics, cheating, higher education, collaboration, colleges, college students

84.

HEFWA Research Brief: Literacy, Wellness, and Everything Else: How Are Financial Wellness Websites in Higher Education Named?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Jan 2025
University of Southern Mississippi, Tufts University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Indiana University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Sam Houston State University, Mississippi State University, Indiana University, University of Delaware, University of Chicago, Indiana University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tulsa Community College, Independent, Columbia University, Mississippi State University and Alabama A&M University
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higher education, financial wellness, financial education, personal finance, college students, websites, technology, college, university, postsecondary, financial literacy

85.

Research, Teaching, Both, or Neither: How GoKAR! Redefines Academic Freedom in a Post-Truth Society

Journal of Academic Freedom
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Nov 2022
ZW Taylor, Pat Somers and Joshua Childs
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas and University of Texas at Austin
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faculty, college, university, academic freedom, first amendment, constitution, higher education, freedom of speech, teaching, learning, education, students, college students, K-12, laws, governance, rights

86.

HEFWA Research Brief: A Gradual-Release-of-Responsibility (G-R-R) Model for Developing Peer Financial Mentors in Higher Education

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Jan 2025
ZW Taylor and Sara Ray
University of Southern Mississippi and Indiana University
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higher education, personal finance, financial mentoring, peer mentoring, college students, financial wellness, financial literacy

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Text Simplification of College Admissions Instructions: A Professionally Simplified and Verified Corpus

COLING22 Conference Publication
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Nov 2022
ZW Taylor, Maximus Chu and Junyi Jessy Li
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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higher education, college, admissions, linguistics, computational linguistics

88.

HEFWA Research Brief: Financial Wellness Education Software: What is Higher Education Including on Their Websites for College Students?

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Feb 2025
University of Southern Mississippi, Indiana University, Indiana University, Tufts University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Sam Houston State University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), University of Chicago, Mississippi State University, University of Delaware, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indiana University, Tulsa Community College, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Columbia University, Mississippi State University and Alabama A&M University
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higher education, personal finance, financial education, financial wellness, financial literacy, college students, website, technology, Internet, software, iGrad, CashCourse, HEFWA

89.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Historical Overview and Practical Implications for Higher Education Practitioners

Essays in Education, Volume 30, Issue 2 (FULL OPEN ACCESS)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Aug 2024
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Southern Mississippi, University at Albany (SUNY), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Kansas, The University of Alabama and Student Financial Aid, UW-Madison
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college students, educational policy, federal policy, financial aid, student loans, student loan forgiveness, Public Service Loan Forgiveness

90.

The Fine Print: Evaluating the Readability of College and University Information on Institutional Websites

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 Sep 2023
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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higher education, policy, scholarships, financial aid, readability

91.

Who Works on Campus? A 12-Year Longitudinal Study of On-Campus College Student Employees

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Jun 2024
ZW Taylor and Chris Burnett
University of Southern Mississippi and Colorado College
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college students, student affairs, student employment, high impact practices, students of Color, colleges, universities

92.

Recruiting and Retaining College Student Workers as Peer Financial Wellness Mentors

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 02 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2025
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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financial wellness mentors, Higher Education Financial Wellness Alliance, focus group, financial wellness, financial literacy, peer mentoring, mentoring, college students, personal finance, financial wellness, financial literacy

93.

U.S. Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Where Are They?

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Sep 2024
ZW Taylor and Ibrahim Bicak
University of Southern Mississippi and University of Chicago
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disability studies, IDEA, IDEIA, higher education, postsecondary education, United States

94.

Financial Mentorability: College Peer Financial Mentors Describe Good Mentoring

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2025
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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higher education, college students, personal finance, mentoring, peer mentoring, financial wellness, financial literacy, financial education

95.

Clear Financial Wellness Communication During the COVID-19 Crisis (Presentation Slides)

Posted: 09 Apr 2020
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi

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financial wellness, COVID-19, coronavirus, financial aid

96.

Educating Academe: How Academic Homogeneity Stifles Racial Diversity

IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences, Vol.10, Issue 01 (January 2018) Pg. no. 16-26
Posted: 15 Aug 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi

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higher education, faculty, diversity, policy, equity

97.

A Failure to Communicate: Are University Websites Readable?

Posted: 15 Aug 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi

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higher education, policy, linguistics, language ideologies, first generation students

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At Attention: What Student Veteran Mission Statements Say About Public Flagships

Posted: 15 Aug 2018
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi

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higher education, linguistics, mission statements, student veterans, military veterans

Other Papers (7)

Total Downloads: 242
1.

Trouble is Bruen: 2022 Gun Laws and Campus Carry

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Jul 2022
ZW Taylor and Pat Somers
University of Southern Mississippi and University of Texas
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college students, higher education, guns, gun violence, campus carry, concealed carry, open carry, universities, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Bruen

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One Pandemic Later: How SB212 Has Affected Texas' Postsecondary Institutions (Presentation Slides)

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Nov 2021
ZW Taylor, Corey Benson and Pat Somers
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas of the Permian Basin and University of Texas
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higher education, colleges, Title IX, SB212, Texas, universities, mandatory reporting

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Online Search Terms During the Coronavirus and COVID-19 Pandemic: Contextualized in Social Behaviors

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 25 May 2021
Izzat Alsmadi and ZW Taylor
Department of Computing and Cyber Security, Texas A&M, San Antonio, TX, USA and University of Southern Mississippi
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internet, COVID-19, coronavirus, online search, search terms, Google, Google Trends

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school reform, K-12 education, race, socioeconomic status, book review

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Financial Aid Jargon: Do Institutions Communicate Using the Federal Student Aid Glossary?

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Jun 2021
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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financial aid, college, university, FAFSA, jargon, linguistics

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The Deservedness of Translating Higher Education: El Derecho Equitativo Al Acceso de Educacion Superior Para Estudiantes De Ingles Como Segundo Idioma

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Apr 2022
Argelia Barrera and ZW Taylor
University of Texas at Austin and University of Southern Mississippi
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college, university, Spanish, translation, linguistics, language, higher education

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Everyday Compliance: ADA Tools and Best Practices for College Admissions Staff (Presentation Slides)

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Apr 2022
ZW Taylor
University of Southern Mississippi
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college students, ADA, communication, education, marketing, digital technology, internet