Dear Student Affairs Professional,
My name is Jenny Brown and I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development at Georgia Southern University. My dissertation pertains to student money management centers housed in colleges and universities within the U.S.
You are invited to participate in a research study pertaining to student money management centers, entitled In Search of Financial Literacy: A Qualitative Analysis of Student Money Management Centers. This study is part of a dissertation for the completion of a doctoral program at Georgia Southern University.
The purpose of this research is to explore how administrators within college money management centers perceive and meet the needs of college students on issues of personal finance. This will be done by conducting interviews with select administrators of Student Money Management Centers. Participants will first be asked to participate in this screening questionnaire. Then select administrators will be contacted for a follow up interview.
This study deals pertains specifically to administrator's experiences with students and their finances. Every effort will be made to protect the identities of the participants. Deidentified or coded data from this study may be placed in a publically available repository for study validation and further research. You will not be identified by name in the data set or any reports using information obtained from this study, and your confidentiality as a participant in this study will remain secure. Subsequent uses of records and data will be subject to standard data use policies which protect the anonymity of individuals and institutions. All data collected will be kept and maintained in a secure location for three years.
As a participant, you have the right to ask questions and have those questions answered. If you have questions about this study, please contact the Principal Investigator named above or the Principal Investigator's faculty advisor, whose contact information is located at the end of the informed consent. For questions concerning your rights as a research participant, contact Georgia Southern University Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs at 912-478-0843.
There is no compensation for your participation in this study. Please note, there is no penalty should you decide not to participate in the study. Your participation in this study is voluntary. You may withdraw from the study at any time without penalty or retribution by contacting the Principal Investigator at the information below. Furthermore, if there are any questions you do not wish to answer, or are not comfortable answering, you are not required to do so. Risks involved in this study is minimal, to the extent that overall, the risk which may occur, if any, are no greater than the risk associated with daily life experiences. However, it is important to note that phone and video conferencing are not secure means of communication, and there is a minor risk associated with the confidentiality of such an interview format.
You must be 18 years of age or older to consent to participate in this research study. If you consent to participate in this research study and to the terms above, please sign your name and indicate the date below.
Please keep a copy of this consent form to keep for your records. This project has been reviewed and approved by the GSU Institutional Review Board under tracking number H16179
Title of Project:
In Search of Financial Literacy: A Qualitative Analysis of Student Money Management Centers
To contact the Office of Research Compliance for answers to questions about the rights of research participants or for privacy concerns please email IRB @ georgiasouthern.edu or call (912) 478-0843.
Principal Investigator:
Jenny Brown
1100 South Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060
Phone: 770-500-6208
E-Mail: ibl2210@georgiasouthern.edu
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Daniel W. Calhoun
Georgia Southern University
P0 Box 8131
Statesboro, GA 30460-8131
Phone: (912) 478-1428
Email: dwcalhoun@georgiasouthern.edu