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Examining Academic Variables Affecting the Persistence and Attainment of Black Male Collegians: A Focus on Academic Performance and Integration in the Two-Year College
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Wood, J. Luke – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of academic variables (e.g., grade point average, major change, informal meetings with faculty) on six year persistence and attainment among black male students in community colleges. Data was collected from the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study and was analyzed using…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Regression (Statistics), Educational Attainment, Longitudinal Studies
Variables that Encourage Students to Persist in Community Colleges
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Settle, Jim S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Estimating the persistence of first-time students from the first year to the second year of college is a growing social and financial concern. Studying how socioeconomic status affects year-to-year persistence may help to identify and assist those students who have socioeconomic profiles most likely to indicate challenges to year-to-year…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment, Classroom Environment
First-to-Second-Year Persistence of Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Institutions in the United States
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Mamiseishvili, Ketevan; Koch, Lynn C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2011
The authors used the data from the "Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study" survey (BPS:04/06) to (a) examine the characteristics of the national sample of college students with disabilities and (b) identify the factors that influenced their first-to-second-year persistence in U.S. postsecondary institutions. Students with…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Grade Point Average, Social Integration, Academic Persistence