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Thomas M. Kirnbauer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation's two primary purposes were to construct an alternative socioeconomic status model and estimate how it predicts student success in higher education. This research filled a gap in knowledge about the widely acknowledged disparities in higher education based on socioeconomic status. Prior research has often relied on parental…
Descriptors: Models, Predictor Variables, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement
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Wang, Jui-Sheng; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Nelson Laird, Thomas F.; Ribera, Amy K. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
In this study the authors analyze longitudinal student survey data from the 17-institution Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (WNS) to determine the extent that the influence of overall exposure to clear and organized instruction on four-year growth in two measures of cognitive development is mediated by student use of deep approaches…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
Ricks, Rhonda A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The student populations in colleges and universities in the United States have become more diverse in the students that they serve. It has been argued that disaggregation of student data would allow researchers to test the saliency of student development models. However, there is only a small body of research available on first-year Black male…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, College Freshmen, African American Students, Males
Griffith, Sunday D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Many colleges and universities have a desire to become more student-centered, yet some struggle with establishing what student-centered means to them. Without a clear definition, it is difficult to determine which areas to strengthen in order to become more student-centered. The purpose of this study was to examine results from the National Survey…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Experience, National Surveys, Student Surveys
Gordon, Jonathan; Ludlum, Joe; Hoey, J. Joseph – Online Submission, 2006
While there exist many examples of institutional use of the results of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), there is a relative paucity of research explicitly linking student outcomes to responses on the survey. A major Doctoral-Extensive institution in the Southeast recently conducted a large-scale implementation of the National…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Graduate Study, Student Attitudes, National Surveys