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Palmer, Robert T., Ed.; Wood, J. Luke, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Black Men in College" provides vital information about how to effectively support, retain, and graduate Black male undergraduates. This edited collection centers on the notion that Black male collegians are not a homogenous group; rather, they are representative of rarely acknowledged differences that exist among them. This valuable text suggests…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Colleges, Academic Persistence, Homosexuality
Lebold, W. K.; Lebold, D. J. – International Journal of Applied Engineering Education, 1985
Discusses the admissions selection practices, educational programs, quality standards, and employment characteristics of engineering and engineering technology in the United States. The importance of these two occupations as part of technical teams (which include scientists and technicians) is documented and stressed. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality
Hayden, Davis C.; Holloway, Elizabeth L. – Engineering Education, 1985
Identified factors which distinguish persisters, dropouts, and transfer students in engineering. Also determined a discriminant function which predicts persistence of an incoming engineering student. Factors influencing attrition include: student expectations, academic style, and faculty support.
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Gardner, Philip D.; Broadus, Angela – 1990
This report provides a picture of students who entered a university engineering program and then persisted or left the program. It examines students' mathematical-mechanical abilities, psychological-motivational aspects, support services, and perceptions of the world of engineering work. It also identifies problems that women and blacks…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Persistence, Black Students, Career Choice
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1986
In 1985, the California legislature directed the California Postsecondary Education Commission to study the attrition rate of students in engineering education in order to learn if ethnic minority and women students had a higher drop-out rate than all engineering students and, if so, to determine the reasons for their high attrition. In that…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Science, Engineering Education, Females
Levin, James; Wyckoff, John – 1990
This study developed predictive models on persistence and success in engineering at the end of the sophomore year by examining 11 intellective and 9 non-intellective variables. The project's long-term purpose was to contribute to the improvement of academic advising for students considering engineering majors and thus improve student retention.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, College Bound Students

Willemsen, Eleanor W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
The role of metacognition in fostering or inhibiting success in introductory quantitative college courses is examined. One teacher's efforts to build student confidence in an elementary statistics course for psychology are described, and student resistance to active learning methods is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Active Learning, Classroom Techniques

Levin, James; Wyckoff, John H. – NACADA Journal, 1995
A study (n=510) investigated students' cognitive and noncognitive variables predicting success and persistence in an undergraduate engineering program. Students performing well in science and mathematics and genuinely interested in engineering were more likely to persist and succeed. Predictor variables changed over the students' first two years.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, College Students

Gainen, Joanne – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
Each year, about one-third of college freshmen who select majors in science, mathematics, and engineering switch to other fields. Faculty may be able to reduce student attrition from quantitative majors by addressing four barriers to success: (1) pre-college preparation; (2) peer culture; (3) classroom climate; and (4) sink-or-swim instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Classroom Environment, College Freshmen

Bonsangue, Martin Vern; Drew, David Eli – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
The Academic Excellence Workshop at California State Polytechnic University (Pomona) has greatly improved performance and persistence of women and Latino science, mathematics, and engineering majors taking calculus, the crucial gateway course. This suggests persistence and success are more related to college classroom experiences and expectations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Calculus, Classroom Environment

Seymour, Elaine – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1992
This three-year survey of undergraduates (n=330) in science, mathematics, and engineering (SME) majors indicates that a large proportion of those who switch from SME majors acknowledge difficulties that arise from structural and cultural sources rather than from personal inadequacy. Those who persevere make effective use of situational resources…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Career Change
Kingsborough Community Coll., Brooklyn, NY. – 1993
Proceedings of the February 1993 conference on college instruction and services to promote retention and success of high-risk (limited-ability, limited-English-proficient (LEP), and learning-disabled) college students include prefatory remarks, a keynote address, panel presentations, and summaries of discipline-based workshops. The keynote…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Administration Education

Boschetto-Sandoval, Sandra M.; Deneire, Marc; Sandoval, Ciro A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
A study of the role of the modern language program at Michigan Technological University looks at perceptions of administrators, faculty, and students concerning the program and language learning needs, and student motivation in studying languages. Concludes that despite language enrollment and retention problems, modern language courses are both…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Curriculum