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Hanson, Janet; Loose, William; Reveles, Ursula – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
This study identified emergent themes from the interview data of at-risk-for-completion doctoral candidates (N = 13; 59%), from a diverse demographic, who participated in a successful dissertation completion intervention program. The findings revealed four major themes including extrinsic factors, socioemotional, formal structures of the program,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Students, At Risk Students, Intervention
Diedrich, Darell Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem addressed in this study is how a College Success course might reverse the trend of lower graduation rates for students with learning disabilities (LDs) who attend a Colorado institution of higher education. Students with LDs graduate at lower rates than the general population, but it is unclear how a College Success course contributes…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, College Students, Success
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Sacco, Chiara; Le Rose, Giuseppina – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Early school leaving has profound implications at a socio-economic level and planning effective prevention programs within school is crucial for contrasting it. Based on the hypothesis that the dropout is the last step of a process that ends in the student's decision to leave school, we studied the interplay between multiple risk factors of school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes, Intention
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Anna Lise Gordon; Marta Ortega Vega; Nikki Anghileri; Jonathan Nassar; Olivia Scott; Katharina Stegmann; Patricia A. Zunszain – Student Success, 2025
Students who are first-in-family to attend university, and those who are otherwise without family support, are reported to be at increased risk of social isolation, poor mental health and non-continuation through transition points in their higher education journeys. Three London-based universities and a specialist National Health Service mental…
Descriptors: Mental Health, At Risk Students, First Generation College Students, Social Isolation
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Panfilova, Valentina; Panfilov, Aleksey; Gerasimova, Yulia; Enina, Yulianna – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2021
The article discusses the issues of preventing bullying among adolescents in the educational organization and the design and promotion of comprehensive preventive programs for educational organizations. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that bullying of students by peers and adults, one of the most common problems in the educational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bullying, Victims, Prevention
Wallace Foundation, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act has made funds available to states and districts to speed up recovery from the effects of COVID-19, including addressing learning loss. The Wallace Foundation has distilled evidence from its work that may be helpful in informing choices about how to spend those funds, as well as how to implement key strategies. Summer…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Summer Programs
Swain, Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Education has transformed over the years, but many aspects of the classroom look and feel the same today as they did in the early years of the traditional school house. A standard educational delivery and curriculum can work for many students, but for those students who do not benefit from a traditional classroom setting, the consequences can mean…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Program Implementation, High Schools, College Preparation
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Folsom, Jessica S.; Reed, Deborah K.; Aloe, Ariel M.; Schmitz, Sandra S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2019
This study reports on the instruction provided in district-designed intensive summer reading programs. The Tier 3 intervention was provided to 374 students from 24 school districts who were not meeting the end of third-grade reading benchmarks; students were exiting third grade and entering fourth grade. Observations of the 40 classes were…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Phonics, Grade 4
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Wolf, Patrick J.; Harris, Douglas N.; Berends, Mark; Waddington, R. Joseph; Austin, Megan – Education Next, 2018
In the past few years, four states have established programs that provide public financial support to students who choose to attend a private school. These programs--a tax-credit-funded scholarship initiative in Florida and voucher programs in Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio--offer a glimpse of what expansive statewide choice might look like. What…
Descriptors: School Choice, Financial Support, Resource Allocation, Private Schools
Barnett, Elisabeth A. – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018
Increasing numbers of high schools are offering senior-year transition curricula in math and English to better prepare graduating students for college. These transition curricula are typically full-year, high school credit-bearing courses taken by students at risk of being placed into developmental (also known as remedial) courses upon enrollment…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, College Readiness, At Risk Students, Remedial Instruction
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El-Moslimany, Hebbah; Lange, Alissa Anne; Brenneman, Kimberly – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
SciMath-DLL is a preschool professional development (PD) model including STEM instructional offerings that aims to improve the quality of instruction for all children, including dual language learners (DLLs). The purpose of the PD model is to create practical and authentic STEM and DLL supports for early childhood educators, who are generally not…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Program Design, Preschool Teachers
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Bruhn, Allison L.; McDaniel, Sara C.; Fernando, Josephine; Troughton, Leonard – Behavioral Disorders, 2016
Students with persistent behavior problems, including those with or at risk for emotional or behavioral disorders, often struggle to be self-regulated learners. To improve self-regulation skills, numerous strategies have been suggested, including goal setting. Whereas goal setting has focused mostly on academic and life skills, behavioral goal…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, At Risk Students, Goal Orientation
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Guerra-Martín, María Dolores; Lima-Serrano, Marta; Lima-Rodríguez, Joaquín Salvador – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
In response to the increase of Higher Education support provided to tutoring programs, this paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a tutoring program to improve the academic performance of at-risk students enrolled in the last year of a nursing degree characterized by academic failure (failed courses). A controlled…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, College Faculty, Intervention
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Prins, Esther; Clymer, Carol; Foreman, Sheri Suarez; Needle, Mark; Raymond, Becky; Toso, Blaire Willson – Grantee Submission, 2018
This paper reports findings from a researcher-practitioner partnership (2015-18) that examined how adult education providers in Chicago, Houston, and Miami are designing and implementing career pathways (CP) programming, particularly for immigrants and adults with limited education. This Institute of Education Sciences-funded study was the first…
Descriptors: Career Development, Adult Learning, Partnerships in Education, Adult Educators
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Gordon, Barrie; Jacobs, Jenn M.; Wright, Paul M. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2016
This study examined a long-term afterschool leadership program situated in a Midwestern university town in the US. The activity-based program for boys considered to be disengaged with school and at risk for dropping out of education, was based on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model. The program curriculum was strongly…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Social Responsibility, After School Programs
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