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Yapeng Wang – Research in Higher Education, 2024
Despite decades of national efforts to increase students' participation and success in STEM, bachelor's degrees in STEM continue to notably lag the labor force demand. Asian students represent one group that disproportionately contributes to the share of STEM degrees. Understanding their experiences can help to illuminate ways of increasing STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Time to Degree, Asian American Students, Females
Michelle L. Ackerman; Bettina Shapira; Joel B. Goodin; Sunilda A. Andriotis – Online Learning, 2025
Research suggests that supportive programmatic structure can assist online doctoral student success, including time to complete the dissertation. However, completely online doctoral students have unique characteristics and needs and are underrepresented in the research literature; therefore, research exploring programmatic factors as related to…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Students, Distance Education, Psychology
Hobson, Charles J.; Griffin, Andrea; Novak, John M.; Mitchell, Mary Beth; Szostek, Jana; Burosh, Jennifer; Hobson, Ana – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2023
Six-year college graduation rates for Hispanic and White students from 17 cohorts were analyzed using data from the U.S. Department of Education's IPED System. Results from regression analyses confirmed statistically significant positive linear trends for Hispanic and White students and statistically significant differences between the two…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Trend Analysis, Hispanic American Students, White Students
Edgar I. Sanchez – ACT, Inc., 2025
Developmental education courses have been designed to support underprepared students, as they attempt to bridge the gap in academic knowledge among students who enter postsecondary education underprepared for college-level coursework. The effectiveness of these programs, however, particularly in terms of promoting degree attainment, remains an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Nonmajors, Remedial Instruction
Kosonen, Toni; Annala, Johanna; Penttinen, Leena; Mäkinen, Marita – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This article explores university students' approaches to and positions with regard to making the most of their study time. The article discusses how various normative societal expectations around students' use and management of time feature in their talk about how they organise their everyday lives. The research is based on thematic interviews (n…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Time Management, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes
Steven Silber – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many students arrive at colleges and universities underprepared for college-level mathematics courses. In the United States, these students are required to complete developmental mathematics courses before completing the required mathematics courses for their degrees. Students who are required to take developmental mathematics courses frequently…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Undergraduate Students
Claire Ellison – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2023
Developing assessment and feedback strategies to assist students with progression and graduation is a key focus for many higher education institutions. However, student engagement with feedback is often poor and they can find it difficult to act upon; often stating the feedback is generic or of insufficient quality for improvement. Here, I present…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Decision Making, Comparative Analysis
Schmidt, Henk G.; Baars, Gerard J. A.; Hermus, Peter; van der Molen, Henk T.; Arnold, Ivo J. M.; Smeets, Guus – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of the study reported here was to observe the effects of examination practices on the extent to which university students procrastinate. These examination practices were: (1) limiting the number of resits, (2) compensatory rather than conjunctive decision-making about student progress, and (3) restricting the time available for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Study Habits, Decision Making, Undergraduate Students
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2023
The "2023 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report" is the latest edition of the annual progress report designed to provide the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system. They are: (1) Increase the number of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Government, Academic Persistence, Academic Degrees
Roy Y. Chan – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Credit hour policies, or performance-based financial aid policies, have become increasingly popular among policymakers seeking to improve degree completion rates. In the Unites States, the college completion agenda has been bolstered by national calls from intermediary organizations and philanthropic foundations alike to raise the overall rate and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, College Credits, Minority Group Students, Full Time Students