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Ruoyu Fang; Robert White – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2025
This study explores academic procrastination among postgraduate distance learners, a topic that has received limited attention. Through qualitative interviews with participants, the authors conducted thematic analysis on their experiences. Three overarching themes emerged: perception, reasons, and reflection of academic procrastination among…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Student Attitudes, Time Management, Graduate Students
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Perkins, William; Akpanudo, Usenime Moses – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2022
Our goal in the current study was to identify the degree to which instructional setting (remote versus traditional) predicted students' academic achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic. A matched sample of data from 194 undergraduate students who were continuously enrolled at a private university in the southeastern United States from the spring…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
Keith, Barbara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of first-year seminar (FYS) course modality on first-semester GPA and second-semester retention of community college students' system-wide. For many student's community colleges serve as an affordable option for higher education. The first-year seminar course connects students to the college to…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Freshmen, Community College Students, Academic Achievement
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Gamlath, Sharmila – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2021
Summative group assessment is increasingly used to prepare undergraduates for employment by developing their communication, interpersonal and teamworking capabilities. This article examined the effects of group assessment on progress rates and satisfaction among undergraduates by analysing the results of two surveys deployed by the Business School…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Student Surveys
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Whatley, Melissa – Community College Review, 2021
Objective: The purpose of this study is twofold. First, this study explores individual student characteristics, specifically those related to demographics, financial need, academic characteristics, and social and cultural capitals, related to study abroad participation among community college students. Second, this study identifies when over the…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Study Abroad, Student Characteristics
Hector Vicente Ramos – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Latinx student enrollment in college has dramatically increased in recent years, yet they are more likely than other racial groups to enroll at open access and public two-year institutions (Rodriguez, 2015). While public-two-year sector provides an encouraging postsecondary pathway for Latinx students, only 13% of all community college students…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Self Concept, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics