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Aoife Hennessy; Kieran Murphy – Irish Educational Studies, 2025
The importance of student engagement is long recognised. Students who are more engaged will be more motivated and inclined to complete their studies. The aim of this study is to understand barriers to engagement for first-year computing students, a cohort that traditionally have high non-progression rates. A qualitative descriptive design was…
Descriptors: Barriers, Learner Engagement, Computer Science Education, College Freshmen
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Jessica Rivera; Anne-Marie Núñez; Igdalia Covarrubias – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
Research has indicated that, in comparison to their counterparts at predominantly White institutions (PWIs), Latinx students at Hispanic-Serving institutions (HSIs) tend to encounter less racism and, in turn, fewer challenges in shaping their ethnic identity development. Yet, evidence has also suggested that the disciplines, and by extension, the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Hispanic American Students, Minority Serving Institutions, Ethnicity
Shuqiong Lin; Megha Joshi; Kate Caton; Joseph Patrick Wilson – American Institutes for Research, 2024
The American Institutes for Research® (AIR®) partnered with Girls Who Code (GWC) to conduct an independent study evaluating the effectiveness of two GWC summer virtual programs, the Summer Immersion Program (SIP) and the Self-Paced Program (SPP), on promoting the pursuit of Computer Science (CS)-related postsecondary education for high school…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness