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Pradorn Sureephong; Suepphong Chernbumroong; Pakinee Ariya; Kannikar Intawong; Kitti Puritat – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of a new approach for a university transition program that uses a location-based game to familiarize first-year students with the university environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved 775 university students from 15 faculties, 9 from Human and Social Sciences and 6 from Technology and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Transitional Programs, Student Motivation, Intellectual Disciplines
Kelly Lack; Hannah Acheson-Field; Tamara Linkow; Raquel Gonzalez – Abt Associates, 2023
Starting with the high school graduating Class of 2009, Success Boston has provided transition coaching to Boston Public Schools (BPS) high school graduates, many of whom are from groups traditionally underrepresented in college. In the first few years of Success Boston Coaching (SBC), the program served approximately 300 students per year. In…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Postsecondary Education
Bozick, Robert; Mulhern, Christine – RAND Corporation, 2023
This Perspective builds on a related RAND Corporation report that describes the implementation of Findhelp at four North Carolina community colleges in 2021 and 2022. Findhelp is an online tool to connect students to resources in their communities to help meet their basic nonacademic needs. The North Carolina Community College System, with support…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Community Resources, Community College Students
Cody James Lindbloom – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Living learning communities in higher education involve students living in a shared residence space and a faculty or staff member leading various activities. These communities have been shown to help students transition to and retain in higher education, promote higher grade point averages, and provide peer support. However, only a limited number…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Living Learning Centers, Student Participation, Student Experience
Lollar, Jonathan; Mueller, Carol Leah; Anthony, Wes – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
The Office of Correctional Education was created through an Act of Congress in 1991 to oversee and coordinate prison education programs as a way to reduce recidivism (Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, 1990). However, correctional education completion rates are extremely low. Therefore, we used secondary data from the…
Descriptors: Students, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Student Needs
Andrea J. Gross – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the looming enrollment cliff approaches and more adult learners return to higher education, understanding the factors that affect their persistence and retention is vital for higher education institutions. Previous studies have shown that external factors influence post-traditional learners' pursuit of higher education. This program evaluation…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Tuition
Deirdre Michelle Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For the purposes of this study, criteria for non-traditional students were: adults ages 25 and older, race/ethnicity, gender, entry date or transfer to a community college in Middle Tennessee during fall 2015 through summer 2021, and Pell/Grant eligibility. The problem is that non-traditional students have lower completions than traditional…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Adult Students, Graduation Rate, Nontraditional Students
Kameron B. Suire – ProQuest LLC, 2021
BACKGROUND: Approximately 37% of college students are overweight or obese and the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated weight management in college students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a motivational interviewing intervention compared to electronic education (control) on body composition and self-determination…
Descriptors: College Students, Body Weight, Self Management, Interviews
Gonzalez Quiroz, Alicia; Garza, Nora R. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2018
Using research focused on best practices, focus group information, and data analytics, the Title V: Focus on Student Success (FOSS) Grant created a model for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a summer bridge program. Results included increased academic performance indicators in first-year Hispanic college students. Validation for…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Success, Best Practices, Focus Groups
Alotaibi, Hind; Salamah, Dania – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Utilizing translation technologies, such as computer-aided translation tools, online dictionaries, and parallel corpora, has become integral to the professional practice of translation. However, further research is necessary to investigate the effect of these technologies on translation quality and translator performance. The aim of the current…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Translation, Professional Education, Computer Oriented Programs
Jonathan Ferguson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The attrition of Black males in higher education has garnered much attention within recent years. Subsequently, programming specific to this issue has been developed to intervene; however, there is very little research that has captured the impact of such initiatives. The current study employed a mixed methods approach to evaluate the effect a…
Descriptors: College Students, Males, Blacks, Student Attrition
Liu, Charles; Bruner, Justin; Ammigan, Ravichandran – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2022
In this paper, we examine how Success Training for Academic Resiliency (STAR) Lite, an advising intervention program, influenced undergraduate students to overcome academic probation into achieving good academic standing. We use descriptive quantitative methods to assess the impact of program participation for 194 undergraduate students on…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Probation, Academic Advising, Intervention
Gonzalez Quiroz, Alicia; Garza, Nora – American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2017
Summer bridge programs support post-secondary success by providing intensive, short-term academic and social resources while introducing college expectations and the cultural contexts of the institution. They typically are offered in the summer between high school graduation and the first term of college and vary in content, program size and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Success, Best Practices, Focus Groups
Shen, Dandan; Chang, Chiung-Sui – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
The emergence of advanced information technology has revolutionized education and accentuated the demand for high-quality learning. However, many teachers fall short of using technology effectively and optimizing instructional design to promote deeper learning. To address this issue, this study proposes a four-element flipped learning model, which…
Descriptors: College Students, Flipped Classroom, Control Groups, Conventional Instruction
Adam Possamai; Alphia Possamai-Inesedy; Grace Corpuz; Erin Greenaway – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
The use of surveys to better understand students' experiences and teaching quality in higher education has a long history of implementation and critical review. Although research on student feedback surveys has highlighted a number of areas of concern, a well-designed student survey on teaching and learning will produce a strong foundation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, College Students, COVID-19