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Direct linkKenneth Mercury – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Decreasing financial health damages an organization's reputation and economic viability to survive. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) leaders must strive to improve their financial health to protect their institution's reputation and risk of closure. Grounded in strategic enrollment management theory, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Administration, Educational Finance, Administrator Role
Young, Meredith P. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
State and national initiatives focused on meeting student completion goals have been established for higher education to help produce a stronger workforce and meet economic labor market demands. Some of these initiatives have been centered around improving adult learner enrollment and completion. More adult learners are returning to higher…
Descriptors: College Credits, Enrollment, Community Colleges, Community College Students
Peer reviewedMatthew Bahnson; Eric T. McChesney; Carlie Cooper; Gerard Dorvè-Lewis; Allison Godwin; Kevin Binning; Linda DeAngelo – Journal of Engineering Education, 2025
Background: Engineering requires new solutions to improve undergraduate performance outcomes, including course grades and continued enrollment in engineering pathways. Belonging and engineering role identity have long been associated with successful outcomes in engineering, including academic success, retention, and well-being. Purpose: We measure…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Predictor Variables, Grades (Scholastic)
Jones, Tamara Bertrand; Brewster, Brittany; Matthews, Dawn Y. – New Directions for Student Services, 2023
In this article, authors examine literature on the enrollment, degree attainment, and experiences of Black women graduate students. Authors use socialization to examine the failures of academia to account for Black women's intersectional identities and identify ways administrators and faculty can further support these women's success.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, African American Students, Females, Academic Persistence
Carlos R. Sepulveda-Torres – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In this study, it was investigated the intention of students to stay enrolled and student retention in undergraduate business management programs. The intention of students to stay enrolled and student retention are concerns for academic institutions. There is the need to direct resources to attract students and provide students with tools to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students, Emotional Intelligence, Intention
Salomon-Fernández, Yves – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
This article explores shared governance in advancing access, completion, and transfer. Shared governance is a critical vehicle for consultation and collective decision-making in higher education. It is the structure and process through which priorities are set and decisions are made in academic institutions. The demographic cliff facing higher…
Descriptors: Governance, Participative Decision Making, Higher Education, College Admission
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2022
"Social Belonging" interventions for college students aim to reduce the impacts of negative stereotypes that may burden students in underrepresented groups and affect their persistence in college. This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Supporting Postsecondary Success topic area, explores the effects of…
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Minority Group Students
Terrell R. Morton; Wesley Agee; Kilan C. Ashad-Bishop; Lori D. Banks; Zanethia Choice Barnett; Imari D. Bramlett; Briana Brown; Walter Gassmann; Korie Grayson; Gail P. Hollowell; Ruth Kaggwa; Gaurav S. Kandlikar; Marshaun Love; Whitney N. McCoy; Mark A. Melton; Monica L. Miles; Catherine L. Quinlan; ReAnna S. Roby; Checo J. Rorie; Tatiane Russo-Tait; Ashlyn M. Wardin; Michele R. Williams; Ashley N. Woodson – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to present an argument for why there is a need to re-envision the underlying culture of undergraduate biology education to ensure the success, retention, and matriculation of Black students. The basis of this argument is the continued noted challenges with retaining Black students in the biological sciences coupled…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Education, Undergraduate Students, African American Students
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2024
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning serves as the governing board overseeing the eight public universities in Mississippi, including the University of Mississippi Medical Center located in Jackson. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is the accrediting body for each of the public universities in Mississippi.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Research, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
Michael J. Hack – ProQuest LLC, 2024
College retention, persistence, and completion are key indicators of a successful institution, but six-year degree completion has remained stagnant in recent years (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2022). Despite institutional efforts through success initiatives to keep students retained, one set of barriers to degree completion may…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Majors (Students), Barriers
Karen E. Crist – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Beginning at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education experienced a sea of change in reduced enrollment, altered course delivery models, and increased need for student support. While observing staff's actual impact on the student experience during this time, this study will address the question, "How do professional staff in small…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Private Colleges, Professional Personnel, School Personnel
Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2024
This annual report provides information regarding students who registered with disability services at Maryland colleges and universities. To better understand higher education outcomes for students with disabilities in Maryland, the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Disabilities and in…
Descriptors: College Students, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate, Student Personnel Services
Meredith S. Billings; Paul G. Rubin; Denisa Gándara; Lindsey Hammond – Research in Higher Education, 2024
During economic recessions, state funding for higher education contracts (Delaney & Doyle, 2011; Hovey, 1999; SHEEO, 2022). Despite this reality, public higher education officials need to offer insights and explanations to state legislators about the current status of their institutions and their needs when discussing their budget requests. We…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, COVID-19, Pandemics
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Large numbers of students who enroll in college do not complete a degree. Yet, earning a college degree is one of the primary pathways for economic success and is increasingly required for good jobs and high wages. The way students interpret early academic struggles in college may affect whether or not they remain enrolled. If students attribute…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Intervention, Enrollment, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Large numbers of students who enroll in college do not complete a degree. If students attribute their academic challenges to a perceived lack of intelligence or inability to succeed in college, they may be less likely to persist. "Growth Mindset" interventions aim to improve college persistence and academic achievement by encouraging…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Intervention, Enrollment, Academic Achievement
