To inform higher education and student affairs (HESA) professionals who work with college students outside of the classroom, we asked the research question: How do undocumented Latinx college students use aspirational capital to navigate higher education? Aspirational capital is the ability to maintain hopes and dreams for the future in the face…

The investigators reviewed the retention literature and developed a 53-item questionnaire and tested its validity. Component analysis of the responses of 2,022 students at four schools yielded six reliable factors: Institutional Commitment, Degree Commitment, Academic Integration, Social Integration, Support Services Satisfaction, and Academic…

Critiques the way in which researchers typically study the outcomes of college attendance, provides a rationale for an alternative approach, and demonstrates the potential of the alternative approach for providing insight into how and why particular outcomes occur. Describes phenomenological interviewing as technique that captures student's…

Explores the retention rates of Latino college students, particularly how their experiences and environmental factors contribute to their persistence. Results reveal 11 major categories or themes, depicting a variety of interdependent relationships. The desire to succeed was expressed as the single most influential category. (Contains 35…

Explores the impact of counseling on academic progress and retention, using both objective and self-reported measures from records of counseling clients (N=2,365) and the general student body (N=67,026) during six years. Findings reveal that counseled students show superior retention compared to their peers. (Contains 20 references and 4 tables.)…

Reviews and critically examines research on academic programs for improving retention of at-risk minority college students. Recommends academic retention program designers incorporate effective instructional components and program evaluators implement better controlled research studies. (Author/ABL)

Examines the influence of student perceptions of faculty teaching skills on social integration, subsequent institutional commitment, and student departure decisions. Using path analysis to consider this link, the findings demonstrate a significant influence of faculty teaching skills on student persistence. Theoretical and practical implications…