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Anthony Dissen; Daniel Fidalgo Tomé – Metropolitan Universities, 2024
First-generation college students often experience disproportionate levels of stress, anxiety, and an overall lack of preparation for undergraduate education in comparison to their multigenerational peers. This can include differing levels of financial support and literacy. These differences can have a significant impact on these students' levels…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, First Generation College Students, Work Study Programs, Student Welfare
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Joshua W. Sadvari – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2024
Student employees are often vital members of an academic library's workforce, though the extent to which they contribute to library geospatial services has not yet been explored in a systematic way. The present study was designed to address this gap through a survey of academic library professionals involved in employing students to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Instruction, Library Services
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Elias, Nicole M; Marrin, Madeleine – Teaching Public Administration, 2019
Student engagement in institutions of higher education has become a central priority for educators and administrators. What "student engagement" means for a diverse student body is an important question for public institutions with justice-related missions. As social welfare policy shifts to allow more recipients of public assistance…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Welfare Services, Low Income Students, Public Affairs Education
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Haber-Curran, Paige; Everman, Daphne; Martinez, Melissa A. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2017
As the prevalence of mentoring programs in higher education institutions continues to grow, there remains little research on the growth and development that comes from serving as a mentor. In this phenomenological study, the researchers examined college students' personal and educational gains through serving as mentors to high school students in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Phenomenology, College Students, Student Development
Martinez, Edward F.; Bilges, Dolores C.; Shabazz, Sherrille T.; Miller, Rhoda; Morote, Elsa-Sofia – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2012
This exploratory study examines the difference between two college persistence factors--resiliency and institutional engagement--for low-income, working, first-generation college students. Participants in the study consisted of 52 respondents to the Family History Knowledge and College Persistence Survey. Among respondents, 50 students reported…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Work Study Programs, Resilience (Psychology), Learner Engagement
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Kenny, Maureen E.; Medvide, Mary Beth; Minor, Kelly A.; Walsh-Blair, Lynn Y.; Bempechat, Janine; Seltzer, Joanne M. Ruane; Blustein, David L. – Journal of Career Development, 2015
Although meaningful work experience and the support of caring adults are recognized as factors that promote positive youth development, research has given minimal attention to the role of the work-based learning (WBL) supervisor. Interviews with 12 supervisors, from work sites that were identified as successful by leaders from a Catholic high…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Inquiry, Supervision, Workplace Learning