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Download full textKahn, Beverly; Winter, Kate; Cabrera, Erwin; Cullington, Lisa – Grantee Submission, 2020
Increasing 4-year graduation rates among US students, particularly those historically disadvantaged in higher education, is a national imperative. The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of the multifaceted Research Aligned Mentorship Program in advancing the academic success of low income, first generation college, and minority students…
Descriptors: Mentors, State Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkPeltonen, Jouni Aslak; Vekkaila, Jenna; Rautio, Pauliina; Haverinen, Kaisa; Laatikainen, Maija; Pyhalto, Kirsi Maria – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Social support from the supervisor and the researcher community has been identified as one of the determinants for successful completion of doctoral studies. The study explores interrelations between the doctoral students' supervisory experience, satisfaction with supervision, experienced burnout, time-to-candidacy, and attrition intentions.…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Social Support Groups
DeRocchis, Anthony M.; Michalenko, Ashley; Boucheron, Laura E.; Stochaj, Steven J. – Grantee Submission, 2018
This Innovative Practice Category Work In Progress paper presents an application of machine learning and data mining to student performance data in an undergraduate electrical engineering program. We are developing an analytical approach to enhance retention in the program especially among underrepresented groups. Our approach will provide…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Data Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Artificial Intelligence
Kinsley, Peter Miles; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Postsecondary leaders and policy-makers have turned to performance-based aid programs as one way reduce time to degree completion and improve completion rates among low income students. By tying aid eligibility to minimum academic performance standards in college, it is thought that greater academic commitment can be promoted. Underlying these…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Incentives, Performance Based Assessment, Federal Aid
Cui, Xu; Zhang, Zhenglei; Sun, Lei – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
Higher Vocational Education is one of the most important educational forms. But in the course of implementation of Higher Vocational Education, we find three inevitable questions: Higher Vocational Educational system's length of schooling which is only three years is too short; the differences in personality of teachers affect the teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Small Classes, Large Group Instruction
Kehrhahn, Marijke T.; Sheckley, Barry G.; Travers, Nancy L. – 1999
This case analysis describes a program to improve the efficiency with which students in the Adult and Vocational Education Ph.D. program at the University of Connecticut work towards and achieve the doctoral degree. Data gathered between 1985 to 1992 indicated students (who were mostly part-time) dropped out at a 50 percent rate and took 7 to 10…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Doctoral Programs, Efficiency
