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Bassett, Becca Spindel – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
Low-income, first-generation students complete college at disproportionately low rates compared to their higher-income and continuing-generation peers. Actors across federal, state, and institutional levels have developed a wide variety of support programs to increase the retention and graduation rates of this group, and typically measure program…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, Females, Late Adolescents
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Chang, Yu-Heng; Liu, Ruo-Lan; Li, Yu-Chi – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
We investigated the relationship between overseas service-learning experiences and the change in global perspectives of 157 Taiwanese college students by using the Overseas Service-Learning Experience Scale and the Global Perspective Scale. The outcomes of students who participated in overseas service during Summer 2015 were analyzed. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Study Abroad, Perspective Taking
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Collins, Timothy W.; Grineski, Sara E.; Shenberger, Jessica; Morales, Xiaodan; Morera, Osvaldo F.; Echegoyen, Lourdes E. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
Few scholars have comprehensively examined benefits of undergraduate research (UGR) participation for students at an institution campus-wide. In this study we examined benefits of UGR participation at a Hispanic-majority institution using National Survey of Student Engagement data. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine the…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Hispanic American Students, Program Effectiveness
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Ghant, Walter A.; Horst, S. Jeanne; Whetstone, Devon H. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
Institutions of higher education invest time and money directing cocurricular programs that allow students to formally engage in the local community. Community-service learning is one type of program recently dubbed "high impact" (Kuh, 2008). However, it is not enough to simply refer to a program as "high impact": it is…
Descriptors: Work Study Programs, College Students, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Niehaus, Elizabeth; Rivera, Mark – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between students' religiousness and participation in alternative breaks (ABs) using both survey and interview data from the National Survey of Alternative Breaks. Findings from this mixed methods study demonstrate the potential for ABs to facilitate religiousness and help students connect…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Surveys, Interviews
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GIll, Emmett L., Jr.; Farrington, Kristy – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
An undergraduate degree is critical to a student-athlete's transition into life after sports; however, Black male student-athletes are not seizing the opportunities associated with college graduation. Black male student athletes' graduation rates are consistently and substantially lower than those of their White male student-athlete counterparts.…
Descriptors: Males, College Athletics, Athletes, Academic Achievement
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Reynolds, Amy L.; Chris, Stephen – Journal of College Student Development, 2008
Addressing the increasing psychological needs on campus is a central mission of most college counseling centers. In addition, many centers are expected to contribute to student academic success and retention. Through the use of outcomes based assessment, which examines the needs, expectations, and perceptions of students, counseling centers can…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Psychological Needs, Student Attitudes, Guidance Centers
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Benjamin, Michael; Robinson, Josephine – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
Student and provider satisfaction with interpersonal encounters is explored in a university health-services setting (N=270 pairs). Although both student-patients and providers were satisfied with most encounters, students were satisfied with some encounters that providers were not. Results are discussed in terms of four standard tests of model…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Personnel, Higher Education, Participant Satisfaction
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Trippi, Joseph; Cheatham, Harold E. – Journal of College Student Development, 1989
Assessed impact of specific student characteristics and descriptive features of the counseling program on academic performance and persistence of Black students on predominantly white university campus. Results underscore continuing utility of specialized counseling programs for such students and suggest effective counseling strategies for use…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Freshmen, Counseling Services
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Martz, Denise M.; Bazzini, Doris G. – Journal of College Student Development, 1999
Two studies (N=114; n=77) were conducted to evaluate the impact of one-shot interventions to prevent eating disorders. Results of the first study were positive but small. The second study showed minimal effects on dieting and body esteem at one-month follow-up. The overall utility of such programming is discussed. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: Body Image, College Students, Eating Disorders, Females
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Borden, Lynn A.; And Others – Journal of College Student Development, 1988
Assessed impact of existing rape awareness and prevention program on attitudes and empathy of male and female college students. Found that men were less empathic and sensitive in their attitudes toward rape than were women, and the program was unsuccessful in reducing the differences. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Students, Empathy, Higher Education
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Boudreau, Charles A.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D. – Journal of College Student Development, 1994
Examines the relationship between completion of a freshman orientation course at the University of South Florida and retention (enrollment during a subsequent semester following completion of the course), academic performance, and graduation. Findings show that course participants performed better on measures of retention and academic performance,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies
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Davis-Underwood, Mildred; Lee, JoAnn – Journal of College Student Development, 1994
To increase students' academic success and retention rates, colleges and universities are increasingly implementing seminars that will equip students with academic survival skills such as note-taking and doing library research. UNCC's program was found to be effective, and possibilities for further investigation were offered. (BF)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
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Jones, Susan R.; Abes, Elisa S. – Journal of College Student Development, 2003
This constructivist case study investigated student understanding about HIV/AIDS in the context of a service-learning partnership between a university class and local AIDS service organization. Analysis of data garnered from four organization staff, three teaching staff, and eight undergraduates suggests that interaction with clients and staff…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Constructivism (Learning), Service Learning, Communicable Diseases