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The Effects of College Students' Personal Values on Changes in Learning Approaches
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Lietz, Petra; Matthews, Bobbie – Research in Higher Education, 2010
Many studies of changes in learning approaches have used data from different age groups at one point in time only (Gow and Kember, High Educ 19:307-322, 1990; Watkins and Hattie, Br J Educ Psychol 51:384-393, 1981) or have analyzed the effects of just two or three factors using single level analytical techniques (Cano, Br J Educ Psychol…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Values, Teaching Methods
A New Context for Understanding Civic Responsibility: Relating Culture to Action at a Research University
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Thornton, Courtney H.; Jaeger, Audrey J. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
Civic responsibility as an ideal of higher education is rarely considered through a cultural and theoretical lens. Swidler's (1986, "American Sociological Review", 51: 273-286) framework linking ideology, culture and action was used in this ethnographic study of a research university (a) to understand dominant institutional beliefs about civic…
Descriptors: Role Models, Research Universities, Ethnography, Ideology
Do Developmental Mathematics Programs Have a Causal Impact on Student Retention? An Application of Discrete-Time Survival and Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
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Lesik, Sally A. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
The impact of academic programs--such as developmental mathematics programs--on student retention, has been a controversial topic for administrators, policy makers, and faculty in higher education. Despite deep interest in the effectiveness of these programs in retaining students, scholars have been unable to determine whether such programs have a…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Research, Developmental Programs, Program Effectiveness
Wage Equity and Female Job Satisfaction: The Role of Wage Differentials in a Job Satisfaction Causal Model.
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Hagedorn, Linda Serra – Research in Higher Education, 1996
Using data from a national survey of faculty, a study examined the role of male/female wage differentials in a model of job satisfaction for full-time female faculty. Results indicated that as gender-based wage differentials increased, females' global job satisfaction decreased, with the effect mainly in faculty perceptions of the institution.…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Faculty College Relationship, Females