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Hatch, Deryl K.; Bohlig, E. Michael – Research in Higher Education, 2016
The definition and description of student success programs in the literature (e.g., orientation, first-year seminars, learning communities, etc.) suggest underlying programmatic similarities. Yet researchers to date typically depend on ambiguous labels to delimit studies, resulting in loosely related but separate research lines and few…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Classification, First Year Seminars
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Cox, Bradley E.; McIntosh, Kadian L.; Reason, Robert D.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
In an effort to identify policies that foster an institutional "culture of teaching," or encourage use of effective pedagogies, this study uses data from 5,612 faculty members at 45 institutions to examine connections between institutional policies and faculty members' perceptions and practices related to teaching and learning. A series of…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Classification, College Faculty, Higher Education
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Terenzini, Patrick T.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1980
A methodology developed as an alternative to conventional institutional classification structures, intended to reduce the limitations of those models, is described. Ways in which the methodology can be used for planning, administrative, and research purposes are discussed, as are the dangers in using "peer groups" for institutional…
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Analysis, Cluster Grouping, College Planning