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Jennifer M. Blaney; David F. Feldon; Annie M. Wofford; Kaylee Litson – Research in Higher Education, 2025
Community college transfer students represent a diverse and talented group to recruit to PhD and other graduate programs. Yet, little is known about practical strategies to support community college transfer students' access to graduate training. Focusing specifically on transfer students in computer science and guided by social cognitive career…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community College Students, Graduate Study, Access to Education
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Fagioli, Loris P.; Baker, Rachel; Orona, Gabe Avakian – Research in Higher Education, 2020
Non-academic characteristics and traits, such as academic self-efficacy and conscientiousness, have maintained the interest of higher education researchers for decades. A considerable amount of research has found that these non-cognitive variables (NCVs) are generally predictive of undergraduate success. However, most prior studies have focused on…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Two Year College Students, Ability Identification, Predictor Variables
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Larose, Simon; Robertson, Donald U.; Roy, Roland; Legault, Frederic – Research in Higher Education, 1998
Reports two studies hypothesizing that nonintellectual learning dispositions are as important as intellectual assets in predicting college student success. One study was conducted with 298 low-risk francophone students in Canada; the second involved 179 academically at-risk students in the United States. Implications of the results for selection,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank