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Bronkema, Ryan; Bowman, Nicholas A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
The researchers of this brief observed that few environments have the potential to shape the outcomes of college students as much as residence halls. As a result, residence halls have the capacity to foster a strong sense of community as well as other important outcomes such as college satisfaction and academic achievement. However, given the high…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Dormitories, Sense of Community
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Strayhorn, Terrell L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
The purpose of the study was to estimate the relationship between academic achievement in college, as defined by first-year grade point average (GPA), and self-authorship among African American first-year students at an HBCU (N = 140), using hierarchical linear regression techniques. A single research question guided this investigation: What is…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Achievement, Success, College Freshmen