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Whatley, Melissa; Canché, Manuel S. González – Research in Higher Education, 2022
This study contributes to a line of research that examines the relationship between study abroad participation and academic success among students attending two-year institutions. We offer a multimodal narrative that comprehensively accounts for both student-level characteristics and indicators associated with students' geographic origins in…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Community Colleges
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Matt S. Giani; Colton E. Krawietz; Tiffany A. Whittaker – Research in Higher Education, 2023
Access to dual-enrollment courses, which allow high school students to earn college credit, is stratified by race/ethnicity, class, and geography. States and colleges have begun using "multiple measures" of readiness, including "non-cognitive" measures of student preparedness, in lieu of strict reliance on test scores in an…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Dual Enrollment, High School Students
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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; Duchesne, Stéphane; Litalien, David; Denault, Anne-Sophie; Boivin, Michel – Research in Higher Education, 2019
This longitudinal study was aimed to describe and understand student adjustment trajectories during the college transition. Participants came from a large random sample of Quebec high school students. They completed a multidimensional measure of adjustment at two times before entering college and at two other times after college admission.…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, High School Students, College Bound Students, College Students
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Bowman, Nicholas A.; Culver, KC – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Many people within and outside of higher education view honors programs as providing meaningful academic experiences that promote learning and growth for high-achieving students. To date, the research exploring the link between honors participation and college grades and retention has obtained mixed results; some of the seemingly conflicting…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Probability, Undergraduate Students
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Carpenter, Dick M., II; Kaka, Sarah J.; Tygret, Jennifer A.; Cathcart, Katy – Research in Higher Education, 2018
This study examines the efficacy of a scholarship program designed to assist single parent, post-freshmen, full time undergraduate students and predictors of success among a sample of said students, where success is defined as progress toward completion, academic achievement, and degree completion. Results of fixed effects regression and…
Descriptors: Scholarship, One Parent Family, Undergraduate Students, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Vaughan, Angela L.; Lalonde, Trent L.; Jenkins-Guarnieri, Michael A. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
Many researchers assessing the efficacy of educational programs face challenges due to issues with non-randomization and the likelihood of dependence between nested subjects. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate a rigorous research methodology using a hierarchical propensity score matching method that can be utilized in contexts where…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Robinson, Karen Jeong; Roksa, Josipa – Research in Higher Education, 2016
While socioeconomic inequality in postsecondary outcomes is well documented, limited research explores the extent to which seeing a high school counselor can help to reduce inequality in college destinations. In particular, previous research rarely considers the high school context in which counselors and students interact as well as the other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, School Counseling
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Luo, Jiali; Jamieson-Drake, David – Research in Higher Education, 2015
This study examined US undergraduate students' intent to study abroad upon college entry and their actual participation in study abroad during their undergraduate years, correlating the college outcomes of three cohorts to identify trends. The findings show that study abroad intent and participation are interrelated and shaped by an array of…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Intention, Student Participation, College Outcomes Assessment
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Clifton, Rodney A.; Perry, Raymond P.; Roberts, Lance W.; Peter, Tracey – Research in Higher Education, 2008
Researchers have recently claimed that there are substantial differences in the psychosocial dispositions and academic achievement of male and female college students. To test this proposition, a sample of 854 undergraduate students were selected from a major Canadian Research-1 university. Multiple regression analyses assessed the effects of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Coping
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Weerts, David J.; Ronca, Justin M. – Research in Higher Education, 2008
In the competitive marketplace of higher education, colleges and university leaders increasingly rely on the influence and service of their alumni to further institutional goals. Because of their demonstrated financial commitment to the institution, alumni donors are often enlisted to serve important roles as volunteers and political advocates.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Lobbying, Advisory Committees, Donors
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Cohen, Peter A. – Research in Higher Education, 1984
A meta-analytic method synthesized results of 108 studies of the relationship between college grades and various criteria of adult achievement or success. Results showed little correlation, although effects were larger for military settings and studies before 1950. The predictive value of grades is questioned. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, College Students, Comparative Analysis
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Dreher, George F.; Ryan, Katherine, C. – Research in Higher Education, 2000
Analysis of data on 230 Master's in Business Administration students at Indiana University (controlling for type of undergraduate program, undergraduate grade point average, and score on the Graduate Management Admission Test) found that prior work experience accounted for only a small proportion of variance in first-semester grades and was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Administration Education, Grade Point Average, Graduate Students
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Ott, Mary Diederich – Research in Higher Education, 1988
Logistic regression was employed to analyze predictors of academic performance (academic dismissal versus satisfactory performance) for first-time freshmen after one semester in an eastern state university. The analyses indicated that academic performance was highly related to high school academic grade point average. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Freshmen, Expulsion
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Kasworm, Carol E.; Pike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
This study examined patterns of coursework and levels of involvement of 1,099 adult students to evaluate whether some key factors commonly used to predict undergraduate students' academic performance are appropriate for use with this population. Results suggest traditional models are inappropriate for this large and growing proportion of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students
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