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Julie E. Doty; Nathan E. Thompson – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
Near-peer tutoring (NPT) programs are popular vehicles to supplement traditional delivery of medical school curricula, including for anatomy laboratory (AL) content. While NPT programs can result in improved preclinical coursework performance for tutees, little to no data specifically show a benefit of NPT in AL course performance. In 2021, NYIT…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Peer Teaching, Medical Students, Medical Education
Weisbrod, Jonathan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many institutions of higher education offer research opportunities for undergraduates, but community college students often do not get to benefit from this high-impact educational practice. There are several reasons for this problem, including that community college faculty and students have limited time availability for research and the mission…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Community Colleges
Salter, Phia S.; Grabsch, Dustin K.; Crist, Jaren D.; Lagisetty, Jagadesh; Dyer, Lane B.; Olvera, Estephanie – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2020
Environmental assessment of residence halls and the impact of their associated educational and developmental spaces has concerned housing and residential life professionals for a considerable time. Given this understanding, a number of approaches to conduct environmental assessment have emerged. This case study utilized and expanded upon an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Support Services, Program Evaluation, Dormitories
Dorimé-Williams, Marjorie L.; Williams, Michael Steven; Carr, Amanda; Choi, Soobin; Fritz, N'ya; Joseph, Tricia; Pomilee, Brittany; Udoh, Ekaete – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
Summer bridge programs (SBPs) are intended to promote student learning, academic achievement, and persistence to graduation. They are also a viable vehicle for supporting diverse minoritized student constituencies. Our study, guided by a student-centered assessment approach, examined the experiences of incoming first-year students. Findings…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Cooper, Felicia Cecile – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The dissertation is an initial investigation of a peer mentoring program in a suburban high school in the southeastern United States. Additionally, the Peer Mentoring Program (PMP) study examined whether the Program improves academic performance and attendance, and decreases referrals. Utilizing an experimental design, a Participant and a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Groups, Attendance, Program Effectiveness
Gonzalez Quiroz, Alicia; Garza, Nora R. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2018
Using research focused on best practices, focus group information, and data analytics, the Title V: Focus on Student Success (FOSS) Grant created a model for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a summer bridge program. Results included increased academic performance indicators in first-year Hispanic college students. Validation for…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Success, Best Practices, Focus Groups
Swanson, Elise; Culver, K. C.; Cole, Darnell; Rivera, Gwendelyn – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2021
In this practice brief, we offer recommendations for practitioners supporting low-income students, first-generation college students, students of color, and/or students who are academically underprepared. We focus specifically on practices related to students' psychosocial well-being. Our recommendations are based on a multiyear, mixed methods…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students
Leuwerke, Wade C.; Ingleby, Laura D.; Tillery, Chrissy Y.; Cech, Thomas G.; Sibaouih, Christina M. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2021
Earning a postsecondary degree or credential is increasingly important for individuals to succeed in the rapidly changing, global economy. College access programs like Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) serve to increase high school graduation and college readiness for underserved youth. This…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Program Evaluation, Minority Group Students, College Bound Students
Walvoord, Mark E.; Pleitz, Jacob D. – Learning Assistance Review, 2016
Our study used a case-control matching design to assess the influence of a voluntary tutoring program in improving first-year students' Grade Point Averages (GPA). To evaluate program effectiveness, we applied case-control matching to obtain 215 pairs of students with or without participation in tutoring, but matched on high school GPA and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Matched Groups, Sampling, Tutoring
Mitchell, Tiarra S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Unequitable representation among students of color in higher education remains a persisting challenge. For the few racially and ethnically diverse individuals that make it into college, they are faced with numerous adversities that impede their ability to succeed academically and socially at their institutions, therefore lowering their sense of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching, Mentors, Program Evaluation
Kitchen, Joseph A.; Kezar, Adrianna; Hypolite, Liane I. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2023
Systemic inequalities in higher education have contributed to lower retention and completion rates among low-income, first generation, and racially/ethnically minoritized students, who we refer to as "at-promise" students. In response, educators have implemented comprehensive college transition programs that offer students holistic…
Descriptors: College Students, Majors (Students), Self Efficacy, Low Income Students
Nakamoto, Jonathan; Grant, Alexis; Snipes, Jason; Allender, Sara; Figueroa, Tanya – WestEd, 2022
WestEd has made substantial progress on the evidence of promise study for Clark County School District's (CCSD) 2017 Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) grant. WestEd collected the necessary student-level test score, course credit, and demographic data from CCSD for the study to identify statistically significant or substantively important…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Magnet Schools, Achievement Tests, Grants
Gonzalez Quiroz, Alicia; Garza, Nora – American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2017
Summer bridge programs support post-secondary success by providing intensive, short-term academic and social resources while introducing college expectations and the cultural contexts of the institution. They typically are offered in the summer between high school graduation and the first term of college and vary in content, program size and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Success, Best Practices, Focus Groups
Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Manno, Michelle; Cerna, Oscar; Lewy, Erika B.; Yang, Edith; Martin-Lawrence, Amanda – MDRC, 2023
Access to college has increased substantially over the last 50 years, but student success--defined as the combination of academic achievement and degree or certificate completion--has largely remained stagnant. The gap between access and success is particularly noteworthy for male Black and Hispanic students, whose college completion rates lag…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Race, Males, Community Colleges
Ake-Little, Ethan; von der Embse, Nathaniel; Dawson, Dana – Educational Researcher, 2020
University class size is a frequently debated topic among stakeholders given its relation to student achievement, teaching and learning, program evaluation, and education economics. However, the extant literature in both K-12 and higher education contexts regarding class size is equivocal, with some citing evidence of an adverse effect on student…
Descriptors: Class Size, State Universities, Academic Achievement, Program Evaluation