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Serpil Tekir; Tuba Okçu – Learning Assistance Review, 2023
At English Medium Instruction (EMI) universities, where the English language is used to teach academic subjects in countries where the first language of the majority of the population is not English, students are required to undertake a preparatory year English language program before they are permitted to commence their chosen field of study. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Academic Persistence
Sunder Singhani; Kate McLaren-Poole; Renee A. Bernier – Learning Assistance Review, 2022
The effectiveness of academic coaching at a mid-sized public university was evaluated for the spring 2020 semester by examining the change in academic performance and retention to the fall 2020 semester. Coaching effectiveness was evaluated across three different groups of undergraduate students. Two of the groups were academic recovery programs…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Academic Support Services, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Aaron Posey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation shines a light on the indomitable spirit of African American male students, who exhibit remarkable resilience despite facing persistent challenges such as underrepresentation, academic underachievement, and racial and socioeconomic disparities. It delves into the critical role of programs and services in promoting academic…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Academic Achievement, College Students
LaTonya R. Brooks – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research study was intended to understand the level of student effectiveness in academic support services. The study sought to discover the academic support services' strengths and weaknesses within the institution. The research took place on the campus of a private historically black college. The study formulation was a qualitative case…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Black Colleges, College Students, Program Effectiveness
Matthew Daily – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this descriptive study utilizing survey research was to understand student perceptions about how private institutions support the persistence of first-generation college students. First-generation college students refer to those students whose parents or guardians have earned a four-year bachelor's degree but may have some…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Persistence, First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes
Jackson, Jamaal R. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Cross the Finish Line e-Learning tool is designed to be utilized by Kentucky State University coaches and athletic department staff who work with Black male student-athletes. The Cross the Finish Line e-Learning tool contains modules that provide information on academics, mental health, and cultural competence to the user. When its use is…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Student Athletes, College Athletics, Males
Alvina M. Clayton-Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quantitative, correlational study investigated the predictive relationship between servant leadership characteristics of Servant TRIO SSS advisors and first-generation students' college adjustment and semester persistence. A total of 310 first-generation students in TRIO SSS programs within the United States participated in the study.…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Adjustment, Academic Persistence, Social Support Groups
Kelly, Denita E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
It has been reported that former foster care alumni aspire to attend college and graduate. However, the intent of those aspirations and the reality of those aspirations differ greatly. Many former foster care alumni do not make it to graduation. The purpose of this case study is to explore how an exemplar support program helps their former foster…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, College Graduates
Sommo, Colleen; Lepe, Marco; Ratledge, Alyssa – MDRC, 2022
Open-access colleges are an important pathway to economic mobility for millions of Americans. But graduation rates at these colleges are low--for example, only 36 percent of first-time, full-time freshmen at community colleges graduate within three years. Over the last two decades, MDRC and others have conducted research to build the evidence base…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Support Services, Student Financial Aid
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Alzen, Jessica L.; Burkhardt, Amy; Diaz-Bilello, Elena; Elder, Eryn; Sepulveda, Alicia; Blankenheim, Audrey; Board, Lily – Innovative Higher Education, 2021
Student retention is a key outcome measure for post-secondary education, but data show relatively stagnant retention rates over the past decade. Longstanding interventions such as counseling, academic advising, and mentoring provide crucial student services, but little change in retention rates suggest there is still need for additional student…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Academic Support Services, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Deidre Renee Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Increasing student success and retention rates are top goals for many higher education institutions. Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a widely used academic support program designed to increase students' academic performance and provide students the learning skills they need to persist to graduation. Unfortunately, a lack of time, personnel, and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science, College Freshmen
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Lewis, Jacqueline F.; Babcock, Ashley; Lehan, Tara J.; Ritter, Shirley – Learning Assistance Review, 2021
This study examined long-term persistence differences between three samples of first-year online graduate students to understand the impact an early intervention had on students who failed the first assignment in their first course. A Fisher's exact test showed no statistically significant difference in the likelihood of remaining enrolled at the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Student Participation, Graduate Students
Danisha Keating – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how foster care support programs staff describe best practices to improve the financial, emotional, and academic experiences for foster care youth who matriculated into community colleges. For this study, the theoretical framework was ecological system by Urie Bronfenbrenner. This…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Community Colleges, Foster Care, Youth Programs
Robbin R. Parker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This quantitative research study examined higher educational institutions, specifically, Land Grant, Carnegie classification of 'Very high research activity', and Predominantly White Institutions in the United States. Furthermore, the evaluation analyzed HEI effectiveness in engineering programs to retain and graduate African American female…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Predominantly White Institutions, Research Universities, Engineering Education
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Lee, Jungmin; Fernandez, Frank; Ro, Hyun Kyoung – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
The article describes enrollment, retention, and institutional expenditures on instruction, academic support, and student services at community colleges in Tennessee and Oregon after these states implemented Promise scholarship programs. This article highlights that college attendance and choice among recent high school graduates changed after the…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Expenditures
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