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Direct linkOscar Espinoza; Luis González; Noel McGinn; Luis Sandoval; Bruno Corradi; Yahira Larrondo – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
Academic performance (GPA) is a fundamental factor in student success in college. Therefore, knowing the factors that influence it is important for universities. The objective of this research is to identify the determinants of university student academic performance during the first 3 years of its trajectory. The conclusions are based on data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, College Students
Download full textFredericks, Bronwyn; Barney, Katelyn; Bunda, Tracey; Hausia, Kirsten; Martin, Anne; Elston, Jacinta; Bernardino, Brenna – Student Success, 2023
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students continue to experience racism in Australian university classrooms. The "Reconciliation Australia Barometer" report (2022, p. 5) recently noted that experiences of racial prejudice have increased for Indigenous people with 60% of Indigenous people who responded to the survey experiencing at…
Descriptors: Racism, College Students, Indigenous Populations, Academic Persistence
Pappas, Ilias O.; Giannakos, Michail N.; Jaccheri, Letizia; Sampson, Demetrios G. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2017
This study uses complexity theory to understand the causal patterns of factors that stimulate students' intention to continue studies in computer science (CS). To this end, it identifies gains and barriers as essential factors in CS education, including motivation and learning performance, and proposes a conceptual model along with research…
Descriptors: Intention, Student Behavior, Computer Science Education, Barriers
Bickerstaff, Susan; Barragan, Melissa; Rucks-Ahidiana, Zawadi – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2012
To improve low rates of credential attainment in community colleges, individual schools as well as a number of national organizations have developed a range of initiatives focused on increasing rates of college completion and student success. Although the importance of non-academic factors in college completion and student success has been well…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Behavior, College Environment, Academic Achievement
Mathews, Michel A. – 1991
A study was conducted of African American students at Contra Costa College (CCC), in California, enrolled through the Extended Opportunity Program and Services component, to examine differences between academic persisters and non-persisters. A questionnaire was used to gather information about students' pre-matriculation characteristics and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Environment
Benacci, Kristina – 1991
Dropout research reveals that students attending two-year institutions persist at significantly lower rates than students enrolled in four-year schools. In addition, the research indicates that student involvement in campus life at any institution increases the likelihood of persistence. Therefore, a major challenge for student services staff in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Case Studies, College Environment, Community Colleges
