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Munyaradzi Muchineripi – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Most tertiary institutions have adopted the peer-tutoring approach to complement the traditional method of teaching and learning. The successful utilization of peer-tutoring as a teaching and learning strategy is determined by the effective administration of the entire process. This qualitative study investigated how the peer-tutoring process was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Vocational Education, Barriers
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Teresa Sosa; Amol Prakash – Assessment Update, 2025
In response to the need for greater racial and ethnic diversity, the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) at Indiana University Indianapolis introduced a mandatory equity and inclusion-centered training program for faculty search committees in August 2023. This training addresses key challenges in achieving faculty diversity, including biases, narrow…
Descriptors: Universities, Inclusion, Search Committees (Personnel), Faculty
Julian Ledesma – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Disparities in academic performance and degree attainment continue to affect systemically marginalized (SM) college students. Amidst these persistent inequities, this qualitative study aimed to better understand how SM students at a competitive university navigated their choice to engage with support and how they conceptualized success. The study…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement, Success
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
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
Messer, Katharine R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Since the early 2000s, federal, state, and local lawmakers and educators have worked to combat the "wait to fail" mentality and support higher student grade level academic achievements. Educators were tasked with finding teaching methods that better served academically struggling students, some of whom had specified learning…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Public Schools, High Schools, High School Teachers
Stanley Dai; Kayla Warner; Colleen Sommo; Emily Brennan, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Christine Johnston, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
In community colleges in the United States, graduation rates remain frustratingly low. Students face many challenges, including the financial costs of attending college; the demands of school, work, and family; complex institutional systems; underfunded student support services; and insufficient preparation for college-level work. To address these…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Paying for College
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Courtney Pollack; Jordan L. Lawson; Anastasia E. Raczek; Eric Dearing; Mary E. Walsh; Gabrielle Kaufman; Yan R. Leigh – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
This study examines the long-term relation between an Integrated Student Support (ISS) intervention and postsecondary enrollment and completion for predominantly low-income students of color. We use propensity score weighting to estimate the relation between receiving ISS during elementary school and postsecondary outcomes for 2009-2017 high…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, Integrated Services, Student Needs
Eardley, Trisha L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Honors colleges have offered an academically rigorous option for growing numbers of diverse students. This study took place at a large, public university that required undergraduate students to complete a thesis to graduate from the honors college. In 2017, 97% of students who began the honors thesis prior to senior year completed it. Thus, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Theses, Honors Curriculum, Intervention
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Mbuvha, Tshifhiwa – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2019
More and more tertiary institutions are now focusing on the mainstreaming and inclusion of students with disabilities. Some higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa have established so-called Disability Units (DUs) to offer specialised services to students with disabilities, to facilitate access and integration of these students at…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Student Needs, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Excelencia in Education, 2024
Institutions and community-based organizations that serve their communities are creating positive opportunities for students and families. Over 20 years, "Excelencia" in Education has prioritized bringing national attention to the programs, institutions, and people making a positive difference for Latino students and their communities.…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Success, Associate Degrees
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Lowell, Soren Y.; McMillen, Stephanie; Lightburn, Anita L.; Desjardins, Jamie L.; Riley, Ellyn A. – Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2022
The critical lack of racially and ethnically diverse healthcare professionals in the field of Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD) in contrast to the increasing diversity of the U.S. population may contribute to healthcare disparities and negatively impact healthcare outcomes. It is therefore imperative for transformational programs and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Success, Minority Group Students, Ethnic Diversity
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Bassett, Becca Spindel – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
Low-income, first-generation students complete college at disproportionately low rates compared to their higher-income and continuing-generation peers. Actors across federal, state, and institutional levels have developed a wide variety of support programs to increase the retention and graduation rates of this group, and typically measure program…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, Females, Late Adolescents
Harrell, John R., II – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the perceptions of academically under-prepared African American community college students regarding supports for and barriers to program completion. For the purpose of this study, program completion will be defined as satisfying all the academic requirements needed to attain a certificate, degree,…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Transfer Students, Student Attitudes, Community Colleges
Nikesha Nesbitt – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The number of adult learners entering or returning to higher education institutions has increased tremendously in recent years. Through this growth and change in student demographic, traditional non-profit four-year universities have begun to invest in online degree programs to become more accessible and provide another avenue for adult learners…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Student Experience, Adult Students
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