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Espinoza-Parra, Oscar; Collins, Christopher S. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2020
This study examined student learning via the composite measure of intellectual abilities among 1,210 Latina/o undergraduates at 4-year institutions. Longitudinal pre and post surveys were used to examine the impact of interrelated variables on Latina/o' senior year cognitive gains. This study applied Becker's (1993) human capital theory and…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, College Environment, College Freshmen
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Kahn, Marissa; Solomon, Phyllis; Treglia, Dan – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2019
A correlational design was employed to determine how risk and protective factors relate to first-year college adjustment. In total, 348 students completed an online survey about their experience adjusting to college. Risk factors (i.e., psychiatric medication, fearful-avoidant attachment, and anxious-preoccupied attachment) negatively impacted…
Descriptors: Risk, Predictor Variables, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment
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Llamas, Jasmín D.; Nguyen, Khoa; Tran, Alisia G. T. T. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2021
Faculty diversity has benefits for all students; however, increasing faculty diversity may be particularly helpful in reducing academic disparities for students of color. This study examines the impact of having a professor of the same race/ethnicity on student performance. A longitudinal model was tested to examine how campus racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Institutional), College Environment, College Faculty
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Fosnacht, Kevin; Broderick, Cynthia – Journal of College and Character, 2018
This study investigated the correlates of two measures that capture students' perception of the religious and spiritual campus climate. It focuses on how the factors, religious identity and attending a religiously affiliated institution, influence students' perception of the respect for their beliefs and comfort in expressing their views on…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Role of Religion, Institutional Characteristics, College Environment
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van der Zanden, Petrie J. A. C.; Denessen, Eddie; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Meijer, Paulien C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The goal of this study was to examine differences in university success between first-year students by analyzing three domains simultaneously: students' academic achievement, critical thinking disposition, and social-emotional adjustment to university life. Participants were 307 students who completed an online questionnaire. Latent class cluster…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Social Adjustment
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Park, Julie; Bowman, Nicholas; Denson, Nida; Eagan, Kevin – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
Colleges increasingly emphasize the importance of socioeconomic diversity, but little work examines the link between such diversity and outcomes important to the campus climate. Using a national dataset, we test the link between two measures of socioeconomic diversity and cross-racial interaction, an outcome paramount to triggering the benefits of…
Descriptors: Racial Relations, Socioeconomic Status, Correlation, Social Differences
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Arellano, Lucy – Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Baccalaureate degree completion is essential for future development as a nation. Latinxs are the largest minority group in the country and by 2050 nearly one out of every three individuals will be of Latinx descent. While Latinx enrollment may increase, the proportion completing college is not comparable. This study explored the pre-college…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics
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George, Kari – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Students, parents, and employers, increasingly expect higher education institutions to prepare students for careers and workforce needs. Given the increasing diversification of our society and workforce, the ability to work across difference is more imperative than ever. This paper examines the factors that predict the development of students'…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Career Readiness, Global Approach, Diversity
Stocksdale, Brent – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Enhancing the self-beliefs of college students--in particular, academic self-concept--has been suggested as one way to enhance college student success. However, the literature on the influence of college often does not clearly identify nor effectively assess the type of self-belief being investigated, and little remains known as to how and when…
Descriptors: College Environment, Student Participation, College Freshmen, Self Concept
Okere, Erasmus Igbozurike – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Minority and dominant cultures present a power dynamic that could promote or impede academic achievement for Black immigrant students. Drawing upon bicultural socialization as a conceptual framework, this study explores the predictability of various factors on academic outcomes among foreign-born compared to US-born Black immigrant students. Using…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Blacks, College Freshmen, Cultural Influences
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Cole, James S.; Korkmaz, Ali – Journal of College Student Development, 2013
This study focused on the dispositions of entering first-year students, their perceptions of classroom and institutional environments, and their subsequent academic engagement. Total variance explained by variables included in the path model for academic engagement was 30%. The results of this study found evidence to support the theoretical model…
Descriptors: Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health, Predictor Variables
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Park, Julie J.; Denson, Nida – Research in Higher Education, 2013
This paper delves into a facet of socioeconomic diversity relatively unaddressed in the literature: student reports of cross-class interaction ("reported CCI"). Previous research has found that student interaction across social class is a significant predictor of cross-racial interaction, but it is unknown whether the actual…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Social Class, Race, Interaction
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Rigali-Oiler, Marybeth; Kurpius, Sharon Robinson – Journal of College Counseling, 2013
Factors influencing persistence decisions among 346 racial/ethnic minority and 813 European American freshman and sophomore undergraduates were explored. Gender and racial/ethnic differences were found in centrality and public regard of racial/ethnic identity. Perceptions of the university environment and self-beliefs predicted persistence…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Minority Group Students, White Students, College Freshmen
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Feldt, Ronald C.; Graham, Melody; Dew, Dennis – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2011
This study employed confirmatory factor analysis to examine the quality of fit of two measurement models of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (N = 305). Following the observation of poor fit, exploratory factor analysis was used. Results indicated six factors that account for the variance in Student Adaptation to College…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Factor Structure, Student Adjustment, College Environment
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Mayhew, Matthew J. – Journal of Higher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of institutional type on the moral reasoning development of 1,469 first-year students. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to account for students nested within institutions. Moral reasoning gains were related to, but not dependent upon, institutional type, with students at liberal arts…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Moral Development, College Freshmen, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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