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Kowalski, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study was an explanatory research design that utilized a correlational approach to explore the relationship of residential factors with academic variables explained by first and second year grade point average (GPA), behavioral variables explained by incidences of student conduct violations, and engagement explained by involvement in…
Descriptors: College Students, College Housing, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Valerie Glassman; Travis Lewis – Education Leadership Review, 2022
A qualitative study of twelve student conduct administrators sought to capture their lived experiences relative to the impacts of federal and state regulation, case law, the media, attorney encroachment, parental involvement, and the use of litigation to supersede traditional processes on their professional work and personal lives. The interviews…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Phenomenology, Federal Regulation
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Emmers, Elke; Jansen, Dorien; Petry, Katja; van der Oord, Saskia; Baeyens, Dieter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Due to an increasing number of students with ADHD in higher education and the difficult course of their academic career, a comprehensive overview of participation and functioning of this group is needed. A comprehensive search was performed in MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, CINAHL and ERIC electronic databases in June 2014. This systematic literature…
Descriptors: College Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Literature Reviews, Student Characteristics
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Pinner, Richard – Language Teaching Research, 2016
In this article I outline how and why I have established a self-assessment system for class participation scores in an English-speaking skills course at a Japanese university. I explain how my experience with one particular student, who personally admitted to having abused the system, led me to realize that elements from Yin and Yang have been…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Learning Experience, Student Evaluation, Scores
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Foster, E. Michael; Jenkins, Jade V. Marcus – American Educational Research Journal, 2017
This article reconsiders the association between childhood arts participation and cognitive and developmental outcomes. Using data from a large, nationally representative sample with extensive covariates, we employ propensity score weighting to adjust comparisons of children who do and do not participate in arts education (music and performing…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Music Activities, Theater Arts, Art Education
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Brinkley, Marsha; Zeigler, Donald W. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
An urban American university, Georgia Institute of Technology, established a campus-community coalition to reduce high risk drinking, its harms and second-hand effects among university students and residents of the Atlanta community. The Atlanta-based institution was part of a ten-year, ten-university project, A Matter of Degree (AMOD),…
Descriptors: College Students, Prevention, Change Strategies, Drinking
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McClellan, George S.; Winters, Ken C. – New Directions for Student Services, 2006
Gambling is a part of human history, and it is currently enjoying unparalleled popularity around the world. This chapter gives a brief definition and history of gambling, information about the rate of participation by college students, and suggestions for practice and future research. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: College Students, Risk, Game Theory, Historical Interpretation
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Van Kuren, Nancy E.; Creamer, Don G. – Journal of College Student Development, 1989
A theory-based causal model of disciplinary offender status was constructed and tested on a random sample of 348 student offenders and 348 nonoffenders at a large university. The model identified types of student involvement on campus that may be predictors of disciplinary status. (TE)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, College Students, Discipline Problems, Extracurricular Activities
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Silva, Liliana, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2013, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 26 to 28 of April. Our efforts and active engagement can now be rewarded with these three days of exciting new developments about what we are passionate about: Psychology and its connections. We take pride…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychoeducational Methods, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes