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Gabrielle N. Golden – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While scholars recognize that engagement in Black and other affirming campus places strengthen Black college student retention efforts (Miller, 2017; Patton, 2006b; Solorzano et al., 2000; Volpe & Jones, 2021), less is known about how these areas become important to Black students. In this instrumental case study, I use the case of recent…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
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Wilkinson, Karen L. – Online Learning, 2022
Although enrollment in online courses continues to accelerate, challenges exist in online learning. A failure to experience collaboration and interaction can impact student retention and success. While peer review activity promotes student interaction, a collaborative community of learners, and critical thinking skills, higher education…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Peer Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Graduate Students
Ratledge, Alyssa; Wavelet, Melissa – MDRC, 2021
Across the country, postsecondary education leaders are striving to increase graduation rates. Among a variety of evidence-based strategies to boost those numbers, perhaps the most prominent are multifaceted student support programs. These programs use multiple components over two to three years to address students' barriers to success.…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, College Graduates, Student Personnel Services, College Students
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Wang, Jianli; Qin, Limin Tony – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2022
This paper reports on a pilot course responding to facilitating academic writing for an academic writing program implemented at a provincial key university in China. Taken from an activity theoretical perspective, it discusses the practical experience collected during a pilot process of designing, implementing, and assessing a genre-based approach…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing Evaluation, Graduate Students, English for Academic Purposes
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Anderson, Drew M.; Broton, Katharine M.; Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Kelchen, Robert – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
We conduct the first long-term experimental evaluation of a need-based financial aid program, the privately funded Wisconsin Scholars Grant. Over multiple cohorts, the program failed to increase degree completion and graduate school enrollment up to 10 years after matriculation. The program did reduce time-to-degree for some students and modestly…
Descriptors: Grants, Student Financial Aid, Program Evaluation, Graduate Study
Nicole Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The lower graduation rates of Black female students are a concern that colleges and universities needs to further explore. This study sought to hear from Black female students about their college experiences to further investigate causes and find solutions to the lower graduation rates of Black female students. Participants in Cycle 1 consisted of…
Descriptors: Student Experience, College Students, African American Students, Females
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Kaye-Tzadok, Avital; Spiro, Shimon E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: Growing emphasis on program and practice evaluation in social work education coalesces with a growing interest in evaluation capacity building (ECB) within the interdisciplinary field of evaluation. However, the literature on ECB, while recognizing the importance of imparting knowledge and skills to individuals, largely ignores the…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Classroom Environment, Social Work, Program Evaluation
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Hundley, Stephen P., Ed. – Assessment Update, 2018
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Promoting Faculty Engagement in Assessment: Relatively Simple Ideas (Elizabeth E. Smith and Sarah R. Gordon); (2) Comparing Trends in Graduate Assessment: Face to Face vs. Online Learning (Lesley Page and Mike Cherry); (3) Assessing Information Literacy on a Regional…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Participation, Program Evaluation, Institutional Evaluation
Atfield, Gaby; Hunt, Wil; Luchinskaya, Daria – UK Department for Education, 2021
Given the recent focus on the employability and earnings of university graduates in the UK, there is a need to explore the employability initiatives offered by higher education institutions (HEIs). Work placements and work experience offered through HEIs aim to improve students' job readiness, and ability to secure suitable jobs after graduation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Graduates, Employment Potential
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Xu, Di; Trimble, Madeline – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
The annual number of certificates awarded by community colleges has increased dramatically, but relatively little research has been conducted on the economic benefits of certificates in the labor market. Based on detailed student-level information from matched college transcript and employment data in two states, this article estimates the…
Descriptors: Student Certification, Community Colleges, College Students, Labor Market
Churchill, Aaron – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2018
Since 2005, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has published annual analyses of Ohio's state report card data, focusing on district and charter schools in Ohio's Big Eight urban areas: Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown. For the 2017--18 school year, we provide an overview of Ohio's assessment and report…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Rating, Accountability
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Hundley, Stephen P., Ed. – Assessment Update, 2017
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Lessons Learned: Graduate Student Assessment (Michael Cherry and Lesley Page); (2) Assessing the Assessor: A Response to Fulcher and Bashkov's "Do We Practice What We Preach? The Accountability of an Assessment Office" (Christine Robinson, John G. M.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Evaluation, Evaluators, Accountability
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Cunha, Jesse M.; Miller, Trey; Weisburst, Emily – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2018
We study GO Centers, a college information program that is run by student peers and provides information about all aspects of the college-going process to academically prepared students on the margin of attending college. We use the semi-random rollout of the program along with detailed panel data on the universe of Texas public school students to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Information Dissemination, College Attendance
Stephens, Ashley White – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This mixed-methods study explored student, graduate, and faculty perceptions of the residency portfolio process in Marshall University's Ed.D. Program and the degree to which the portfolio met the stated goals of the program. Data was collected via online surveys, student/graduate focus groups, and individual faculty interviews. One hundred…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Program Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Excelencia in Education, 2020
How can institutions and communities accelerate Latino student success? Examples of "Excelencia" is the only national effort to identify and promote evidence-based programs accelerating Latino student success in higher education. Since 2005, "Excelencia" in Education has recognized over 300 programs making a positive difference…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education)
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