The U.S. Latino population has surpassed 62 million and is projected to represent close to 29% of the entire U. S. population by 2060. Despite being the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States, Latinos hold the fewest college degrees compared to their peers. Current research illustrates that to address the lag in rates of degree…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the attributes of mentorship that are beneficial from a student's perspective and how those attributes may influence the student's ability to achieve degree completion. The Pathways to Mentoring Influence model guided the study and aided in the development of the research questions:…

To complement previous research investigating the educational attainment of young people in out-of-home care reporting lower educational outcomes and risk factors, a more comprehensive approach is necessary. Our objective with this article is to better understand the learning careers of young people in residential care. That includes documenting…

Enrolment of postsecondary students with disabilities continues to increase, yet completion rates of postsecondary students with disabilities are much lower than those of their non-disabled peers. The purpose of this systematic review is to examine the perceptions of postsecondary students with disabilities, solely within the USA, regarding…

Under the relentless neoliberalism, there is a growing claim that doctoral students have transformed into highly performative, enterprising, and self-reliant subjects in the current higher education landscape. Whilst this seems almost a truism to encapsulate the unprecedentedly competitive educational context in which the PhD is pursued, it is…

Sadly, an enduring legacy of the United States is inequities between groups of people based on their skin color. These inequities are ingrained within the educational system, such as a lack of opportunities and interventions and significant gaps in support and resources that target underserved populations. The problem that this study addressed was…

This qualitative dissertation explored the barriers and self-efficacy of Black first-generation college (FGC) students from low socioeconomic areas of South Los Angeles, California. The information presented explored their hurdles and how their self-efficacy affects their capacity to acquire a college degree. An FGC student is someone whose…

The research seeks to delve into and comprehend the attitudes of university students regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and to identify potential factors influencing these attitudes. The research employs a descriptive research design with a quantitative approach. A sample of 240 university students, including both males and females, was…

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover the college graduate experience of a junior officer who decided to finish their bachelor's degree despite any temptation to drop out of school; participants were selected from a midwestern military installation. The guiding theory of this study was Duckworth's grit theory; the study…

Developing students' research skills not only increases their academic success but also equips them with essential abilities to interact with society and meet challenges in life. This study aims to investigate the inquiry skills of undergraduate students and identify the factors influencing these skills. Employing a relational research design, a…

This article analyses the decisions and motivations that led 30 graduates with disabilities from Italy and Spain to pursue university studies, choose their degrees, and select their universities. Using a phenomenological approach, through semi-structured interviews and inductive data analysis, several reasons for graduates' university access were…

Scholarship on Latinx communities has consistently underscored the role that families play in college students' educational aspirations and success. Forms of familial empowerment are particularly beneficial as Latinx college students encounter environments and individuals that do not account for their cultural knowledges. A subset of this…

Community colleges play an essential role in providing student-athletes with the opportunity to continue to pursue athletics and go to college. Community college student-athletes' experiences, specifically those of female student-athletes, are critical to examine. Female student-athletes have unique academic and social experiences that can…

This study investigates how graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) differ from regular graduates in terms of input characteristics (i.e., who they are), process characteristics (i.e., how they experience the PhD trajectory), and the self-estimated likelihood of successfully completing the PhD. Additionally, it assesses to what extent and how the…

The phenomenological research study explores the lived experience of Black first-generation college students navigating the financial aid process to understand how they experience the process of using financial aid to pay for college through degree attainment. Higher education is aligned with social and occupational mobility. Financial aid has its…