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Choo, Jinhee; Bakir, Nesrin; Scagnoli, Norma I.; Ju, Boreum; Tong, Xiaoping – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This paper presents the results of a study that explored undergraduate students' perceptions of cognitive, social, and teaching presences in online business courses and their relationship to students' course satisfaction in addition to demographic variables. Student engagement has proven to be one of the main reasons for student retention and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Business Administration Education, Communities of Practice
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Hafer, Leslie C.; Gibson, Nicole M.; York, Travis T.; Fiester, Herbert R.; Tsemunhu, Rudo – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2021
The purpose of this study was to develop a retention model specific to the 2-year college environment using factors not typically combined with the study of student retention. The study operationalized factors representing the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness combined with elements of Bean and Metzner's…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Structural Equation Models, Two Year College Students
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Brooks, Nita G.; Seipel, Scott J. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
Grit has been highlighted in recent research as a distinct trait believed to be associated with performance and success factors above and beyond those explained by cognitive ability. It focuses on the dedication required to meet long-term goals and is represented by two subscales: consistency of interest and perseverance of effort. The overall…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Lin, Jien-Jou – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Every year a group of graduates from high schools enter the engineering programs across this country with remarkable academic record. However, as reported in numerous studies, the number of students switching out of engineering majors continues to be an important issue. Previous studies have suggested various factors as predictors for student…
Descriptors: Success, Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Simon, Rebecca A.; Aulls, Mark W.; Dedic, Helena; Hubbard, Kyle; Hall, Nathan C. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
To address continually decreasing enrollment and rising attrition in post-secondary STEM degree (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs, particularly for women, the present study examines the utility of motivation and emotion variables to account for persistence and achievement in science in male and female students…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation, Emotional Response
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Wang, Xueli – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: Although much research has dealt with the factors that influence educational expectations, few studies have addressed recent high school graduates who attend community colleges as their first postsecondary institutions. As the costs associated with attending a four-year institution keep rising, community colleges increasingly…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Expectation, Academic Aspiration, High School Seniors
Nichols, Shirley J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this quantitative correlational research study was to investigate, describe, and measure factors influencing retention of nontraditional first and second year students at a university located in the Midwestern United States. Retention of adult students has become a major issue for many institutions of higher education and many…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Intention, Statistical Analysis, School Holding Power
Tauriac, Jesse J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Researchers express growing concern over the increasing higher education achievement gap between subgroups of Black American students (e.g., Massey, Mooney, Torres, & Charles, 2007). Whereas the number of degrees awarded to Black females has consistently grown for each of the past twenty years, the number of degrees awarded to Black males during…
Descriptors: African American Students, First Generation College Students, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement