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Direct linkNancy Severe-Barnett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There was a recognized high rate of students enrolled in technology programs who did not graduate college. Scholars who had studied predictors of college completion surmised there were several behavioral traits associated with a student achieving their college objectives through graduation; one of those factors was persistence. Persistence, the…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Academic Persistence, Majors (Students), Community College Students
Tobias, Wendy Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students with disabilities have lower rates of graduation from institutions of postsecondary education as compared to their nondisabled peers (National Council on Disability, 2020). Supports for disabled students in higher education have relied primarily on a deficit-based, regulatory model of access, ignoring a more wholistic approach to access…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate, Self Concept
Michael John Bolen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to assess whether student satisfaction with faculty and academic advisors varied based on the sex of the student and the students' academic college at a large public university in the Southeast. With the university aiming to improve its graduation rates, particularly male graduation rates, the Theory of Student…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Faculty Advisers, Gender Differences, Graduation Rate
Peer reviewedBiniam Tesfamariam; Carlos Alamo-Pastrana; Elizabeth H. Bradley – Journal of Education, 2024
Higher education has been touted as critical to social mobility, even greater longevity; however, these benefits accrue with degree completion, and many students who begin college never earn a degree. Using the most recent Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), we sought to understand variation in college completion rates and test…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, College Graduates, Educational Finance, Institutional Characteristics
Zachary Richards – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation is composed of three studies linking general education astronomy to student performance, course-taking, graduation, and identity. The first study examined demographic and academic predictors of astronomy performance among a cohort of N=1,909 community college students enrolled in astronomy courses in a large suburban community…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Community College Students, Astronomy, STEM Education
Download full textChristine Harrington – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2025
I conducted a narrative literature review on first-year seminars to provide practitioners and researchers with a current, comprehensive review of the research investigating the effectiveness of this widely used, high-impact practice so that they could use this information to improve the course at their institution. I searched for peer-reviewed…
Descriptors: Correlation, First Year Seminars, Academic Achievement, Educational Benefits
Sodip Roy; Santosh Kumar Behera – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2025
This study highlighted how teachers and students perceive the effects of the influx of Rohingya refugees on the teaching-learning environment of colleges for higher education in Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh. It revealed the issues of admission, the academic environment of the colleges, the attendance and performance of the students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Refugees
Cyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Austin Slaughter; Noor Amanullah; Sukanya Barman; Cynthia Miller; Colleen Sommo; Erick Alonzo, Contributor; Osvaldo Avila, Contributor; Katie Beal, Contributor; Parker Cellura, Contributor; Ben Cohen, Contributor; Stanley Dai, Contributor; Hannah Dalporto, Contributor; Claudia Escobar, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Marco Lepe, Contributor; Tiffany Morton, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Vivianna Plancarte, Contributor; Alyssa Ratledge, Contributor; Elena Serna-Wallender, Contributor; Andrea Vasquez, Contributor; Rae Walker, Contributor; Michelle Ware, Contributor; Kayla Warner, Contributor; Melissa Wavelet, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor; Diane Wren, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admissions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain postsecondary degrees and achieve economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Persistence, Program Development, Costs
Jillian Noel Morn – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation measures and describes the factors that impact doctoral student persistence. Using a mixed methods cases study design, I analyzed institutional student record data, survey data on caregiving responsibilities, and data from semi-structured interviews with PhD students at a STEM-focused, public research university in the American…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate, Student Responsibility
Caitlyn A. Bukaty; Clare Papay – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2023
Completing a program of study and earning a credential is a mark of student perseverance and success. Student completion rates can tell us how well colleges and universities support students in completing an educational program. A research study by the US Department of Education reported students who completed non-degree certificate programs had…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities
McManus, Jennifer Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Military students face many challenges in the transition from military life to higher education. From psychological, mental health issues, career changes, and difficulties interacting and building relationships, many obstacles can delay or stop a military student's path to degree attainment. This study sought to determine if military students are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Military Personnel, Academic Achievement, Veterans
Richard A. Coladarci – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Community college students graduate at low rates nationwide which prevents many noncompleters from benefiting from the economic and employment advantages of a degree or certificate. Despite myriad strategies to address this problem, little is known about the impact of faculty job satisfaction on student completion. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Job Satisfaction, Community College Students, Academic Persistence
Sheryl R. Holton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Student success courses are a common strategy for addressing student retention in higher education. Though the literature implies positive effect on student outcomes, few studies have explored factors contributing to their efficacy, especially within the community college context. The purpose of this modified Delphi study was to identify essential…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Academic Achievement, Courses, Academic Persistence
Nokuthula Tlalajoe-Mokhatla – Cogent Education, 2024
The global increase in enrolment in higher education (HE) has increased the diversity of students who access HE, which poses a challenge because we have a limited understanding of the way students experience HE institutions. This paper investigates why students dropout of HE and propose preventive measures. Dropout has adverse effects on student…
Descriptors: Socialization, Social Integration, Student Adjustment, Academic Persistence
Rachel Conner Jennische – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative study examined the comparative factors of academic success between ECHS students (ECHS) and non-ECHS traditional college students, and utilized secondary data from National Student Clearinghouse and an East Texas community college. The enrollment of students in ECHS and non-ECHS traditional college students guided the study. The…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dual Enrollment, Community College Students, Academic Achievement
