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Castellanos, Jeanett; Gloria, Alberta M.; Besson, Doriane; Clark Harvey, Le Ondra – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2016
This study examined the degree to which cultural fit (cultural congruity in combination with perception of the university environment) and the dimensional noncognitive processes of mentoring predicted college satisfaction and life satisfaction for 238 racial and ethnic minority undergraduates from two university contexts. Group differences as well…
Descriptors: Mentors, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Life Satisfaction
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Simons, Herbert D.; Van Rheenen, Derek – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2000
Examines the role of four noncognitive variables in predicting academic performance in 200 Division I athletes. Studies the noncognitive variables of athletic-academic commitment, feelings of being exploited, academic self-worth, self-handicapping excuses as well as several background and academic preparation variables. Finds all four noncognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletes, Higher Education, Predictor Variables