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College Students' Moral and Prosocial Responsibility: Associations with Community Engagement Experiences
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Hudson, Tara D.; Brandenberger, Jay – Journal of Experiential Education, 2023
Background: Social responsibility and democratic citizenship are essential outcomes of a college education. Yet limited research has examined how college experiences may relate to students' moral and prosocial development, qualities that ground responsibility and citizenship. Purpose: This research sought to identify the college experiences,…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Prosocial Behavior, Social Responsibility, Democratic Values
Bridging the Gap: The Role of Bridging Social Capital in the Development of Civic Engagement among First-Year College Students
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Stephenson, Ethan Van – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Ample evidence suggests that attending college is positively associated with an increased level of civic engagement. However, few studies develop and test a conceptual model that investigates which elements of the collegiate experience affect the development of civic engagement. Therefore, this study focused on the development and testing of a…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Involvement, Citizen Participation, Path Analysis
Graduate Students' Communication Practices and Perceived Sense of Community: An Examination of Information Sources
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Reinhart, Julie – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2010
This study explores the relationship between graduate students' communication practices and their perceived sense of program-level community within a graduate program. The program under study consists of both traditional on-campus students, as well as students who take classes via a distributed-learning model. This particular program has made a…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Graduate Students, Distance Education, Information Sources
Using Noncognitive Variables with Freshmen Athletes.
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Eiche, Keith; Sedlacek, William; Adams-Gaston, Javaune – 1997
This study used Sedlacek's (1993) noncognitive variables of student success as a framework for describing student-athletes at a university. Sedlacek's variables include positive self-concept, realistic self-appraisal, ability to understand and deal with racism, emphasis of long-term over short-term needs, having a strong support person, successful…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Athletes, College Freshmen
Prediction of College Graduation Using Noncognitive Variables by Race.
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Tracey, Terence J.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1986
Random samples of 1979 and 1980 entering freshmen were given the Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ), which was designed to assess noncognitive dimensions predicting minority student academic success. The validity of the NCQ in predicting graduation after five and six years was determined. The graduation rate was found to differ significantly for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, Community Involvement, Discriminant Analysis
Community Activities, Educational Mentors, and College Predisposition Decisions of White, African American, and Hispanic Eighth Graders.
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Hamrick, Florence A.; Stage, Frances K. – 2000
This study tested a causal model of student college predisposition that incorporated traditional measures of influences (parents' education, income, gender, parents' expectations, grades, school activities), as well as two additional influences (first-generation status and mentoring) identified in qualitative studies of pre-college through early…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Students, College Attendance, College Bound Students