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Glass, Christy; Cook, Alison; Pierce, Brandon – Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 2020
This article analyzes whether the representation of women in leadership roles reduces sexual harassment claims on college campuses. We test competing claims regarding the impact of women's workplace authority on sexual harassment. Our framework draws on the "women as agents of change" and "power paradox" perspectives to…
Descriptors: Females, Leadership Role, Women Administrators, Sexual Harassment
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Tatum, Holly; Schwartz, Beth M. – Theory Into Practice, 2017
Although there is evidence of cheating at all levels of education, institutions often do not implement or design integrity policies, such as honor codes, to prevent and adjudicate academic dishonesty. Further, faculty members rarely discuss academic integrity expectations or policies with their students. When cheating does occur, faculty members…
Descriptors: Integrity, Evidence Based Practice, Program Improvement, Ethics
Sánchez, Daniela Villamar; García, Arturo Juárez; González Corzo, Irma; Moreno, Mabel Osnaya – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2019
The objective of the study was to identify the relationship between psychosocial factors of academic work and Burnout Syndrome in a public university in Mexico. In a sample of 247 academics from a public university in Mexico, an online battery was applied that was made up of an adaptation of the questionnaire Psychosocial Factors of Academic Work…
Descriptors: Correlation, College Faculty, Teacher Burnout, Psychological Patterns
Lee, Katelyn; Therriault, Susan – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2016
This brief examines strategies for leveraging State longitudinal data systems (SLDS) to promote college and career readiness (CCR) goals. The examples provided are based on current state efforts to use their state longitudinal data systems to achieve their CCR vision and goals. The following information outlines the basic purpose and elements of…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mah, Dana-Kristin – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2016
Learning analytics and digital badges are emerging research fields in educational science. They both show promise for enhancing student retention in higher education, where withdrawals prior to degree completion remain at about 30% in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries. This integrative review provides an…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Recognition (Achievement)
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Butler, Scott M.; Black, David R. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2011
The purpose of the present study is to assess human sexuality peer helper use among college student health centers nationwide. Results from 358 institutions indicate that 53.9% of centers use peers for educational programming, prevention efforts, and/or counseling initiatives. When adjusting for institutions that sponsor a program (n = 193), the M…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexuality, Peer Counseling, School Health Services
Ray, Anne Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States and results in approximately 79,000 deaths annually. College students are at particular risk of alcohol-related consequences due to their heavy drinking tendencies, with multiple studies indicating over 40%…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Disease Control, Prevention, Drinking
Burak, Lydia; Boone, Barbara – American Journal of Health Education, 2008
Background: Although breast cancer prevention should begin in youth, many young women are not aware of the modifiable lifestyle risk factors for the disease. Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine the breast cancer-related knowledge, behaviors, and beliefs of young women; to determine whether knowledge about lifestyle risks was…
Descriptors: Health Education, Females, Cancer, Risk
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Friedlander, Myrna L.; Phillips, Susan D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Contrasted a debiasing condition, in which undergraduate subjects (N=73) were warned of possible anchoring errors and how to avoid them, with a no-debiasing condition. Results indicated that debiasing was irrelevant because neither the replication sample nor the debiased sample demonstrated significant anchoring errors in their judgments. (LLL)
Descriptors: Bias, Clinical Diagnosis, College Students, Evaluative Thinking
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Metzner, Barbara S. – American Educational Research Journal, 1989
The effect of the perceived quality of academic advising on student attrition was studied for 1,033 first-time freshmen at a public urban university. High quality advising reduced attrition. Low-quality advising was less successful in reducing attrition, but was associated with less attrition than was no advising at all. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
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Wang, Huiming; Grimes, Judith Wilson – Journal of College Student Retention, 2001
Proposes a systematic approach that focuses on student success and continual improvement in retention to assess college student retention programs Identifies three major components of retention research: (1) determining dropout predictors; (2) identifying critical points; and (3) validating outcomes assessment of retention endeavors. Also…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Dropout Prevention, Higher Education, Intervention
Johnson, Mark S.; And Others – Evaluation Quarterly, 1978
The effectiveness of engineering and policy interventions in reducing bicycle accidents on the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara was investigated. None of the bikeway modifications were found to have been effective in reducing bicycle accidents. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Bicycling, Campuses, Data Analysis
Austin, Megan K.; Brosh, Joanne; Chambliss, Catherine – 2002
This study explored experiential factors underlying cigarette smoking by administering a questionnaire consisting of the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale and items assessing smoking habits and motivations to 115 college students and 108 high school students. Directionally adjusted items were totaled to create summary scores for the four hypothesized…
Descriptors: College Students, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education
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DeLucia-Waack, Janice L.; Gerrity, Deborah A.; Taub, Deborah J.; Baldo, Tracy D. – Journal of College Counseling, 2001
Explores the relationship of gender, gender role identity, and type of relationship-same-sex friendship, cross-sex friendship, or romantic relationship-to-relationship behaviors and beliefs among 429 college students. Discusses implications for individual and group counseling, consultation, and primary prevention on college campuses. (Contains 32…
Descriptors: College Students, Group Counseling, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Furney, Steven R. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1983
To test the relationship between stressful life-change events and accident incidence, researchers administered the College Schedule of Recent Experience to male students at a large midwestern university. The study's implications for identifying high-risk persons and for accident prevention are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Behavior Patterns, College Students
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