Mentorship is one of the most important founding elements of academia. In fact, it can be easily argued that mentorship was born with academia. An effective mentorship in training and teaching programs results in the recruitment and retention of qualified students and early-career researchers. However, what are the current best practices of…

Background: Previous work suggests that the expectation of failure is related to higher test anxiety and achievement goals grounded in a fear of failure. Aim: To test the hypothesis, based on the work of Elliot and Pekrun (2007), that the relationship between perceived competence and test anxiety is mediated by achievement goal orientations.…

In Florida, recent legislative changes have granted community colleges the ability to offer baccalaureate degrees in education, frequently to non-traditional students. Based on information obtained from the literature covering preservice teachers' math knowledge, teachers' efficacy beliefs about math, and high-stakes mathematics testing, a study…

The Gates Foundation has given more than US$100 million to establish approximately 160 early college high schools (ECHSs) across the nation. The ECHS goal, to send traditionally low-performing students to college early and graduate them with 2 years of college credit, has been widely recognized for its constructive potential. However, not all EHCS…

This paper investigates a "grand" educational technology innovation through theoretical lenses inspired by Cervero and Wilson's (1994, 1998) work. Through taking this approach it is possible to show how ideas about the form of the innovation and perceptions of its ultimate "success" or "failure", varied between stakeholder groups. The project was…

This article presents an annotated bibliography of recent research related to academic advising. It includes 13 research papers that focus on advising.

Focuses on the difficulties in establishing and maintaining interdisciplinary education programs. Describes four real interdisciplinary programs in various settings to provide an opportunity to discuss a variety of issues that are faced both unsuccessfully and successfully. Reviews factors needed for the success of interdisciplinary education.…

This mini-study evaluated efforts by the School of Health and Human Services Advisement Center at California State University, Los Angeles to reach and support students on probation or were disqualified. Workshops were held to educate students on campus policies and procedures, time and stress management skills, and factors that either contribute…

Examined effectiveness of Academic Assessment Program, academic course taught as condition for reinstatement of suspended college students n=345 in 1988; 241 in 1989). Intervention contributed little to student performance. Results question value of increasing minimum standards for entering academic assessment intervention. Institutions should…

At Columbia College, a 2-year college in California, an Early Alert program was implemented in the middle 1980s to alert students at risk of academic failure to potential problems. With the exception of a few years in the 1990s, the program has been conducted each semester. In the fourth week of the semester, instructors are asked to identify…

Suggests that in the name of liberalism, the social system annihilates other cultures by ensuring that only their sellouts can get on in the world while the subjects and processes which could more fully inform the academic process is ignored. (Author/AM)

The tutorial program for students at Indiana University's School of Law has proven to be worth the investment of serious effort and has had benefits beyond the identification of capable and noncapable students. (MSE)

Describes cooperative program between a university counseling service and the dean's office of the College of Architecture and Design. Discusses 10-week seminar for students identified as on probation from previous semester, focusing on program emphasis on involvement, personal issues, peer influence, problem solving, behavior change, and skill…

Concerns about noncompletion and the quality of the 1st-year student experience have been linked to recent changes in higher education such as modularisation, increased class sizes, greater diversity in the student intake and reduced resources. Improving formative assessment and feedback processes is seen as one way of addressing academic failure,…

Discusses high dropout and failure rate at the Distance Teaching University of South Africa; describes development of a transitional study program to give underprepared students remedial assistance, including course organization, content, and student participation; reviews research on the program's effectiveness; and outlines strategies to…