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Johnson, Dawn R.; Wasserman, Timothy H.; Yildirim, Nilay; Yonai, Barbara A. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
The current study examined the effects of stress and campus climate perceptions on the persistence decisions of students of color and White students using Bean and Eaton's (2000) Psychological Model of College Student Retention. A sample of first-year students (N = 1,491) at a predominantly White research university were survey enduring their…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, College Environment, Minority Group Students, White Students
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Harper, Betty J.; Lattuca, Lisa R. – Research in Higher Education, 2010
Over the past decade, continuous quality improvement (CQI) has emerged as a strategy for documenting and systematically building academic program quality. This study used a nationally representative sample of engineering faculty members and students to examine the influence of faculty members' CQI activities on the relationships between student…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Total Quality Management, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics
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Muir, Albert E. – Research in Higher Education, 1980
The logical sequence of one set of propositions regarding the association among proposal output, negotiated indirect cost rates, and overhead recovery, using a sample of 24 institutions of higher education within the SUNY system, is investigated. A model for estimating overhead a year in advance is presented. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Educational Finance, Higher Education
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O'Brecht, Michael; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1989
Survey data from 458 former health science graduate students were examined for correlations between variables that might be used in selecting research training award recipients and successful training outcome defined as a highly productive research career. Four variables that showed promise as useful indicators of posttraining research are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Grades (Scholastic)
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Moline, Arlett E. – Research in Higher Education, 1987
Path analysis was used to explore the relationships among a number of variables related to student persistence. The subjects were freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. Variables that showed the largest total effects on persistence were college grade-point average and high school rank. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Students, Data Analysis