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Ro, Hyun Kyoung; Lee, Jungmin; Brown, Stephanie – Journal of College Student Development, 2022
Although it has become increasing popular for first-time-in-college (FTIC) spring enrollment, there has been no empirical study on spring starters. Existing literature on delayed enrollment has not distinguished students by the semester in which they have matriculated. The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) does not collect…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, College Students, College Enrollment
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Howard, Jackson M.; Nicholson, Bonnie C.; Chesnut, Steven R. – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
Grit is a trait that describes the drive to succeed above and beyond natural intelligence. While grit has been associated with positive academic outcomes, few researchers have investigated the predictors of grit, such as parenting. We examined the influence of parenting on grit and academic success in 226 college students. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Parenting Styles, Parent Influence, Measures (Individuals)
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Lange, Alex C.; Duran, Antonio; Jackson, Romeo – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
We explored how scholars have examined LGBTQ identities and the epistemologies used during the past 10 years to reveal the current state of LGBT and queer research in higher education. After highlighting the recent sociohistorical context and the reason why it is important to revisit the state of LGBT and queer scholarship, we use ball culture and…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Higher Education, Educational Research, Success
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Bergin, Adele J.; Jimmieson, Nerina L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
We examined the relationship between university outcome expectations and student adjustment using 2 samples of business students. Study 1 (N = 135) reveals that, for students with high academic self-efficacy, outcome expectations had a positive association with satisfaction; in contrast, for students with low academic self-efficacy, outcome…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Business Administration Education, Outcomes of Education, Self Efficacy
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Guiffrida, Douglas A.; Lynch, Martin F.; Wall, Andrew F.; Abel, Darlene S. – Journal of College Student Development, 2013
A survey of 2,520 college students was conducted to test relationships between academic success and college student motivational orientation, conceptualized from a self-determination theory (SDT) perspective, while also considering the moderating effects of background characteristics such as gender, socioeconomic status, race/ ethnicity, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Grade Point Average, College Students, Outcomes of Education
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Reason, Robert D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
Writing a comprehensive review of research on student persistence is a Herculean task. The publications that feature persistence as a primary outcome measure are almost innumerable. Moreover, literature reviews of persistence research have been published periodically in the higher education literature. The author uses these existing reviews as the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Persistence, Literature Reviews, Educational Experience