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Tash, Michael Jay – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Chronic absenteeism affects the majority of schools in the United States. An assessment of centers of learning illustrates that a majority of students miss a month of learning in an academic year through excused or unexcused absences. The majority of schools exhibit 95% average daily attendance rates, as the learners tend to not miss school, on…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Dropout Rate, Graduation Rate, Postsecondary Education
Hector Vicente Ramos – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Latinx student enrollment in college has dramatically increased in recent years, yet they are more likely than other racial groups to enroll at open access and public two-year institutions (Rodriguez, 2015). While public-two-year sector provides an encouraging postsecondary pathway for Latinx students, only 13% of all community college students…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Self Concept, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics
Theobald, Roddy; Goldhaber, Dan; Gratz, Trevor; Holden, Kristian – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2018
We use longitudinal data on high school students in Washington State to assess the relationships between English Language Arts (ELA) teacher value added and other qualifications and the high school and postsecondary outcomes of their students. We also investigate whether these relationships differ for students with and without disabilities. We…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, High School Students, English Teachers
Stewart, Craig O.; McConnell, John R., III; Dickerson, Daniel L. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2017
This study investigated deference to scientific authority [Brossard, D., & Nisbet, M. C. (2007). "Deference to scientific authority among a low information public: Understanding U.S. opinion on agricultural biotechnology." "International Journal of Public Opinion Research," 19, 24-52] as it relates to support for science…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Science Education, Spiritual Development, Beliefs
McKim, Aaron J.; Velez, Jonathan J.; Sorensen, Tyson J. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
The progression of research on school-based agricultural education (SBAE) has been limited, in part, due to a lack of nationwide, student data detailing the effectiveness of SBAE. Using an ecological systems perspective, the relationships between SBAE enrollment; graduation rates; postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, STEM Education, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Chiyaka, Edward T.; Sithole, Alec; Manyanga, Fidelis; McCarthy, Peter; Bucklein, Brian K. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2016
Online course delivery continues to grow as a viable means of providing increased educational access to more students, but low student retention rates remain a major challenge. In this study, key institutional characteristics that influence student retention in postsecondary education are analyzed. These are student-faculty ratio, graduation rate,…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, School Holding Power, Postsecondary Education, Electronic Learning
Ross, Terris – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
Previous studies have shown the impact of parental involvement on a number of student achievement, motivation, and engagement outcomes, but the extent to which parental involvement influences high school completion and postsecondary attendance has received less attention in the literature. Filling that gap, this study replicates and extends…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Expectation, Parent Attitudes
Gross, Jacob P. K.; Zerquera, Desiree; Inge, Brittany; Berry, Matthew – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2014
Lack of financial resources to pay for postsecondary education--perceived and actual--has been cited as a barrier to student access and persistence, particularly for Latino students. This study investigates the following question: "To what extent does financial aid affect the educational attainment of Latinos enrolled in Associate's degree…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Hispanic American Students, Graduation Rate, Student Financial Aid
Ampaw, Frimpomaa; Partlo, Margaret; Hullender, Tammy; Wagner, Nick – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2015
Community colleges are becoming the primary access point for a growing number of underrepresented and underserved students in the higher education system. First-generation college students make up a large proportion of this population, comprising about 45% of community college attendees (Nomi, 2005). Research has explored the transfer success of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
Getzel, Elizabeth Evans – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
Research on the transition of students with disabilities and their post-school outcomes continues to move the field of special education in the direction of evidence-based practices. As special education professionals work to better recognize the impact of instructional and environmental characteristics to prepare youth for their transition, so…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Special Education
Hillman, Nicholas W. – Educational Policy, 2015
This study examines the institutional factors associated with student loan default. When a college has more than 30% of its students default on their loans, then the institution faces federal sanctions that could make them ineligible from participating in the federal student loan program. Using Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Probability, Prediction, Federal Regulation
Wootten, Elaine Baldwin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Federal need based financial aid receipt and remedial course load were the central foci of an integrated model designed to predict six-year bachelor's degree attainment. Data represented 2004/09 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09) respondents who graduated from high school in 2003 and enrolled the same year as full time…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Remedial Programs, Debt (Financial), Bachelors Degrees
Princiotta, Daniel; Lippman, Laura; Ryberg, Renee; Schmitz, Hannah; Murphey, David; Cooper, Mae – Child Trends, 2014
Only about 59 percent of full-time, first-time students at four-year institutions complete such a degree within six years at the same school. Completion rates are even lower for those starting part-time, or at less than four-year schools (and planning to transfer). Which social indicators--such as student engagement, enrollment status, and family…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Postsecondary Education, Success, College Graduates
Sher, Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Since the federal law IDEIA of 2004 allowed for the determination of LD eligibility for Special Education services, it was expected that School Psychologists would have begun spending less time devoted to standardized tests, and more time providing other services such as counseling, consultation, and interventions. Moreover, any benefit that these…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Testing, Standardized Tests
Howley, Caitlin; Johnson, Jerry; Passa, Aikaterini; Uekawa, Kazuaki – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the college enrollment and persistence rates of rural high schools in Pennsylvania; the types of postsecondary institutions in which students from such schools enroll; and the student, school, and college characteristics associated with enrollment and persistence outcomes. The study used extant data from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, College Bound Students, Postsecondary Education
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