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Barragan, Cassandra; Ryckman, Lyla; Doyle, Wayne – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2022
Effective veteran-student programs that include advising help to bridge military culture with campus culture. These programs assist with military-to-campus transitions and achieving veteran-student academic success. Persistent outreach is an advising strategy that includes proactive and intentional engagement that anticipates student concerns. The…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Generation College Students, Veterans, Outreach Programs
Karen Gross – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For school districts to adequately prepare students with disabilities for successful post-graduation life, it is essential to understand if various variables predict postsecondary outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between gender, race/ethnicity, participation in career technical education (CTE) programs, diploma…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
Westrick, Paul A.; Marini, Jessica P.; Shaw, Emily J. – College Board, 2020
This report examines the value of SAT scores for determining merit-based scholarship decisions as well as admission to highly selective academic programs such as honors programs or colleges. Results show that the SAT is a highly effective tool for predicting students' chances of earning a first-year grade point average (FYGPA) of 3.00 or higher…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Merit Scholarships, Decision Making, Competitive Selection
Park, Elizabeth S.; Swanson, Elise – AERA Open, 2021
Using a randomized control trial design, this study examines the extent to which a comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) shapes students' time-use during their first 3 years in college. The CCTP provides comprehensive student-centered support as well as a generous scholarship. We compare students who had access to the CCTP with those who…
Descriptors: Time Management, Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average, Transitional Programs
Giselle Batista – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Within most models of multi-tiered systems of support, Tier 3 supports are the most intensive supports public schools can provide to their students. These supports may be delivered to address academic, behavioral, or mental health concerns. Because many schools do not have the mental health personnel to effectively deliver Tier 3 mental health…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Public Agencies, Community Involvement, Public Schools
Gray, DeLeon L.; Yough, Mike; Williams, Wayne A. – Educational & Child Psychology, 2019
Aim(s): Across two studies, we examine links between students' perceptions of the role of contributions to class discussions in helping them stand out, the importance they place on contributing, and the observed frequency of their attempts to contribute. Method/rationale: We purposefully sampled pre-service teachers at a large university in the…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Student Attitudes, Group Discussion, Preservice Teachers
Collings, Raymond D.; Eaton, Leslie G. – College Student Journal, 2021
This paper reports on the feasibility of "The Study Place Project" (TSP[superscript 2] ), a novel intervention designed to improve academic achievement and retention for first-year college students. Our aim was to provide students with regular study sessions in a minimal distraction environment, allowing them to apply their own…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Intervention, Student Improvement, Grade Point Average
Jackson, C. Kirabo; Porter, Shanette C.; Easton, John Q.; Blanchard, Alyssa; Kiguel, Sebastián – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020
Using value-added models, we find that high schools impact students' self-reported socioemotional development (SED) by enhancing social well-being and promoting hard work. Conditional on schools' test score impacts, schools that improve SED reduce school-based arrests, and increase high-school completion, college-going, and college persistence.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Social Development, Emotional Development, School Role
Fematt, Veronica L.; Grimm, Ryan P.; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Gerber, Michael M.; Brenner, Mary Betsy; Solórzano, Daniel – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
A dearth of literature exists on first-year transfer student interventions, which makes it difficult to determine whether there are transfer student subgroups that struggle more than others. This study used a latent class analysis to examine whether meaningful subgroups of transfer students emerged based on their response patterns to measures of…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, College Freshmen, Research Universities, Selective Admission
Chiu, Yung-Chen Jen; Chang, Hsiao-Ying Vicki; Johnston, Ann; Nascimento, Mauricio; Herbert, James T.; Niu, Xiaoyue Maggie – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2019
Disability service offices within postsecondary educational institutions exist to provide students with disabilities (SWD) reasonable accommodations needed to facilitate educational equity and promote inclusion and access to postsecondary education. Little is known, however, regarding how services provided by these offices contribute to academic…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Student Personnel Services, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Carpenter, Dick M., II; Kaka, Sarah J.; Tygret, Jennifer A.; Cathcart, Katy – Research in Higher Education, 2018
This study examines the efficacy of a scholarship program designed to assist single parent, post-freshmen, full time undergraduate students and predictors of success among a sample of said students, where success is defined as progress toward completion, academic achievement, and degree completion. Results of fixed effects regression and…
Descriptors: Scholarship, One Parent Family, Undergraduate Students, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Kodama, Corinne M.; Han, Cheon-Woo; Moss, Tom; Myers, Brittany; Farruggia, Susan P. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2018
The present study examines the outcomes of a 5-week summer bridge writing program at a Midwestern, urban, public university designed to provide remedial instruction for incoming first-year college students, approximately 500 students annually for 7 years. Regression results showed that program participation was a positive, significant predictor on…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Writing Instruction, Urban Schools, Remedial Instruction
Brian William Dassler – ProQuest LLC, 2016
By providing program completers a two-plus-two tuition scholarship to attend a Florida postsecondary institution, the Monroe County Take Stock in Children (Take Stock) program has been promising high-performing low-income children access to a college education for over twenty years. This study tracks the college attendance and attainment paths of…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Access to Education, Low Income Students, Program Effectiveness
Doyle, Jeff; Wheelis, Meaghann; Thompson, LaNette; Strietzel, Jeff – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
Financial aid is often linked to evidence of learning inside the classroom (students' GPA) and financial need. This mixed-methods study describes an assessment of a scholarship designed to encourage learning outside the classroom that required incoming students to live in a living-learning community (LLC). Results showed that though receipt of the…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Living Learning Centers, Program Effectiveness, Student Personnel Workers
Parker, Eugene T., III.; Kilgo, Cindy A.; Sheets, Jessica K. Ezell; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of internship participation on college students, specifically the effect on college GPA. Further, because of the capacity to disaggregate students by race in the sample, this study is significant because it provides much needed empirical evidence surrounding the impact of participation in…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Internship Programs, Student Participation, College Seniors