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Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Manno, Michelle; Cerna, Oscar; Lewy, Erika B.; Yang, Edith; Martin-Lawrence, Amanda – MDRC, 2023
Access to college has increased substantially over the last 50 years, but student success--defined as the combination of academic achievement and degree or certificate completion--has largely remained stagnant. The gap between access and success is particularly noteworthy for male Black and Hispanic students, whose college completion rates lag…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Race, Males, Community Colleges
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Quinn, Dory E.; Cornelius-White, Jeffrey; MacGregor, Cynthia; Uribe-Zarain, Ximena – Critical Questions in Education, 2019
First-generation college students have received considerable attention in education research, yet there is still much that is unknown about their unique college experiences. This mixed-methods study provides a unique perspective on first-generation college students through the application of McClusky's theory of margin to first-generation students…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Academic Support Services, Federal Programs, Student Experience
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Grady, Melissa D.; Rich Glass, Victoria; Lechner, Ethan; Naylor, Sarah M. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
The Implicit Curriculum (IC) plays a critical role in the overall master of social work (MSW) educational experience. Graduating MSW students (N=262) from four different programs over a 2-year period completed the Implicit Curriculum Survey (ICS), which measures six domains of the IC -- field education, academics, community, diversity, advising,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Program Effectiveness, Social Work
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Bassett, Becca Spindel – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
Low-income, first-generation students complete college at disproportionately low rates compared to their higher-income and continuing-generation peers. Actors across federal, state, and institutional levels have developed a wide variety of support programs to increase the retention and graduation rates of this group, and typically measure program…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, Females, Late Adolescents
Nikesha Nesbitt – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The number of adult learners entering or returning to higher education institutions has increased tremendously in recent years. Through this growth and change in student demographic, traditional non-profit four-year universities have begun to invest in online degree programs to become more accessible and provide another avenue for adult learners…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Student Experience, Adult Students
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Kitchen, Joseph Allen; Cole, Darnell; Rivera, Gwendelyn; Hallett, Ronald – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2021
This study proposes an empirically grounded, non-deficit oriented, college transition program proactive advising model, called "mid-semester grade checks," to promote academic self-efficacy among first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minoritized students. The grade checks model was developed based on data comprised of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Transitional Programs, Academic Advising, Intervention
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Matzakos, Nikolaos M.; Kalogiannakis, Michail – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
An online support distance-learning program in Mathematics was developed to aid first year engineering students for their transition from the secondary to the tertiary education in order to reinforce deficiencies they may have in mathematical knowledge. The aim of the present study is to examine, firstly, to what extent the attendance of such a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Satisfaction, Distance Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Soltani, Parisa; Gutierrez Keeton, Rebecca; Hoffman, John L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate the relationship between participation in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) at California Valley College (CVC) (one of the 113 California Community Colleges in California) and several measures of student learning. An embedded survey design was developed using William…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Community Colleges, Student Surveys, Questionnaires
Gammon, J. B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Central Piedmont Community College is exploring ways to help at-risk students achieve academic success by utilizing an early-alert system called Success Through Academic Reporting (STAR). All First-Time, Full-time Degree-seeking students (FFD) receive an opportunity for follow-up services that support a centralized strategy, which has the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Progress Monitoring, At Risk Students
Lee, Walter C., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In response to the student retention and diversity issues that have been persistent in undergraduate engineering education, many colleges have developed Engineering Student Support Centers (ESSCs) such as Minority Engineering Programs (MEPs) and Women in Engineering Programs (WEPs). ESSCs provide underrepresented students with co-curricular…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Disproportionate Representation, Academic Support Services, Intervention
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Bojuwoye, Olaniyi; Moletsane, Mokgadi; Stofile, Sindiswa; Moolla, Nadeen; Sylvester, Fredrick – South African Journal of Education, 2014
The study explored Western Cape primary and secondary school learners' experiences regarding the provision and utilization of support services for improving learning. A qualitative interpretive approach was adopted and data gathered through focus group interviews involving 90 learners. Results revealed that learners received and utilized various…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Interviews
Anderson Goins, Johnell Roxann – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Retaining African American students, specifically African American males, is an issue that plagues the American higher education system. Research shows that African American male students are the lowest represented group in the gifted studies programs (Ford, 2010). Lockie and Burke (1999); Chen and DeJardins (2010) and Bell (2010a) found that…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Persistence, Males, College Students
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Cahill, Jo; Bowyer, Jan; Murray, Sue – Educational Research, 2014
Background: Academic and pastoral support is fundamental to the achievement of a high-quality student learning experience. Aim: This study reports on full-time undergraduate students' views on the effectiveness of academic and pastoral support in one higher education institution. The intent of the study was to explore how academic and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Support Services, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
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Berumen, Juan Gabriel; Zerquera, Desiree D.; Smith, Joshua S. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2015
While a number of studies have examined outcomes associated with early intervention programs that have a financial aid component, few have examined the experiences of student beneficiaries of those programs and the administrators charged with carrying out state mandates associated with the implementation of the programs. This gap in the literature…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Academic Support Services, Role Perception, Program Effectiveness
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Long, Louise; McPhillips, Therese; Shevlin, Michael; Smith, Ron – Support for Learning, 2012
The research described in this article aimed to explore and examine the dominant "assessment" and "participation" stories of upper-primary pupils with long-standing and marked literacy learning needs, their views on how their level of participation in the assessment and remediation of their additional needs might be increased…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Focus Groups
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