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Viola J. Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While the value of mentoring has long been presumed in the literature as well as in practices, little is known about the success of formal, and informal mentoring practices (Crisp, 2010; Crisp & Cruz, 2009; & Ward & Ball, 2016). In addition, there is a lack of research on community college student mentoring in higher education…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Transfer Students, Colleges, Mentors
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Stephen Miske; Olusegun Sogunro – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2024
On average, the college graduation rates for minority and/or high-need students are generally low. To address this situation, a Mid-Atlantic Consortium recently secured a grant to improve 4-year graduation rates of high=need students (i.e., new first-time students and transfer students who qualify as low-income students, first-generation college…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Students, Student Needs, College Freshmen
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell; Alison E. Kelly – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2024
The use of online homework systems that require the purchase of an access code has become widespread. The purpose of this study is to examine student experiences with and perceptions of online homework systems with access codes. Postsecondary students (N = 966) completed a survey about the financial costs, perceptions of quality, engagement with,…
Descriptors: Homework, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Experience
Ryan Upshaw – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this manuscript is to examine the importance of student leadership development programs on undergraduate students using the framework of the Social Change Leadership Model. This document will specifically examine the MPower Leadership program held at the University of Mississippi. Student engagement and leadership is extremely…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Developmental Programs, Student Experience, College Students
Kirton, Alicia Tracey – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Purpose: This study explores the challenges facing FGCSs and seeks to provide strategies, opportunities, and novel and actionable insights for increasing retention and graduation rates among FGCSs in community colleges during and post the COVID-19 pandemic period. The study further identifies whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic magnified these…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, First Generation College Students, Barriers
Dorimé-Williams, Marjorie; Plancarte, Vivianna – MDRC, 2022
In 2019, MDRC launched the Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS) project to improve college completion rates for traditionally underserved students, such as students from low-income backgrounds and students of color, at community and broad-access colleges (those that have open or minimally selective admissions…
Descriptors: Adults, Adult Learning, College Students, Community College Students
Anderson, Julia – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A local community college was experiencing poor retention rates among African American students, an issue that has challenged community colleges across the United States. To improve this group's retention, college administrators instituted a mentoring program; however, they later indicated a need to better understand which mentoring strategies…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Attitudes, Community College Students, Mentors
Jonathan E. Page – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative action research study aimed to examine and improve the experiences of social connectedness and sense of belonging among Black students at a predominantly white institution (PWI). Initial data collected from Cycle 1 showed that Black students faced multiple challenges on campus, primarily stemming from a perceived negative campus…
Descriptors: College Students, Blacks, African American Students, Predominantly White Institutions
Nunziato, Dina R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
According to the 2019 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment, 65.7% of college students experienced "overwhelming anxiety" within the last 12 months, up from 49.1% in 2008. In an attempt to address this critical increase in student anxiety with viable and cost-effective interventions, many college mental…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Anxiety, College Students, Intervention
Eric Richard Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the experiences of students formally enrolled in a California community college promise program at Mountain View Community College, Lakeview Community College, Hillcrest Community College, and Ocean Valley Community College, each located in Southern California. The…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Bachelors Degrees, Program Effectiveness, College Transfer Students
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Pizarro Milian, Roger; Einmann, Trisha; Bader, Danielle; Walters, David; Brown, Robert S.; Parekh, Gillian – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
The development of cost-efficient pathways is a topic of increasing political and scholarly interest across many North American jurisdictions. It has been suggested that 'seamless' transfer pathways can provide financial savings to both students and taxpayers. However, such claims are typically based on hypothetical cost calculations, as opposed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Student Loan Programs, Paying for College
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Neil Francis Peirson – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2025
Virtual laboratories (VL) can provide students with learning experiences simulating practical experiments in a traditional laboratory. Evidence is presented that students believe in the truth of results from the VL as well as those from the traditional laboratory. The underlying reasons for these beliefs are explored, through Russell's description…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Science Laboratories, Student Attitudes, College Students
Wayne Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study was conducted to specifically analyze the experiences of Haitian students during their college developmental education writing classes. The rationale was to fill the gap with scientific knowledge about better ways to help developmental education writing students since there is a need to improve their success rate. The following research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Writing Instruction
Foster, Donivan Wallace – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This phenomenological study described the experiences of student military veterans in a community college with physical and psychological health needs. Each participant enrolled in the community college by utilizing the benefits of the post-9/11 GI Bill and transitioned from active duty to civilian life. More than 40,000 programs in the United…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Student Behavior, Student Experience, Veterans
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Van Jura, Matt; Prieto, Kaity – NACADA Journal, 2021
In 2016, State University (a pseudonym) implemented a proactive advising approach known as Monitoring Advising Analytics to Promote Success (MAAPS). The initiative was designed to improve academic achievement and retention measures for first-generation students and students from limited-income backgrounds. Using a qualitative methodological…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Advising, Models, Academic Achievement
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