Mentored experiences have been well-documented in literature as an effective intervention to increase persistence and diversity in STEM for minoritized groups. However, an in-depth understanding of the mentored experiences of Black undergraduate students in a national laboratory environment is limited. In this study, the author used qualitative…

Background/Context: Professional learning (PL) for early childhood educators can promote change in practice and how they promote children's development (Egert et al., 2018; Rusby et al., 2016). Nonetheless, numerous barriers to in-person PL exist, including geographic constraints, inconvenient scheduling, and high costs (Elliot, 2017; Gable &…

Given the negative consequences of disengagement, such as disruptive behavior, low achievement, boredom, and high dropout rates, it seems imperative to seek mechanisms to determinants of student engagement in learning. This study is original because it combines Social Exchange Theory with evidence regarding engagement and distributed leadership to…

Academic recovery in higher educations refers to the processes and support systems put in place to help students struggling academically regain their academic standing and succeed in their studies. Using the Guiffrida conceptual model that advances culturally Tinto's Student Departure Theory, we narrate the voices of 20 self-identified Latine…

This study investigated standard practices used by mentors participating in a new teacher mentoring program that encourages identified teachers to remain in the teaching profession. School districts nationwide spend time, money, and human resources addressing the significant turnover rate and the recruitment of highly qualified teachers. This…

Teacher turnover has been recognized as a significant problem in the education worldwide. This study focuses on exploring reasons behind the turnover intentions, and persistence of such intentions in 5-year follow-up among Finnish teachers. Longitudinal survey data were collected from Finnish comprehensive school teachers in 2010 (T1 n = 2310) and…

Program "profiles" are one-page summaries that highlight the components of each teacher retention strategy or program. Similar to a logic model, program profiles make it easy to understand what components define the program; the direct results of the program component(s); and what the program is collecting, documenting, or measuring to…

A phenomenological study was conducted to identify the factors associated with job retention among teachers in secure residential treatment centers in Tennessee. Central to this investigation was the exploration of how residential teachers perceive they are supported in their position, how teachers in residential settings perceive the culture of…

Faculty diversity plays a key role in college student completion and can have a major impact on students' sense of belonging, retention rates, and persistence. This report examines faculty diversity relative to student diversity, as well as hiring equity, tenure equity, and changes in faculty representation over time for Black and Latino faculty…

It is estimated that over a third of college students switch majors at least once (Astorne-Figari & Speer, Economics of Education Review 70:75-93, 2019), but the impact of this switching behavior on students' pathways towards a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) degree are not well understood. In this study, using panel data from…

Many thinkers are accustomed to separating facts and values--knowledge and morality. They believe that morality enters into the choices scientists and scholars make about what is worth studying, but after that, the cold logic of evidence assessment takes over. This sells science and scholarship short. I will suggest that science and scholarship,…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the level of job satisfaction, turnover intentions and performance of Nigerian polytechnic lecturers with PhDs and to empirically examine the relationship between them. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted a descriptive correlational research design. Thus, an online self-reported…

Why do college students persist with their education, especially when facing challenges? We answer this question by exploring the complexities surrounding college student retention, using the organizational research lenses of job embeddedness, normative pressures, and the unfolding model of turnover. We first developed a college embeddedness scale…

The demand for STEM graduates has remained consistent over the past decade, and is anticipated to further increase as the next decade unfolds. Difficulties regarding mathematics within introductory courses has been cited by participants as a contributing reason for transferring out of STEM fields of study, or avoiding these fields entirely.…

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the academic and interpersonal lived experiences of Latino Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students by analyzing their individual stories and personal accounts as community college students. This study focused on students who were undocumented but were able to attend community…