This study examines the antecedents and outcomes of quality in student support services in technical universities, focusing on autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs as determinants according to psychological needs theory, and explores the impacts of word-of-mouth, student experience, and enrollment decisions. Data from 504 students across…

Between 2020 and 2024, higher education students experienced diverse instructional methods. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a rapid transition to online education in 2020, which persisted in many regions until 2022. By then, universities largely returned to face-to-face instruction without consulting students' preferences. Although this was…

The present study aimed to examine the impacts of nomophobia, academic distress, and introverted personality on academic practice and achievement university students. To address this, the researchers formulated four research questions and employed a mixed research approach of correlational design. Both stratified and simple random sampling…

Purpose: This study examines the effect of teacher transformational leadership on university brand performance through student academic performance and student satisfaction toward the university. Further, this research examines the moderating role of student academic buoyancy in the relationship between transformational leadership and academic…

An important factor linked to the retention and success of college students with intellectual disability (ID) is support from their peers without ID. In this study with 63 college students without ID, we examined whether self-efficacy and intergroup contact are linked to participants' willingness to support their peers with Down syndrome. To test…

As more multiracial students enter college, it is important to examine the sense of belonging these students experience at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), as sense of belonging is associated with academic engagement, success, and persistence. The current study sought to assess sense of belonging and everyday discrimination in multiracial…

Mental health continues to be a pressing issue in society as people continue to struggle with social misperceptions about what is mental health or the label of having a mental health diagnosis. These are some of the variables that continue to feed into the stigma associated with mental health that prevents college students from seeking services.…

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine how protective factors, specifically sense of belonging and self-efficacy, impacted persistence of low-income first-generation college students from rural communities (LIFGRS). Furthermore, analysis from these data were compared to previous research studies to examine how institutional…

The COVID-19 pandemic forced nursing education programs to change traditional face-to-face teaching to virtual education and simulated experiences. Therefore, research is needed to determine how this change affected nursing students' academic performance and their performance on standardized exams. The purpose of this three-part study, guided by…

Across the country, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students appear to be academically successful, completing high school at 95.9 percent (NCES, 2011). However, upon disaggregation of data, AAPI's ethnic subgroups such as Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander (SEAPI) students in Oakland, CA are dropping out at an alarming rate of 50…

This study examined the experiences of vertical transfer students currently enrolled at a technical university and the academic and social integration of these students into their new institution. The purposes of this study were two-fold. The first objective was to better understand how community colleges prepare students academically and socially…

Background: The United States continues to invest considerable resources into developing the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) talent. Efforts to shore up interest in pursuing STEM careers span decades and have increasingly focused on boosting interest among diverse student populations. Policymakers have…

This qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of first-generation Black male students attending a Historically Black University utilizing transition factors impacting their successful transition as perceived by the student. Schlossberg's Adult Transition Theory (Goodman et al., 2006), for the theoretical framework,…

The main purpose of the study is to investigate the academic performances of first-time freshmen vs transfers using affordability and the Heckman's model of self-selection. The method employed in this study is a quantitative research approach, which applies the regression analysis framework to test the main hypotheses that native students…

The work in this dissertation aims to support a more equitable science education culture that better supports students who have historically and continue to be inequitably pushed out of science. Our equity-oriented and anti-deficit research agenda led us to study community college and transfer students as well as their self-efficacy and…