Challenges confronting higher education have led to outcomes-driven approaches such as performance-based funding, forced greater emphasis on student persistence and completion, and spurred campus-wide student success efforts. In examining ways to achieve integrated student success efforts across campus, this article explores issues related to…

Aim: This paper aims to discuss the link between childhood trauma and young people's disruptive behaviour in the classroom, and argues that teachers should receive training on 'attachment aware' approaches to help them respond effectively. Rationale: Two inter-connected problems affecting the UK education system are the number of young people who…

MOOCs have emerged as an important form of Open and Distance Learning. The success of a MOOC platform depends on the support services and the motivational environment that it provides. This paper presents a comprehensive picture of the literature on the motivations that drive learners to enroll in MOOCs, published between the years 2011 to 2020.…

This study examined psychosocial factors and structural factors influencing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students' experiences at six historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in different locations (East, West and South) of the United States. The mixed method design allowed different types of data sources to…

Many high school seniors who plan to attend college do not enroll, and others enroll but do not return for a second year. Low-income students are more likely than their higher-income peers to fall off track after high school ends, when they often have limited connections to advisors, insufficient information about key college transition steps, and…

Many high school seniors who plan to attend college do not enroll, and others enroll but do not return for a second year. Low-income students are more likely than their higher-income peers to fall off track after high school ends. Text-message-based advising is a popular strategy to get students timely information and support, including among…

The growing concern of doctoral student persistence has increased exponentially in higher education over the past decade. The body of research presented in this dissertation examines the complex phenomenon of persistence and possible pathways to addressing the dilemma of deteriorating academic persistence for doctoral students. It explores and…

Retention of Called teachers within the Lutheran school system is becoming increasingly more difficult with each passing year. With the retirement of baby-boomer teachers and the limited amount of Called workers already in the field or qualified new graduates, the purpose of this study is to identify strategies that Lutheran schools are…

College Introductory STEM courses impact students' persistence. Guided by Eccles' Expectancy-Value (EV) theory, we examined undergraduates' open-ended explanations for major persistence plans. Students (N=2,737; 45.6% women; 16.4% White, 22.6% Latino/a, 46.5% Asian, 14.5% other; 43% 1st-generation college-going students) reported certainty in…

The purpose of this research is to examine factors influencing the academic success of student athletes participating in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); a growing and largely unstudied group of students. This study uses institutional data collected for the NAIA's Return on Athletics® initiative in 2019-2020 as well…

This research brief examines the impact of dual credit participation on second-year persistence and first-year GPA among low-income and underrepresented minority (URM) students. The brief also explores whether dual credit opportunities help close outcome gaps affecting these student groups. Low-income is defined by a student's federal Pell grant…

Community colleges facilitate crucial Science, Engineering, Technology, and Math (STEM) transfer pathways to ensure the success of students seeking to obtain their baccalaureate degrees in a STEM field (Bahr et al., 2017; Meza, 2019). There exist several barriers for students in the transfer pipeline as they seek vertical transfer from a two-year…

In the United States, ensuring adequate numbers of students graduate with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors has become a national priority. However, STEM degree retention among underrepresented minority students (URM) is lower than in other students' populations (NCES, 2014). This research used quantitative and…

This qualitative case study aimed to understand the transfer student experience through the lens of gender and racial experiences of community college STEM transfer students. Additionally, this study examined the barriers that STEM transfers, notably low-and middleincome, female, and minorities, experienced and overcame along their upward…

Teacher burnout can be attributed to several factors including, teacher pay, career related stress, demoralization, and a lack of effective professional development, training, and mentoring (Garcia & Weiss, 2019). The reality of the teacher shortage means more importance should be placed on teacher preparation and retention (Tippens, Rickets,…