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Talan Azizova, Zarrina; Clark, M. H.; Krsmanovic, Masha; Johnson, Jamil; Mendez, Jesse Perez – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Urban public universities play a critical role in the higher education missions of access and success of historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged populations. Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) also attract similar scholarly attention to understand the impact of these institutions on marginalized and underrepresented racial…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic American Students, Public Colleges
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Mendez, Jesse Perez; Johnson, Jamil; Azizova, Zarrina Talana; Clark, M. H.; Krsmanovic, Masha – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2020
This study examined the impact of a first-year seminar (FYS) on educational outcomes among students attending an emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution (eHSI) in the southeastern United States. Four undergraduate cohorts of first-year students between 2012 and 2016 were the focus of this study. After accounting for a variety of demographic…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, Public Colleges
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Clark, M. H.; Cundiff, Nicole L. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Researchers investigated the impact that a first-year college experience course had on students' first-year grade point averages (GPAs) and retention rates. A sample of 109 first-year students enrolled in the course was compared to a sample of 326 students from the same university who had not taken the course. The goals of the experience course…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Grade Point Average, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement