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Do High-Achieving Students Benefit from Honors College Participation? A Look at Student Engagement for First-Year Students and Seniors
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Miller, Angie L.; Dumford, Amber D. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2018
This study investigates findings from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), comparing various aspects of student engagement between honors college and general education students. Responses from 1,339 honors college students and 7,191 general education students across 15 different universities suggest a positive impact for honors…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Educational Benefits, National Surveys, Learner Engagement
The Relationship between Transfer Student Status, Student Engagement, and High-Impact Practice Participation
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Zilvinskis, John; Dumford, Amber D. – Community College Review, 2018
Objective: Based on the growing number of transfer students in higher education and the concern that transfer students are not as engaged as their peers, specifically in participation in high-impact practices (HIPs), this research asks, "Is there a significant direct or indirect relationship between transfer status, student engagement, and…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Two Year College Students, Learner Engagement, Student Participation
The Who, What, and Where of Learning Strategies
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Dumford, Amber D.; Cogswell, Cindy A.; Miller, Angie L. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2016
Learning strategies have been shown to be an important part of success in the classroom, but little research exists that examines differences across major fields concerning the use and faculty emphasis of learning strategies. This study uses data from the National Survey of Student Engagement and the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement to explore…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, National Surveys, Learner Engagement, Student Surveys
Sense of Peer Belonging and Institutional Acceptance in the First Year: The Role of High-Impact Practices
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Ribera, Amy K.; Miller, Angie L.; Dumford, Amber D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
In this study we examined the role that high-impact practices play in shaping first-year students' sense of belonging as it relates to peers and institutional acceptance. We used data from the National Survey of Student Engagement (N = 9,371), and results revealed troublesome gaps for historically underrepresented populations in their sense of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Peer Acceptance, Student School Relationship, College Seniors
Using Faculty Preference to Identify Disciplinary Pairs and Foster Collaboration
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Shaw, Mahauganee D.; Dumford, Amber D.; Cole, Eddie R.; Nelson Laird, Thomas F.; Haywood, Antwione M. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
Data from the 2010 administration of the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement were used to identify pairs of disciplines in which faculty want to be compared based on research practices, teaching practices, and perceptions of student engagement in academic activities. The goal of this study was to group disciplines by a method with which faculty…
Descriptors: Preferences, College Faculty, Intellectual Disciplines, Sociometric Techniques