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First-Generation College Students' Perceptions of Freshman Seminars and Persistence Forward
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Lafateia Nauheimer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Freshman seminar courses aim to address dropout rates, college achievement, increase persistence rates, and student adjustment in approximately 94% of colleges and universities in America. First-generation college students make up nearly a third of higher education students and are likelier to drop out of college within the first 2-years of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen, First Year Seminars
Mississippi's 2011 Concealed Carry Law: Analyzing Reported Criminality among Mississippi's Public Community Colleges
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Doss, Daniel Adrian; McElreath, David Hughes; Gokaraju, Balakrishna; Mallory, Stephen L.; Tesiero, Raymond; Taylor, Linda; Hong, Qiuqi; Jones, Don; McElreath, Leisa Stuart; Parker, McKenzie – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
This study examined differences in reported campus criminality on selected community college campuses in the years between 2005 and 2016 representing the years preceding and succeeding the implementation of Mississippi's 2011 concealed carry legislation. Each campus included in this study is a public-funded community college in Mississippi. Using…
Descriptors: Crime, Community Colleges, College Environment, Weapons
The Impact of Mentoring in Closing the Achievement Gap for Black Male Students at a Predominantly White University in Tennessee
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Patricia Waire Harlan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This phenomenological study addressed the factors of an institutionalized peer to peer mentoring program that fostered academic success and persistence among Black male students graduating from a predominantly White four-year public university in Tennessee through the lens of the critical race theory. Data was gathered through face-to-face,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Influence, Achievement Gap, Academic Persistence
The Impact of Mentoring in Closing the Achievement Gap for Black Male Students at a Predominantly White University in Tennessee
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Patricia Waire Harlan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This phenomenological study addressed the factors of an institutionalized peer to peer mentoring program that fostered academic success and persistence among Black male students graduating from a predominantly White four-year public university in Tennessee through the lens of the critical race theory. Data was gathered through face-to-face,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Influence, Achievement Gap, Academic Persistence
Latino Persistence and Multiple Influences
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Spencer, Lori; Wilson, Jeffery L. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Based on 12 in-depth interviews with Latino college graduates in West Tennessee, this study explores the effects of college experiences and cultural factors on Latino persistence. The study highlights on-campus and off-campus influences important to matriculation of the student toward graduation. Findings highlight how acquiring familial support,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Graduates, Student Experience, Cultural Influences
Administrator Perspectives on the Relationship between Campus Environments and Campus Visits and Student College Choice and Persistence
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Secore, Scott – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2019
The reasons a student may choose to enroll and matriculate at a particular postsecondary institution are many. Yet a sense of belonging and a strong emotional connection often supply all the incentive students need. Campus environments play a central role in the college choice process as the ecology, climate, and culture of an institution…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, College Choice, Academic Persistence