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Download full textJianjun Wang – Grantee Submission, 2023
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) has been implementing a Title Vb grant, "Promoting Excellence in Graduate Education and Increasing Hispanic STEM Related Degree Completion," to continue "strengthening the STEM program support" for students of Latino origin and "developing a Graduate School-Going…
Descriptors: College Students, Hispanic American Students, STEM Education, Graduate Study
Direct linkPhillip A. Morris; Grant Clayton – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
This article presents a national snapshot of GI Bill student enrollment through examination of a repository of data on veterans' education benefits usage, institutional practices to support veterans, and consumer advocacy information (e.g., complaints and caution flags). Through examination of records from 2217 two-year institutions enrolling…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Veterans Education, Enrollment Rate, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedJianjun Wang – Grantee Submission, 2024
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) continues administering its five-year grant, "Promoting Excellence in Graduate Education and Increasing Hispanic STEM Related Degree Completion," that began in the Fall of 2019 to strengthen the STEM program support for students of Latino origin and develop a Graduate School-Going culture…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, STEM Education, Graduate Study, School Holding Power
Hungche Chen; Mingnuan Yang – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2024
Honours programmes have successfully provided academic rigour, special scholarships, and better career prospects over a century. However, recruiting and retaining these exceptional students -- the key to creating a successful honours programme -- becomes more challenging when the national college enrolment declines significantly every year. Hence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Honors Curriculum, High Achievement, Enrollment Influences
Rebecca S. Friesen; Adriana D. Cimetta – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Attracting and retaining students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics majors, particularly those who are underrepresented, is a national concern. While undergraduate research experiences have been shown to increase retention and engagement, inequities in access exacerbate disparities. Understanding what hinders or facilitates the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Study, Disproportionate Representation, Student Experience
Glenn D. Pichardo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The multitude of benefits of college student retention for individuals, higher education institutions as well as our society has caused many researchers, administrators and policy makers to examine the causes of college student attrition as well as interventions that can potentially increase the success of students in post-secondary education.…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, College Programs, College Students, School Holding Power
Petty, Nicholas A. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
According to The College Board (2009), many institutions express concern with their retention rates, but few allocate the necessary resources to affect long-term change at the institution. Retention initiatives are often carried out across many departments and units in an institution, and many institutions lack a full-time coordinator for these…
Descriptors: College Students, Postsecondary Education, Power Structure, Disadvantaged
Fischer, Heidi; Whatley, Melissa – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2022
The disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic have both short- and long-term repercussions on higher education. To crystallize these impacts in a sector that was particularly vulnerable to the economic effects of the pandemic, this mixed-methods study explores the intersection of international education and community college responses to the pandemic.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Educational Change
Manuel Antonio Barrera – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study showcases stories of minority students participating in the Geopaths research program at California State University, Bakersfield. The study examined faculty mentorship and research activity variables to understand their influence on STEM recruitment and retention. Using a narrative analysis approach, the researcher documented the…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Research Opportunities, Personal Narratives, State Universities
Cruz Rios, Fernanda; Naganathan, Hariharan; Tello, Linda; Adams, Stephanie; Cook-Davis, Alison; El Asmar, Mounir; Grau, David; Parrish, Kristen – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2021
Engineering schools have been unable to recruit and retain Native American students at the same rate as other students. Consequently, the Native American representation in engineering has been declining over the years in Arizona, even though the state ranks third in the number of degrees earned in the US by Native Americans. To understand the…
Descriptors: Barriers, Undergraduate Students, American Indian Students, Employment Opportunities
Foertsch, Julie – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2019
Two decades ago, when the author evaluated the impacts of Summer Research Opportunity Programs focused on minority undergraduates in STEM at 15 universities, blacks, Latinx/Hispanics, and Native Americans were dramatically underrepresented among PhD recipients in STEM fields. In the 20 years that followed, there have been significant increases in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Minority Group Students, STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation
Al Azmeh, Zeina; Dillabough, Joanne; Fimyar, Olena; McLaughlin, Colleen; Abdullateef, Shaher; Aloklah, Wissam Aldien; Mamo, Adnan Rashid; Abdulhafiz, Abdul Hafiz; Al Abdullah, Samir; Al Husien, Yasser; Al Mohamad Al Ibrahim, Ammar; Al Ibrahim, Ziad; Barmu, Taiseer; Farzat, Abdulnasser; Kadan, Bakry – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2021
This paper examines the relationship between the politics of Higher Education access pertaining to longstanding practices of patrimonial authoritarian politics and the narration of collective trauma. Building on an empirical study of Syrian HE during war, we suggest that a "narrative disjuncture" within HEIs has a damaging impact not…
Descriptors: Trauma, Access to Education, Higher Education, Politics of Education
Walker, Renee A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study examined a U.S. based university's peer group for low income students to identify the ways in which the group successfully retains African American, male students despite the low national retention rate of Black male students in higher education. The peer group was assessed through qualitative analysis to understand the ways in which…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, College Students, African American Students, Males
Watson, Aretha; Chen, Rong – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2019
Although the existence of state-funded student support services programs dates to the 1960s, studies on how such programs play a role in student success are scarce. By utilizing unique institutional data and a comprehensive conceptual model integrating multiple theories, this study examines the relationship between the New Jersey educational…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Educational Finance, College Freshmen, Two Year College Students
DiBenedetto, Katelyn; Roberson, Amanda Janice; Collis, Jessica; Sharpe, Rachelle; Couturier, Lara; Moore, Cristen – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2023
TransferBOOST (Bachelor's Opportunity Options that are Straightforward and Transparent) is a multi-year state-level initiative developed to provide students with affordable, quality, well-supported two- to four-year pathways. On average, 43 percent of credits are lost nationwide through the transfer process. Recognizing that today's students…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Universities, Bachelors Degrees
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