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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
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