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Mariya A. Yukhymenko-Lescroart; Jennifer Moradian Watson; Megan O'Quin – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine academic commitments in Division I specially and regularly admitted student-athletes. Division I student-athletes completed questionnaires assessing academic and athletic identity, perceived academic support, degree commitment, institutional commitment, and intent to withdraw. Structural equation modeling…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, College Students, Self Concept, Student Attitudes
Alana Tibbs – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative study examined non-TRIO participating first-generation college students' graduation rates and the impact of academic and social integration in one community college setting. This study used archival data to analyze tutoring, purchasing a meal plan, and living in campus housing. The study used Tinto's (1993) Model of Student…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Academic Support Services, Community Colleges, Graduation Rate
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Amanda N. Nix; Tamara Bertrand Jones; Hollie Daniels; Pei Hu; Shouping Hu – Community College Review, 2024
Research Question: A sizable portion of college students experience food and housing insecurity, which poses a roadblock to fully and successfully engaging in higher education. In light of these complex challenges, we ask: "How do Florida College System (FCS) institutions meet the basic needs of their students?" Methods: To answer the…
Descriptors: Housing, Food, Hunger, College Students
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Zelalem Zekarias Oliso; Demoze Degefa Alemu; Jonathan David Jansen – Journal of International Education in Business, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of educational service quality (ESQ) on student academic performance via the mediating role of student satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: To serve the study's purpose, the study adopted a quantitative research approach. Three public universities representing 30% of the ten public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students
Tonya A. Dieken – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the stories shared by interventionists which focused on the work they do to create student connectedness in rural middle schools. Illinois schools are designated by performance indicators, where successful schools are rated "Exemplary" or "Commendable" based primarily on…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Rural Schools, Academic Support Services, Specialists
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Nikola Grafnetterova; Kellie Jarvis; Rita Sperry; Chelsie Hawkinson – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2024
Higher education has seen an increase in first-year students who arrive with significant early college credit. There is a gap in research about how first-year seminars meet the transition needs of students with college-level experience obtained during high school. This qualitative study, guided by Schlossberg's (1989) transition theory, explored…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, First Year Seminars, College Credits, Transitional Programs
Eula M. Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act boosting postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities, only 4% of U.S. institutions offer specialized programs (Arrojas, 2023). A Historically Black Community College in the southeastern United States notably lacks resources for…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Black Colleges, Inclusion
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Rezwanul Parvez; Alysha Tarantino; Griffin Moores – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2024
Higher education institutions need to be responsible for understanding the characteristics and qualities of learners who decide to take courses with them; online vs. on-campus and what it takes to keep them learning at an institution. Taking heed and modifying structures, communications, and services will help learners and institutions in this…
Descriptors: College Students, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, School Holding Power
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Ellis-Harrison, Erin – Communication Center Journal, 2021
Student motivation has been researched from a variety of viewpoints such as that of student motivation and in the classroom, student motivation and learning, and student motivation and teacher immediacy. This study looks at the motivational factors of communication center tutors (n = 165) across the United States to determine what motivates them…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Tutors, Academic Support Services
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Kyne, Sara H.; Lee, Martin M. H.; Reyes, Charisse T. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Recent developments in digital technologies, including learning analytics are changing educational practices due to the wealth of information available and its utility to inform academic interventions for students. This study investigates the impact of personalised feedback emails on students' academic performance and student success in large…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Analytics, Feedback (Response), Electronic Mail
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Nnadozie, Victor; Khumalo, Samukelisiwe – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
Globally, student support mechanisms focus almost exclusively on academically 'under-performing' students, especially as insofar as academic development practices are concerned. This article makes a case for a shift in approach. Using the context of one country, South Africa, we sought to better understand the strengths that academically…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, High Achievement, Success, Foreign Countries
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Hijal-Moghrabi, Imane; Harlow, Rachel Martin – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2023
This study characterises the ombuds office in higher education as an innovative practice of handling employee, staff, and student grievances. Though ombuds offices have had a place on many higher education campuses for some time, their function has evolved in response to a changing environment. Drawing on Open-Systems theory, this study views the…
Descriptors: Ombudsmen, College Administration, Grievance Procedures, Best Practices
Laura Gurney; Vittoria Grossi – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
The provision of academic language and learning (ALL) support to undergraduate and postgraduate students has been a staple across higher education institutions in Australia and New Zealand for some time. However, research has established that there are multiple challenges inherent to working across institutional spaces in the ways that ALL staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Faculty Advisers, COVID-19
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Nicole D. Perez; Patrick D. Dempsey – Learning Assistance Review, 2023
Indirect and direct assessment methods have a long standing history in college learning centers. Being more resource-intensive and time-consuming, direct assessment methods are often underrepresented in the literature and in practice. This paper presents a case study of how a pretest-posttest assessment initiative was designed to measure student…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, College Students, Learning Laboratories, Pretests Posttests
Timothy D. Gill – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Providing students with effective retention strategies allows nursing schools to help as many struggling students as possible, leading to an increased number of graduates. A nationwide nursing shortage has forced schools to try to keep up with the demands. However, many obstacles prevent students from being successful. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Teacher Educators, Student Attrition
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