NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lane, Cary; Kim, Miseon; Schrynemakers, Ilse – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
In an effort to better understand how students' length of exposure to American secondary schools relates to academic performance in core, first-year college courses, this study surveyed and analyzed the demography, study habits, and grades of 267 freshman composition (ENG 101) students at a large, urban community college. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Freshman Composition
Namrata Murthy – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Demand is high for engineering students and educators must identify factors affecting persistence and graduation of engineers. Retention and graduation rates remain problematic for many institutions. Higher education research focuses on these two issues as many students head to engineering programs with a wide range of attributes, characteristics,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Predictor Variables, Engineering Education