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Bass, Laura H.; Ballard, Angela S. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2012
A study by Kenney, Kenney, and Dumont (2005) identified a supportive learning environment as one of the five indicators for collegiate student engagement, a concept that extends beyond the classroom to permeate the entire educational environment. A student's level of engagement can be impacted as early as orientation and registration, when he is…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Educational Environment, Nontraditional Students, Student Attrition
Frogge, George – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2010, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission changed its allotment of funding to an outcomes-based system (Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2012, p.1). This meant that universities and colleges received money based on factors including associate degrees, certifications, and job placement rather than on enrollment, as institutions of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, Community Colleges, Urban Schools
Reid, E. Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2010, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission changed its allotment of funding to an outcomes-based system (Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2012, p.1). This meant that universities and colleges received money based on factors including associate degrees, certifications, and job placement rather than on enrollment, as institutions of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Influences, Student Characteristics, Statistical Analysis
Davis, Andrew; Frogge, George; Reid, E. Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2010, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission changed its allotment of funding to an outcomes-based system (Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2012, p.1). This meant that universities and colleges received money based on factors including associate degrees, certifications, and job placement rather than on enrollment, as institutions of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, Community Colleges, Urban Schools
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Banta, Trudy W. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1991
A review of externally mandated outcomes assessment activities and resulting innovations in freshman programs focuses on efforts in Tennessee and Virginia, in which higher education funding is linked to outcomes assessment. Areas examined include registration, advising, student-faculty contact, computer use, basic skills, staff development,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Basic Skills, College Curriculum, College Freshmen