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Direct linkBarouch-Gilbert, Abraham – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This paper explores undergraduate academic probation policies in United States universities from a policy discourse analysis perspective. Academic probation policies from 32 institutions were characterized by normalization and regulation. These encompassed classification, exclusion, and sanctions of students in order to produce retention.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Probation, Policy Analysis, School Policy
Canaan, Serena; Fischer, Stefanie; Mouganie, Pierre; Schnorr, Geoffrey C. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2022
To boost college graduation rates, policymakers often advocate for academic supports such as coaching or mentoring. Proactive and intensive coaching interventions are effective, but are costly and difficult to scale. We evaluate a relatively lower-cost group coaching program targeted at first-year college students placed on academic probation.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), College Freshmen, Academic Probation, Grade Point Average
González Canché, Manuel S. – Educational Policy, 2023
Becoming HOPEless in the 2-year sector addresses the question: "what happens when a state-wide policy removes merit-based financial aid from low-income students making satisfactory academic progress?" To assess the magnitude of this HOPEless effect, we compared credits attempted, attained, and persistence and graduation indicators of…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Low Income Students, State Policy
Sneyers, Eline; De Witte, Kristof – Educational Review, 2018
This article provides a meta-analysis on the effect of academic probation, student-faculty mentoring and need-based grants on various student outcomes. Using 25 (quasi-) experimental studies, we find that academic probation has a significant negative effect on retention (d = -0.17), while it does not have an effect on graduation. Student-faculty…
Descriptors: Intervention, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis
Download full textBrawner, Catherine E.; Frillman, Sharron; Ohland, Matthew W. – Online Submission, 2010
This study compares academic policies related to academic good standing, probation, suspension, and expulsion at nine universities over 17 years providing a benchmark to which others can compare. The print and on-line versions of the undergraduate catalogs from 1988-2005 for each of the nine public universities in the southeastern United States…
Descriptors: Universities, Grade Point Average, Graduation Requirements, Academic Standards
Peer reviewedTaylor, James L.; Raffetto, William – Community College Review, 1983
Reviews literature related to the academic progress of financial aid recipients and describes a study of financial aid recipients conducted at Temple Junior College, Texas. Concludes that financial aid recipients succeed at rates at least equal to nonrecipients. (LL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Community Colleges, Financial Aid Applicants
Collins, Janet; Nickel, K. N. – 1979
Focusing on current grading practices, this report details a survey of 443 respondents from both four- and two-year institutions of higher education. The data are compared with a 1973-74 survey of the same institutions. Findings show that in general more stringent policies are enforced in the use of nontraditional grading practices, in making-up…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria
