NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
To What Extent Does First-Year Residential College Accommodation Influence Academic Success for Student from an Ethnic Minority at a New Zealand University?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kokaua, Jesse; Teevale, Tasileta; Scott, Stephen; Taumoepeau, Mele; Van Der Meer, Jacques; Teu, Ala; Hoseit, Ana – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
The academic benefits of residential accommodation are investigated for first-year Pacific students, an ethnic minority group, attending the University of Otago situated in Dunedin in New Zealand. Institutional data on seven cohorts of first-year students from 2007 to 2013 (28,155 students, of which 761 identified as Pacific) were extracted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Universities
Graduation and Attrition Rates: A Closer Look at Influences.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Goldman, Bert A.; Gillis, Jacqueline H. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1989
This paper presents data showing how change of major, course load patterns, housing location, and first semester grade point average relate to the percentage of students in the following four outcomes: voluntarily not returning to college, being academically suspended, continuing enrollment, or graduating. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Change, College Freshmen, College Housing