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Direct linkMatthew G. Meyers – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Understanding what expectations first-year students have for their first semester of college can help university faculty, staff, and administrators have a better understanding of how to best provide support and resources that meet the needs of their students and lay the necessary foundations for their academic and social success early on.…
Descriptors: Student Experience, College Freshmen, Expectation, Student Attitudes
John R. Bobby McCloud – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Universities have grappled with declining enrollment over the past decade and have explored various strategies to boost enrollment and enhance student success. To compete with other universities nationally and align their academic calendar with traditional semesters, the university in this study transitioned from four 11-week to five 8-week…
Descriptors: Success, Small Colleges, Private Colleges, Liberal Arts
Anthony Jerome Howard – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this case study was to understand the impact of stress, depression, and anxiety on African American students' success during their first undergraduate semester at House A&M University. The terms stress, depression, and anxiety were defined respectively as the feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent…
Descriptors: African American Students, Anxiety, Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology)
Heather Scanio – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this mixed-methods simple explanatory sequential research design study was to examine and explore the relationship between semester-length and online student success at a community college in southeast Texas. Five research questions were addressed. The first two quantitative questions asked (1) how does semester-length relate to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Semester System, Time Factors (Learning), Online Courses
Nash, J. Gail – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Scope and Methods: This dissertation examines final draft feedback in a semester long first-year composition class consisting of both native and non-native speakers of English (NES & NNES) attending university. In addition to examining the teacher's commentary on final drafts and the students' responses to it, this study investigated effects…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing (Composition), Native Speakers, Non English Speaking
Walters, Allison M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Four-year colleges and universities submit faculty teaching load and instructional cost data annually to the Delaware Study of Instructional Costs and Productivity. While the Delaware Study currently adjusts the calculation of annual FTE students to account for the difference in annual student credit hours (SCH) earned by students at semester and…
Descriptors: Semester System, Full Time Equivalency, Teaching Load, Doctoral Dissertations
