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Lucille Leung; Sarah Lyman Kravits – Learning Assistance Review, 2024
The Back on Track Support Group is a four-to-six-week academic coaching initiative at Rutgers University-New Brunswick developed specifically to improve academic resilience in students who have self-identified as struggling academically. To measure out comes after participating in the process, the Academic Resilience Scale-30 (ARS-30) was chosen…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Coaching (Performance), Academic Achievement, College Environment
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Hoy, Wayne – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to trace a 40-year research journey to identify organizational properties that foster the achievement of all students, regardless of socio-economic status (SES). Design/methodology/approach: The author describes a search for school properties that have an impact on the cognitive and social-emotional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, Institutional Characteristics, School Culture
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Janis, Thomas – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
While community colleges have been accessible for adult learners with an immigrant and an English Language Learning (ELL) background, there is a gap between preparation and academic success on the college level among these students. Within community colleges, older adult English as a Second Language (ESL) students have the lowest first-semester…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English Language Learners, Grade Point Average, English (Second Language)
Chough, Alex – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2008
During 2003-07, the Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students (BEAMS) project fostered data-based campus change initiatives at more than 100 four-year Historically Black, Hispanic-Serving, and Tribal colleges and universities to increase student engagement and learning. This brief provides an overview of technology-driven strategies…
Descriptors: Colleges, Minority Groups, Tribally Controlled Education, Community Colleges