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Download full textFrederick, Beth, Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
The NEAIR 2010 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Saratoga Springs, New York conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Collaboration Between Student Affairs and Institutional Research: A Model for the Successful Assessment of Students' College Experience (Michael N. Christakis and Joel D. Bloom); (2) Direct…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Student Personnel Services, Cooperation, College Students
Bayer, Alan E.; And Others – 1970
The American Council on Education in 1966 began a large scale annual survey of entering college freshmen. This report presents the results of the follow-up studies through normative reports and through individual institutional reports furnished to students and administrative representatives at participating colleges and universities. The original…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Freshmen, Evaluation
Stone, Winifred O. – Journal of Afro-American Issues, 1977
Dimensions of black idenity, alienation, and contemporary attitudes of black students on the predominantly white campus are appraised. The implications of this are considered in relationship to the predisposition for hypertension in a significant percentage of black people. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alienation, Black Students, College Environment
Sherman, James C. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Preparation, Educational Television
Peer reviewedBradley, J. Shane; Graham, Steven W. – Journal of College Student Development, 2000
Examines data from 21,406 students who completed the ACT College Outcomes Survey to articulate the relationship between campus involvement, educational ethos, and college outcomes in traditional and nontraditional college undergraduates. Educational ethos accounted for more variance than amount of involvement alone and it also accounted for more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Skager, Rodney W.; Braskamp, Larry A. – 1966
Changes in self esteem or life goals of college students are likely to be related to the degree of success experienced in various types of extracurricular activities. To test this hypothesis, questionnaires containing 8 items requiring self-ratings and 8 items describing desirable accomplishments, aspirations or goals were administered in 1964 and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, College Environment, Extracurricular Activities
Goldberg, Lewis R. – 1969
The general purpose of this research project was to discover those personality characteristics which differentiate college students who tend to learn more effectively from one instructional format than from another. Two college courses were studied concurrently and four different teaching conditions were utilized in each course. A comprehensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Courses
Astin, Helen S. – 1970
The primary effort of the study described is an examination of the effects of college environments on the aspirations, achievements, and attrition rates of disadvantaged students at the end of their freshman year. Subjects were 180 students all of whom were classified as being disadvantaged. The various variables in the study are presented and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Aspiration, Black Students
Peer reviewedRock, Donald A.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1972
The effects of college environments on student achievement as measured by the three Graduate Record Examinations Area Tests were studied when the initial ability of students was controlled. (CK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Cluster Grouping
Hountras, Peter T.; Brandt, Kenneth R. – J Educ Res, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, Dormitories, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Winston, Roger B., Jr.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1980
There were no significant differences in academic abilities among sampled fraternities. Differences in the social environments were found when the high and low achieving fraternity groups were compared. Independence, academic achievement, and intellectuality, as measured by the University Residence Environment Scale, differentiated the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedSullivan, Michael; Risler, Ed – Journal of College Counseling, 2002
Summarizes research linking alcohol abuse to poor academic performance, decreased student retention, and problems for the campus community. It provides an overview of 3 theoretical perspectives on reducing problematic alcohol consumption, discusses brief interventions as the treatment of choice, and offers suggestions to college counselors for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcohol Abuse, College Environment, College Students
Peer reviewedPeterman, Dana S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
Lists recent ERIC resources that show how community college transfer students perform on a number of measures, including grade point average, student satisfaction, and social adjustment to the different culture of four-year institutions. States that the citations will aid administrators and scholars, as well as counselors attempting to prepare…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Transfer Students
Direct linkFlowers, Lamont A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which student involvement experiences impacted educational outcomes for African Americans in college. Overall, the results of the study indicated that in-class and out-of-class experiences positively impacted student development for a nationally representative sample of African American…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Development, College Students, College Environment
Ballou, Roger A. – 1985
At most institutions, freshmen are assigned to one of six residence hall types: freshmen-men; freshmen-women; freshmen-coed; freshmen-upperclass-men; freshmen-upperclass-women; and freshmen-upperclass-coed. In an attempt to clarify which of these residence hall arrangements most benefits freshmen, 2,200 freshmen (40 percent) attending 12 colleges…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, College Environment, College Freshmen
