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Higgins, Ruby D., Ed.; And Others – 1993
Essays and reflections were gathered to create a guide to the college experience for African American students. A survey of the opinions and attitudes of over 1,500 black students at colleges and universities asked what situations or problems confronted them in being admitted to colleges and what problems they encountered in their first year at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students
Download full textKuh, George D.; Vesper, Nick – 1991
Using a sample of 738 students from 4 metropolitan universities--University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Louisville (Kentucky), University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Wichita State University (Kansas), data from Pace's College Student Experience Questionnaire, and a modified form of Pascarella's general causal model, a study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Comparative Analysis
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1991
A study was conducted to determine whether factors found to be related to student persistence in public and independent two-year colleges (i.e., positive college environment, realistic student expectations for career and education, and a sense of belonging) were generalizable to the proprietary sector. Three proprietary institutions in New York…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Environment, Community Colleges
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. – 1984
The 13 articles in this collection describe successful practices that might serve as informative guides for student services operations in the university and at similar institutions. The introduction, by Cleon F. Thompson, Jr. and John F. Corey, reviews student services in the multi-campus University of North Carolina as background for the papers.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, College Environment, Computer Oriented Programs
Brigman, S. Leellen; Stager, Susan Ferencz – 1979
Students who voluntarily withdrew from Indiana University's Bloomington campus after completing two successful years of their undergraduate curriculum were surveyed. The study attempts to ascertain the degree to which various personal, academic, and financial factors entered into the decision to terminate or interrupt their educational program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Dropout Research
Davis, Junius A.; And Others – 1975
The Higher Education Amendment of 1968 provided for support services on college and university campuses to facilitate the progress of disadvantaged young people (from families within the national poverty criteria or the physically handicapped). Three years later an evaluation of the special service programs (typically including specially staffed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Disadvantaged
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1972
Summarizes the following nine areas of institutional research prepared by Harcum Junior College from the period July to December 1971: (1) Alumnae Comments and Achievements; (2) College Curriculums, Programs and Characteristics; (3) Faculty Comments and Evaluation; (4) Freshmen Applicants; (5) Student Academic Achievement; (6) Student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alumni, College Admission, College Environment
Ryan, Barbara E.; DeJong, William – 1998
The guide presents concepts and approaches to prevention of alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse among college students, focusing on the role of faculty in prevention efforts. Sections discuss why faculty should get involved, the impact of AOD abuse on academic performance, the rationale for taking an environmental approach to prevention, helping…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Alcohol Abuse, College Environment
Direct linkCuyjet, Michael J., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
This book is a much-needed resource that includes examples of real-world programs and activities to enhance academic success in the college environment for African American men. The examples are collected from a variety of institutions across the country. With contributions from leading practitioners and scholars in the field, this book explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Religious Factors, Leadership
Hall, Barbara Ann – 1990
In 1990, a research study was conducted to discover which variables students identified as being significant to their academic success, first at Mt. San Antonio Community College (MSAC), then after they transferred to the California State University (CSU) or to the University of California (UC). An important goal of the study was to determine if…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), College Environment, College Transfer Students
Rosenfeld, Rachel A.; And Others – 1981
The extent to which students are well matched with the universities they attend was investigated. The outcome of the choice process was examined with cross-sectional data on students at two private (Northwestern and Chicago) and one public (Northeastern Illinois) Chicago metropolitan area universities. Between and within school variation in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, College Environment, College Students
Peer reviewedCarpenter, P. G.; Western, J. S. – Australian Journal of Education, 1984
In an investigation of Australia's declining rate of college bound students, a social psychological model of academic attainment (linking students' social origins to school experiences, perceptions of others' support, self-assessment, and high schools seniors' aspirations and grades) is applied to the processes used by students in adjusting to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Choice
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA. – 1989
A report of the Task Force on Black and Hispanic Student Enrollment and Retention in New England is presented. It is noted that New England is predominantly white, and there are many stark inequities in minority participation in New England higher education. Task Force findings include the following: it is an economic necessity that a larger…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Blacks, Blue Ribbon Commissions
Cornell, L.; And Others – 1990
In an inter-institutional action research project, seven teachers from three high schools and two colleges in Canada interviewed 88 students as they looked forward to college, experienced the first semester, and looked back after the second semester. The purpose was to discover what student perceptions and what institutional policies and practices…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, College Environment, College Freshmen
Siryk, Bohdan – 1981
Student attrition was studied in relation to the quality of the interaction between the student and the college environment, using a modified version of the Total Adjustment Scale, a self-report rating scale. Academic functioning, social functioning, and bonding to the college setting were assessed for 459 college freshmen at the University of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Freshmen
