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Bowering, Elizabeth R.; Mills, Joanne; Merritt, Allison – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
It is well known that university students with ineffective learning strategies and low motivation are at risk for lowered grades and stress. Given the needs of these students, Mount St. Vincent University developed the Student Success Course (SSC), a 14-week intervention that offers instruction in learning strategies, selfmanagement, and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, At Risk Students, Questionnaires, Undergraduate Students
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Young, Tabitha L.; Turnage-Butterbaugh, Ian; Degges-White, Suzanne; Mossing, Susan – Journal of College Counseling, 2015
This study examined levels of wellness among 403 undergraduate students on academic probation. Total wellness, 5 secondary categories of wellness, and 17 third-level categories of wellness are reported within this article. In addition, this study offers norm-group comparisons and demographic influences of wellness in regard to undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Probation, Counselors, Student Personnel Services
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2015
This biennial report from Ruffalo Noel Levitz allows colleges and universities to compare persistence, progression, and retention rates for several high-priority student populations. The report is based on a web-based poll of campus officials in the fall of 2014 in which respondents reported official census data from the 2013-14 academic year and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Educational Indicators, Benchmarking
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Allen, Keith; Hoyle, Amelia; Zhu, Fengkan; Husley, Jalen – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study on college student success examines factors students attribute toward improving their academic performance in college. Open coding, content analysis, and analytic induction methods were used to examine responses from 478 undergraduate students at an R-1 highly active, public research university in the southeastern region of the US. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Attribution Theory, Academic Achievement
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Bledsoe, Ripsimé Karaguezian – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Despite efforts to improve college student success, such as through first-year initiatives, significant numbers of students at two- and four-year institutions still do not persist past the first year to graduation. The challenges only increase for community colleges serving diverse populations such as first generation, low income, and immigrant…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
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Sneyers, Eline; De Witte, Kristof – Educational Review, 2018
This article provides a meta-analysis on the effect of academic probation, student-faculty mentoring and need-based grants on various student outcomes. Using 25 (quasi-) experimental studies, we find that academic probation has a significant negative effect on retention (d = -0.17), while it does not have an effect on graduation. Student-faculty…
Descriptors: Intervention, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis
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Barouch-Gilbert, Abraham – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2015
Limited existing research examines how undergraduate students in the United States experience the process of being identified as deficient due to their academic performance. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of college students on academic probation who were labeled academically deficient. Students…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Labeling (of Persons), Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement
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Flynn, Ellen E. – College Student Journal, 2015
Urban college students on academic probation seldom utilize the academic support services offered in most colleges and universities. This study assessed a successful academic support program that emphasized the unique psychological, sociocultural and communal aspects of at-risk urban college students and how those aspects contributed to the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Probation, Academic Support Services, At Risk Students
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Newhouse, Noelle K.; Cerniak, Jessica – Online Learning, 2016
Research examining factors contributing to online students' success typically focuses on a single point in time or completion of a single course, as well as individual difference variables, such as learning style or motivation, that may predispose a student to succeed. However, research concerning longer term online student outcomes, such as…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Psychology, Online Courses, Graduate Students
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Gershenfeld, Susan; Hood, Denice Ward; Zhan, Min – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2016
Academic performance is a primary predictor of college graduation, yet few studies have examined one of the earliest indicators of academic performance--first-semester grade point average (GPA). Given the considerable public and private investment in ensuring access for underrepresented students, a focus on the role of first-semester GPA for these…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, Graduation Rate
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Gauthier, Launa – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
In this paper, I discuss the process of redesigning and teaching a mandatory, academic skill building course for students on academic probation at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) in Atlantic Canada. The rationale for redesigning the course was to offer an alternative curricular framework, including instructional approaches, to course…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
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Johnson, Marques; Flynn, Ellen; Monroe, Maxine – College Student Journal, 2016
In this study, we explored whether a residence life plan designed to meet the academic and psychosocial development of at-risk housing students, where oversight and support were provided on a weekly basis, and a proactive, intrusive counseling approach was implemented, would be effective for academic success. Participants included 74 urban at-risk…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, College Students, College Housing, Urban Schools
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Savitz-Romer, Mandy; Rowan-Kenyon, Heather T.; Fancsali, Cheri – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
Students enrolled in the My Wildcat Track program at the University of Arizona are receiving a novel type of support to help them get and stay off academic probation: social and affective skill building. These students, who are referred to the program by their advisors, have one-on-one meetings with professional learning specialists and attend…
Descriptors: College Students, Interpersonal Competence, Affective Behavior, Emotional Development
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Yang, Ji Woong; Yon, Kyu Jin; Kim, Jung K. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2013
This longitudinal study examined the effects of a mandatory counseling program for students placed on academic probation at a university in South Korea. The study compared longitudinal changes over three semesters in the grade point average (GPA) of students who were on academic probation. Two groups, 46 students with mandatory counseling and 49…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Probation, School Counseling
Hetzel, Carole J.; Laskey, Marcia L.; Hardt-Schultz, Roberta F. – Online Submission, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the length of a weekly tutoring session and student GPA for the first two semesters of college. The study was conducted at a private, midsize university in the Midwest. The sample consisted of 124 students admitted with academic stipulations to the university, meaning that…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Tutoring, Academic Probation, Grade Point Average
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