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Vanderburg, Robert; Harris, Lois; Dargusch, Joanne; Richardson, Susan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Within Australia, Vocational Education and Training (VET) is promoted as a pathway for low socioeconomic status (LSES) students to enter Higher Education (HE). However, greater equity will only occur if these students achieve successful university outcomes. But how should such success be defined? This paper examined two data sources (i.e., nine…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Students, Vocational Education, College Freshmen
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Fong, Carlton J.; Gonzales, Cassandra; Hill-Troglin Cox, Christie; Shinn, Holly B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Nearly all college students require some academic assistance throughout their learning experiences. Rather than a dependent act, help-seeking is a self-regulated and motivated strategy; however, there are mixed findings regarding the relationship between academic help-seeking and academic achievement. Thus, the current study used meta-analytic…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Academic Achievement, Postsecondary Education, College Students
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Geerlings, Peter M.; Cole, Helen; Batt, Sharryn; Martin-Lynch, Pamela – Journal of Peer Learning, 2016
Peer-learning is an effective way to assist students to acquire study skills and content knowledge, especially in university courses that students find difficult, and it is an effective adjunct to improve student retention. In 2014, Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, commenced Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) in two first-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Peer Teaching, Gender Differences