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Solveig Cornér; Lotta Tikkanen; Henrika Anttila; Kirsi Pyhältö – Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to advance the understanding on individual variations in PhD candidates' personal interest in their doctorate and supervisory and research community support, and several individual and structural attributes potentially having an impact on the profiles. Design/methodology/approach: The authors explored the interrelationship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Student Motivation
Tim Baalmann; Ana Brömmelhaus; Julika Hülsemann; Michael Feldhaus; Karsten Speck – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
The importance of close social contacts in the educational process has been widely documented, but mainly for the school sector. The present article examines the importance of close relationships on university students' dropout tendencies. Using longitudinal panel data collected at a medium-sized German university, students (N = 7,169) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Peer Influence, Intention
Katrina A. Roxas; April L. Shapiro; Sheri C. Chisholm; Diana L. Niland; Michelle A. House – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Homesickness among university students may impact their wellbeing and academic success. The study purpose was to examine homesickness and self-reported outcomes/university life events among students on a rural Appalachian campus. Methods: A descriptive study (N = 91) using electronic questionnaires was conducted. Results: Most…
Descriptors: College Students, Universities, Student Attitudes, Adjustment (to Environment)
Clark, Sheri L.; Dyar, Christina; Inman, Elizabeth M.; Maung, Nina; London, Bonita – International Journal of STEM Education, 2021
Background: Innovation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields in the U.S. is threatened by a lack of diversity. Social identity threat research finds messages in the academic environment devalue women and underrepresented groups in STEM, creating a chilly and hostile environment. Research has focused on the mechanisms that…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, STEM Education, Doctoral Students
Fandrem, Hildegunn; Tvedt, Maren Stabel; Virtanen, Tuomo; Bru, Edvin – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Dropout from upper secondary education is a persistent educational problem, particularly among first-generation immigrant youth. This study examined factors associated with intentions to dropout to gain further insight into the process of leaving upper secondary education. The analyses of 1299 Norwegian first-year upper secondary school students'…
Descriptors: Intention, Potential Dropouts, Secondary School Students, Immigrants
Larcombe, Wendy; Ryan, Tracii; Baik, Chi – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Although high PhD attrition rates are a matter of international concern, the factors that lead doctoral researchers to leave their programmes are not well understood. The present study addresses that issue by exploring factors that prompted thoughts of discontinuing among 1017 PhD researchers (PhDRs) at a public, research-intensive Australian…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Academic Persistence, At Risk Students, Student Attrition
Soland, James; Domingue, Benjamin; Lang, David – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Early warning indicators (EWI) are often used by states and districts to identify students who are not on track to finish high school, and provide supports/interventions to increase the odds the student will graduate. While EWI are diverse in terms of the academic behaviors they capture, research suggests that indicators like…
Descriptors: Identification, At Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, High School Students
Chambers, Silvana; Mayfield, Clifton O.; Valenti, Alix – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: The extant research on student attrition and retention has relied on models that focus on factors over which universities may have limited control and thus not lead to actionable practices. To address this shortcoming, the authors applied organizational support theory (OST) to test the association between students' perceptions of justice,…
Descriptors: College Students, Intention, Potential Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes
Aomar Ibourk; Soukaina Raoui – Review of Education, 2024
As a specific driver for the transformation of education systems in Morocco, inclusive education is a process that aims to reduce the exclusion of children with disabilities. Indeed, few studies have analysed the exclusion factors that cause children with disabilities not to pursue their education. Based on this, the present paper explores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Equal Education
Ilyas, Asifa; Zaman, Muhammad Kashif – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2020
Purpose: The high dropout rate among online learning students is a serious issue. Using the theory of planned behavior as a framework, this study investigates what effect attitude, opinion of others and perceived ease of online learning technologies leave on Pakistani online students' persistence intentions. Design/methodology/approach: The sample…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, College Students, Academic Persistence
Löfström, Erika; Pyhältö, Kirsi – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine ethics in doctoral supervision, and to analyse whether ethical issues in doctoral supervision relate to doctoral experience, and if they do, how. It focused on doctoral students and explored the relationships between ethical issues in doctoral supervision and attrition intentions, research engagement,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Ethics, Doctoral Programs
Szlyk, Hannah S. – School Mental Health, 2020
While research supports a strong association between risk of school dropout and suicidality, this youth population remains understudied. This qualitative study addresses this gap by examining self-reported risk and protective factors among 44 alternative high school students who endorsed varying levels of suicidal ideation. Criterion sampling of…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), At Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Suicide
Mourdi, Youssef; Sadgal, Mohammed; Berrada Fathi, Wafa; El Kabtane, Hamada – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2020
At the beginning of the 2010 decade, the world of education and more specifically e-learning was revolutionized by the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses, better known by their acronym MOOC. Proposed more and more by universities and training centers around the world, MOOCs have become an undeniable asset for any student or person seeking to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Classification, Artificial Intelligence, Distance Education
Bianchi, Dora; Cavicchiolo, Elisa; Lucidi, Fabio; Manganelli, Sara; Girelli, Laura; Chirico, Andrea; Alivernini, Fabio – School Mental Health, 2021
The psychological well-being at school of immigrant students living in poverty is currently an understudied topic in developmental psychology. This is an important shortcoming because this population, which is rapidly increasing in many western countries, is in a double minority condition and has a greater risk of experiencing psychological…
Descriptors: Intention, Potential Dropouts, At Risk Students, Preadolescents
Amitay, Gila; Rahav, Giora – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between a school's design and architecture and its educational practices, in light of critical theories regarding place, space and education. The study was based on 63 observations during the school daily activities and 75 semi-structured interviews with students, teachers and other staff,…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Practices, Power Structure