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Venegas-Muggli, Juan I.; Barrientos, Carolina; Álvarez, Fernando – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
This study evaluates the impact of the peer-mentoring program implemented by a Chilean higher education institution on underrepresented students' academic success. Specifically, it assesses whether freshmen who enrolled in 2018 and took part in this initiative performed better than students with similar characteristics who did not. A quantitative…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mentors, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Students
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Arbour, MaryCatherine; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Willett, John; Weiland, Christina; Snow, Catherine; Mendive, Susana; Barata, M. Clara; Treviño, Ernesto – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Despite consensus that school absenteeism has negative consequences for children's life outcomes, until recently, little was known about the prevalence of absenteeism or its potential to moderate the impacts of school-based interventions. This study provides evidence from a randomized experiment of a preschool intervention involving 1,876 children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attendance Patterns, Preschool Children, Intervention