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Evaluating the Impact of a First-Year Experience on Student Success at a Distance Learning University
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Folk, Kevin – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2019
This study evaluated the impact of a First-Year Experience (FYE) program on student success at a small, private, faith-based distance learning university serving a predominantly nontraditional student population. Student data (N = 399) from two groups were compared to determine if the FYE made a difference in student success as measured by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Distance Education, First Year Seminars, Small Colleges
The Effect of Participating in a Pre-Veterinary Learning Community of Freshmen Interest Group (FIG) Has on the Odds of New Animal Science Majors Graduate
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Purdie, John R., II; Williams, James E.; Ellersieck, Mark R. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
All first-year students who entered the University of Missouri-Columbia as animal science majors between the fall of 1998 and 2004 (n = 619) had the opportunity to participate in a residentially-based Freshmen Interest Group (FIG) and/or a learning community specifically designed for them. The odds of graduating is significant for all three…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Student Participation