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Skopek, J.; Triventi, M.; Blossfeld, H.-P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Our paper adds to a growing literature of doctoral training by studying factors that drive time-to-completion based on a new and unique data set from an international European graduate school. While previous research focused on individual factors, we inspect the role of institutional factors and the organization of PhD programs for PhD completion.…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Doctoral Programs, Graduation Rate, Educational Change
Jose L. Laureano – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this multicase study was to investigate and understand how institutional agents foster a culturally engaging campus environment to facilitate completion for Latinx students at federally designated Hispanic-serving community colleges in New Jersey. This multicase study focused on institutional agents at two New Jersey community…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Minority Serving Institutions, Community Colleges, Cultural Enrichment
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Lin, Ching-Hui; Chen, Jyun-Hong; Borden, Victor M. H. – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This study employs a quantitative method to understand the qualities of college experience that impact timely degree attainment. We specifically focus on how low socio-economic background students transition to and navigate the academic and social environment of a selective pubic research university. The study applies a longitudinal analysis to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Educational Attainment, Economic Factors
Wendi Hicks – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Higher education institutions across the United States have increasingly faced an uncertain future as student populations shift, financial pressures mount, and skepticism rises regarding the value of higher education (Seltzer, 2018). As a result, university leaders find themselves endeavoring upon a blind venture of adapting the various corporate…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Colleges, College Enrollment, School Holding Power
Heather Haeger; Quentin Sedlacek; Elia Hilda Bueno – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Many students who enroll in a public U.S. 4-y college will not graduate. The odds of completing a college degree are even lower for students who have been marginalized in higher education, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. Can undergraduate research increase a student's likelihood of graduating college and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Student Participation, STEM Education
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Robert O. Vos; Susan H. Kamei – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
Master of Science (M.S.) programs, including geography through geographic information science and technology (M.S. GIST), play a key part in training the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce. A master's thesis has been a traditional part of geography programs, and across all kinds of disciplines the value of a thesis is…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Masters Programs, Geographic Information Systems, Masters Theses
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Bradley Rentz; Sinton Soalablai; Natasha Saelua; Avalloy McCarthy – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2024
To strengthen teacher preparation in the Republic of Palau, Public Law 10-32 (enacted in 2018) requires all teachers in the country to hold an associate's degree in education or in the subject area they will teach by the end of 2023. This policy change required many current teachers and those interested in the teaching profession to enroll in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Recruitment
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2024
These appendixes provide the technical details, methods, and results for the accompanying infographic. The importance of the study, including guiding research questions, is addressed in appendix A, while the study's research approach and detailed results are provided in appendix B.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Recruitment
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Kosonen, Toni; Annala, Johanna; Penttinen, Leena; Mäkinen, Marita – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This article explores university students' approaches to and positions with regard to making the most of their study time. The article discusses how various normative societal expectations around students' use and management of time feature in their talk about how they organise their everyday lives. The research is based on thematic interviews (n…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Time Management, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes
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Uretsky, Mathew C.; Henneberger, Angela K. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2023
Although persisters now represent the largest group of non-graduating high school students, they have received little attention in the research literature, leaving unanswered the question of how persisters differ from dropouts in terms of demographic characteristics, academic preparation, and key life outcomes. Using statewide…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Academic Persistence, Time to Degree, Student Characteristics
Elizabeth J. Fleer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine at-risk students in a small rural high school and school district, and the implementation of a response to intervention program at the high school called CAT Time. CAT Time is approximately 40 mins long and occurs four times per week. Teachers can request a student participate in the CAT Time…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Rural Schools, Small Schools
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Navaratna, Chandanie Wijayalatha; Bandarage, Gunadya; Rajapaksha Appuhamilage, Dilsha Nimmi; Pasqual, Hemali; Rajendra, Joseph Calistus Nihal; Ranasinghe, Menaka D. D.; Ratnayake, Uditha W. – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the learner characteristics attributable to the likelihood and the duration of programme completion in the Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Technology Honours in Engineering (BTech) degree programmes of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL). Design/methodology/approach: Data were…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Time to Degree, Engineering Education
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Venegas-Muggli, Juan I. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
This article examines the link between secondary school context and both college completion and timely college completion. A quantitative methodology is applied to study the cohort of Chilean students who began postsecondary studies in 2008. Specifically, multilevel logistic regression models were considered. The results show that students who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Time to Degree
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Lee, Jungmin – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This research aims to explore the relationship between reverse transfer and degree attainment by addressing the following questions: (1) What are the predictors of reverse transfer? (2) Does reverse transfer affect degree attainment within six years of initial enrollment or college attendance and cumulative loan debt in the sixth year? and (3) Is…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Educational Attainment, Predictor Variables, Time to Degree
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Mabope, Lindi Angeline; Summers, Beverley; Wium, Anna-Marie; Meyer, Johanna Catharina – Africa Education Review, 2022
Failure and low completion rates are a general concern at universities. We investigated the relationship between students' admission profiles, undergraduate academic outcomes and completion rates in a four-year Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) programme in South Africa. The programme uses a unique student selection method and problem-based learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Pharmaceutical Education, Selection Criteria
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