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Uretsky, Mathew C.; Mirakhur, Zitsi; Clark-Shim, Hyuny; Hill, Kathryn; Henneberger, Angela K. – Children & Schools, 2023
The research on students who do not graduate from high school has traditionally focused on students who drop out before their expected graduation date. This ignores the experiences of "persisters" or "persisting students"--those who remain enrolled in high school on or beyond their expected graduation date, but have yet to earn…
Descriptors: High School Students, Time to Degree, Academic Persistence, Definitions
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Skidmore, Susan Troncoso; Zientek, Linda Reichwein; Hsu, Hsien-Yuan; Edmonson, Stacey L. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2023
There is a multitude of studies that have examined graduation rates within the traditional 4- to 6-year time frame. What fails to be captured in these studies are students who are outside the 4- to 6-year time frame. In the present study, we sought to empirically explore a cohort of students who successfully completed their bachelor's degrees at a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Graduates, Graduation Rate, Profiles
Education Trust-West, 2023
Dual enrollment (DuE) is an opportunity for high school students to take college-level courses. Participation in dual enrollment allows students to earn high school and college credit simultaneously; thus, decreasing students' time to complete a college degree and saving them tuition costs. Other questions answered in the guide include: (1) How…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Advanced Placement
Global Partnership for Education, 2024
Inclusive, quality education promotes understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence among individuals and communities. Education holds the potential to reduce the likelihood of conflicts by fostering critical thinking, encouraging open dialogue and creating economic growth opportunities. The world urgently needs to recognize the role of…
Descriptors: Peace, Inclusion, Equal Education, Access to Education
Kristi Moore-Hamil – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Previous research demonstrated the variety of learning environments in which experiential learning is used, as well as how constructivism plays a role in education and learning. This study was designed to fill the gap in literature by examining the extent to which participants viewed an experiential learning opportunity as beneficial in relation…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), School Psychologists, Internship Programs, Educational Environment
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Peter Riley Bahr; Claire A. Boeck; Yiran Chen; Paula Clasing-Manquian – Research in Higher Education, 2024
Do older community college students build momentum toward graduation differently than their younger peers? One-third of students in community colleges are 25 years of age or older, and these students tend to have lower rates of graduation than their younger peers. Yet, we know little about how the factors that influence college graduation differ…
Descriptors: Age, Gender Differences, Differences, Time to Degree
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Rebecca M. Jones; Mary Emenike – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
Beginning in 2016 and with funding from the National Science Foundation, the Rural and Diverse Student Scholars Program at George Mason University supported two cohorts of diverse undergraduate students from rural Virginia in their pursuit of a STEM degree. A holistic program design and individual components aimed to combine to support student…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Student Diversity, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education
Ashia Hall Muhammad – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation addressed the underrepresentation of African American women attaining doctoral degrees at universities across the nation. It also explored the McNair Scholars Program, and the role the program played in preparing African American female students for graduate school and completion of the doctoral degree. In line with the…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Females, Educational Background, Undergraduate Study
Ray Bartholomew – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research shows that the at-risk population entering college dropout or land on probation within their first year in college. Through a longitudinal comparative research design, this study examines at-risk students' academic standing, retention, graduation, and tutoring usage within a cohort program compared to a non-cohort initiative at a…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Community Colleges, Community College Students
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Torres, David; Crichigno, Jorge; Sanchez, Carmella – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2021
A Monte Carlo algorithm is designed to predict the average time to graduate by enrolling virtual students in a degree plan. The algorithm can be used to improve graduation rates by identifying bottlenecks in a degree plan (e.g., low pass rate courses and prerequisites). Random numbers are used to determine whether students pass or fail classes by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Efficiency, Monte Carlo Methods, Time to Degree
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Witteveen, Dirk; Attewell, Paul – Research in Higher Education, 2021
Increasingly, undergraduates take more than 4 years to complete a baccalaureate, a situation widely perceived as a waste of time and money, for students, their families, and taxpayers. We first identify several phenomena that result in a longer time to degree and document the frequency of such delays. Then, using nationally representative data…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Study, College Graduates
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Burrus, Scott W. M.; Fiore, Todd D.; Rice, Timothy H.; Shaw, Melanie E. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2021
With the growth of online doctoral programs, administrators are interested in determining the best programmatic structures to support student success. The structures of online doctoral programs vary widely. Some institutions require in-person or virtual residency experiences, while others can be completed entirely online without a synchronous…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Distance Education
Mastrogiovanni, Margaret Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this dissertation study was twofold. First, this research study examined the role of noncognitive factors on degree completion, academic achievement, and persistence. Second, this research study examined the utility of the Personal Potential Index (PPI) as an avenue to reliably assess noncognitive factors of graduate students that…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attrition, College Applicants, Scores
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Lefebvre, Elisabeth E.; Pradhan, Sahara; Thomas, Matthew A. M. – Comparative Education Review, 2022
Teach For All (TFAll) is a global network dedicated to cultivating its unique brand of fast-track teacher training and policy reform. Launched in 2007, TFAll programs now exist in 60 countries--including Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda--and utilize particular discourses to recruit teachers, court donors, and support ongoing operations. Scant research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Education, Time to Degree
Odle, T. K.; Dundar, A.; Shapiro, D.; Chen, X.; England, B. – National Student Clearinghouse, 2022
The Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP) is a service of the National Student Clearinghouse established in 2017 to empower institutions with more comprehensive data, easier analysis, centralized reporting functions, and interactive visualizations. Since its inception, over 500 colleges and universities have participated in the PDP. The 2022 PDP…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Credits, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap
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