Publication Date
| In 2025 | 14 |
| Since 2024 | 212 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1261 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3159 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5979 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 102 |
| Researchers | 72 |
| Policymakers | 52 |
| Teachers | 47 |
| Administrators | 42 |
| Counselors | 16 |
| Students | 14 |
| Community | 2 |
| Parents | 2 |
| Support Staff | 1 |
Location
| California | 294 |
| Turkey | 185 |
| Canada | 156 |
| Texas | 149 |
| Florida | 138 |
| United States | 103 |
| New York | 97 |
| North Carolina | 77 |
| Tennessee | 71 |
| Illinois | 61 |
| Virginia | 60 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 34 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 46 |
| Does not meet standards | 60 |
Direct linkBowman, Alayne J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While students have enrolled in college at increased rates since 1996, graduation rates have remained mostly stagnant (NCES, 2022). First-generation Appalachian students, specifically, had lower college completion rates but higher college enrollment rates than their peers (ARC, 2018). Since 2007, researchers have supported the use of non-cognitive…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Success, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
Peer reviewedGao, Ni; Eissenstat, SunHee J.; Oh, Tammy L. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study explores the use of social media and its impact on the college life of students with disabilities. Participants: 341 college students who identified as having disabilities were recruited from two universities in the Northeastern United. Methods: Multivariate multiple regression models examined the relationship between social…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Social Media, Academic Achievement
Tammy R. Millican – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While many Americans may be questioning the value of a college degree due to rising costs, on virtually every measure of economic well-being and career attainment--from personal earnings to job satisfaction to the share employed full time--young college graduates are outperforming their peers with less education. Yet college dropout rates indicate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Universities, School Holding Power, Student Characteristics
Josh Craton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Mental health struggles in college students have been steadily increasing in recent years. In an effort to slow the trend, scholars have searched for methods and tools to help students manage their mental health. One such tool that has shown to be correlated with less stress, anxiety, and symptoms associated with depression is mental toughness.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mental Health, Resilience (Psychology), Empathy
Melissa D. Olfert; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield; Bailey Houghtaling; Monica K. Esquivel; Lanae B. Hood; Lillian MacNell; Jessica Soldavini; Maureen Berner; Mateja R. Savoie Roskos; Melanie D. Hingle; Georgianna R. Mann; Julia F. Waity; Linda L. Knol; Jennifer Walsh; Valerie Kern-Lyons; Christopher Paul; Keith Pearson; Jeannine R. Goetz; Marsha Spence; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett; J. Porter Lillis; E. Brooke Kelly; Adam Hege; Mary Catherine Fontenot; Patricia Coleman – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. Participants: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. Methods: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Housing, Homeless People
Mary Eleanor Fugate – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Time management of undergraduate college students has long been studied as it relates to student success outcomes such as retention, GPA, and more. However, less is known about the way college students actually use or allocate their time and how these patterns affect student success. To address this problem, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Time Management, Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Learner Engagement
Joanna Hobbs – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation sought to determine the impact of online dual enrollment (DE) coursework on first-generation students' college GPAs and persistence/graduation outcomes. Further, this dissertation intended to discover whether increased dosages of online DE coursework result in increased persistence/graduation rates of first-generation students.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Dual Enrollment, Academic Achievement, First Generation College Students
Reuter, Peter R.; Forster, Bridget L.; Brister, Sierra R. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: To explore the correlation between eating habits of university students and academic achievement. Participants: 577 undergraduate students at a university in the United States. Methods: Students were invited to participate in an anonymous online survey that asked questions concerning health-related behaviors; participants were asked to…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Tessier, Lisa; Reiff, Dana M. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2021
In fall 2015, a mixed-method study was conducted with 106 early-semester and 89 late-semester undergraduate respondents to examine their use of rubrics and perceptions of their impact on academic success. A significant shift toward rubric use was found over the course of the semester, with most use occurring before assignments were due. Students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scoring Rubrics, Grades (Scholastic), Undergraduate Students
Kim Buch; Elaine O'Reilly – Teaching of Psychology, 2024
Background: Transfer students are a growing population of undergraduate psychology majors who are academically at-risk but often underserved by 4-year institutions. Objective: We describe a transfer learning community (TLC) for entering psychology transfer students and report its impact on participants social and academic integration and success.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Communities of Practice, Undergraduate Students
Albert Edward Willson IV – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study was an action research analysis of a competitive, after-school robotics program in the Woodland Hills School District. A longitudinal quantitative analysis was used to measure the effects of the after-school program on academic achievement and student engagement in school. Grade Point Average was measured before the program began and…
Descriptors: Robotics, After School Programs, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
Aaron G. Frye; Matthew E. Cooper; Lisa G. Bullard – Chemical Engineering Education, 2024
The outcomes of students who completed a ChE graduate bridging course sequence were compared against a group of students with ad hoc preparation. Bridging course students were found to have a modestly higher rate of graduate degree conferral and slightly lower graduate GPAs (though the GPA effect size was found to be small to medium) compared to…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education, Outcomes of Education, Graduate Students
Andrei Ternikov; Mikhail Blyakher – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper focuses on the factors related to faculty workload in the context of resource scarcity to examine whether there is a relationship between them and grade inflation. Design/methodology/approach: As for methodological novelty, the authors created an indicator of students' expectations about grades that is related to grade…
Descriptors: Grading, Grade Inflation, Faculty Workload, College Faculty
Sandra Kay Cash – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the predictive relationship between grit and its components (perseverance of effort and consistency of interest) on GPA among students at a small Midwestern private college. Using archival data from 234 participants and drawing upon the grit theory and Tinto's integration Model, the research aimed to determine these effects…
Descriptors: Integrity, Grade Point Average, Correlation, First Generation College Students
Download full textRachel Burns; Sakshee Chawla; Cate Collins – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2024
Direct Admissions policies, first pioneered by Idaho in 2015, aim to simplify the path to college for high school students by proactively admitting students to state colleges and universities. Idaho's decision to implement Direct Admissions was motivated by a desire to boost its relatively low college-going rates and ensure that more of its high…
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, Student Characteristics, Demography
