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Suzanne Brown-Yates – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this action research study was to investigate challenges to college success specific for first-generation undergraduate students at a public regional institution, and to improve their lived experiences via a first-generation student intervention in the form of a one-quarter student success course. Data collection in Cycle 1 of this…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Success, Intervention, Public Colleges
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Charlotte Maheu Vail – New Directions for Student Services, 2024
Collaboration between academic and student affairs fosters meaningful student engagement, supports academic achievement, and facilitates a robust campus community. Although these partnerships can be challenging to develop, small institutions occupy a unique position in higher education, as these collaborations are highly valued as fundamental to…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Small Colleges, Cooperation, Sustainability
Denise Lynch – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative causal-comparative study examined whether early recuperative Department of Education (DOE) Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) could significantly impact the number of underperforming general education students targeted for special education services resulting from "not meeting Math and Reading grade-level state…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, General Education, Student Placement, Self Efficacy
Wibrow, Bridget – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2023
The vocational education and training (VET) information landscape is complex. The multitude of training providers, the diverse range of courses available, varying fees, and differences among providers can present a daunting environment for students. Prior studies have identified several key influences on student choice of training provider, such…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Academic Support Services, Delivery Systems, Decision Making
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Sharif, Shahbaz; Braimah, Mary; Dogbey, Alice Emmanuela – European Journal of Training and Development, 2023
Purpose: Public and private universities keep facilitating knowledge transfer and sharing within academic institutions. Multiple factors have been investigated to strengthen the infrastructure of these universities; however, the researchers have always been trying to explore the best one. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Learning Motivation, Transfer of Training, Comparative Analysis
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Hoyt, Jeff E. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
The connections we establish in college are transformative and redirect our lives to make lasting impacts on others around us and in the world. Student affairs and academic support services can make the difference in whether students drop out, fail academically or succeed in their college and career aspirations and realize a personal vision for…
Descriptors: College Students, School Holding Power, Academic Achievement, Academic Support Services
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Fitzmaurice, Olivia; Mac an Bhaird, Ciarán – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
In this paper, we report on the outcomes of a survey of students across 12 higher education institutions in Ireland and the UK. Participants were asked to give their views on what tutors should do and not do when they are providing Mathematics Learning Support to students. We present the categories that emerged from an analysis of student…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Tutoring, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes
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Lamese Chetty; Brigitta Kepkey – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2023
In South Africa, many students enter university without the skills required for success in higher education. Extended curriculum programmes (ECP) were developed to provide students who showed potential but were underprepared with the necessary foundations to achieve success in higher education. Student support services are essential to student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Support Services, Student Participation, Program Effectiveness
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Serpil Tekir; Tuba Okçu – Learning Assistance Review, 2023
At English Medium Instruction (EMI) universities, where the English language is used to teach academic subjects in countries where the first language of the majority of the population is not English, students are required to undertake a preparatory year English language program before they are permitted to commence their chosen field of study. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Academic Persistence
Morgan Blisard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students with disabilities entering post-secondary education encounter unique challenges, such as deciding whether to disclose their disability in order to receive specific supports and services. Disclosing one's disability is an individual choice weighing heavily on the student with consideration given to the possibility of experiencing judgment…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Mental Health, Student Welfare, Academic Support Services
Alexis Jenkins – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explored the perspectives and experiences of African American male students. enrolled in the Brothers Achieving Excellence (BRAVE) program at a medium sized, two-year community college institution in Southern New Jersey. The purpose of this study is to understand African American male BRAVE students' perceptions of academic support and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Community College Students, Success
Roberts, Jeremy – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Nearly ten percent of the first-year class at the University of Mississippi go on Academic Warning or Academic Probation each semester after their first-full semester at the University. During this time, the student's GPA is below a 2.0, which requires them to take the EDHE 101: Academic Skills for College course, if they plan to return to the…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Academic Support Services, Meetings, Time Management
Duggan, Mary Frances – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The steady increase of students with disabilities (SWD) enrolling in higher education can lead to barriers regarding the continued receipt of academic supports that can ensure positive outcomes in college; these challenges to obtain equitable supports similar to those received in PK-12 can make college transition more difficult. The problem…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Academic Support Services
Baldwin, Alyssa Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to describe the experiences of women student veterans and the role of self-efficacy in their utilization of campus support services. The theory guiding this study was Bandura's self-efficacy theory as it relates to the influences of the utilization of campus support by women student…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Veterans Education, Self Efficacy, Student Personnel Services
Smith, Eisha – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined how mentoring services offered at a predominately White university (PWI) aid its African American students in achieving academic success. The low success rate of African American students at PWIs is well documented. African Americans face many socio-cultural challenges, such as family structure, cultural deprivation,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Academic Achievement, African American Students, Predominantly White Institutions
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