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Moore, Jenard Darrell – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this phenomenological was to identify and understand how Black Male Initiative programs contributed to the completion of an undergraduate degree for Black males at HBCUs. The study's central research question was: What role does the Black Male Initiative (BMI) play in Black male undergraduate degree completion at HBCUs in the U.S.?…
Descriptors: African American Students, Undergraduate Students, Males, Black Colleges
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Angela C. Lofaro – College and University, 2022
In light of the current discourse around the alleged discriminatory nature of the SAT and ACT exams against underrepresented minority students, and the increase in American institutions of higher education choosing to adopt test-optional freshman admission policies, this study sought to identify weather these policies are associated with changes…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, School Policy
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Miia Rissanen; Jyrki Savolainen; Mikael Collan – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
This research explores the suitability of system-based simulation analysis for higher education (HE) policy-planning. A dynamic system model of the Finnish university funding system covering bachelor-level students is presented. The results show that the model captures the nature of the current funding system, which can be considered a zero-sum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Colleges, Financial Support, Educational Finance
Jeanette G. Baez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The California State University's Graduation Initiative 2025 has strengthened and renewed campuses' commitment toward supporting students on their educational journey to ensure they meet their ultimate goal of graduation. Of equal importance is the elimination of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic equity gaps in graduation completion, especially for…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Dual Enrollment, College Students
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Nicholas A. Bowman; Shinji Katsumoto; Brooke H. Tran; Alberto M. Segre – Journal of Higher Education, 2024
Prior research has explored how international students' interactions with domestic students and with other international students predict their self-reported short-term outcomes, particularly in the context of the environmental challenges that international students may encounter. The present study builds upon this earlier work by using…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Predictor Variables
Emily R. Wiegand; Shannon Guiltinan; Thao Tran; Robert M. Goerge – Administration for Children & Families, 2024
Postsecondary programs in early childhood education (ECE) can provide a pathway for new educators to enter the child care and early education (CCEE) field or for the advancement and professional development of individuals already in the field. At a time when CCEE administrators report difficulties in finding qualified applicants, the recruitment…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education, Labor Force Development
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Kumaraguru Mahadevan; Noal Atkinson – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2024
This paper examines the demographic factors of the subjects enroled and completed by an hyperflexible online MBA Leadership (L) programme for 1034 students at Central Queensland University using the deductive research methodology and statistical analysis. Australian-born students are influenced by their industry experience when enroling in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Individual Characteristics, Masters Programs
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David Wutchiett; A. W. Logue – Grantee Submission, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic decreased college enrollment and disrupted academic progress, particularly among disadvantaged students and institutions. Just before the start of the pandemic in spring 2020, 31,511 undergraduate students attending colleges of The City University of New York responded to a survey detailing their circumstances. Lasso…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Graduation Rate, College Enrollment
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Juliana de Castro Galvao; Frederick Tucker; Paul Attewell – Higher Education Policy, 2024
For decades, educators and policy makers have decried low graduation rates at US colleges, advocating policies and making investments to improve graduation. We analyze a decade of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data for four-year colleges to investigate how much institutions have improved their graduation rates from 2008…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Trend Analysis, Educational Trends
Susan L. Brassard – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research study focused on the potential factors impacting students with disabilities (SWDs) course placement and graduation rates at Simmons High School (SHS), a large urban school in Massachusetts. Preliminary research found that approximately 50% of SWDs graduate each school year at SHS and are historically marginalized compared to their…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Placement, Graduation Rate, High School Students
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Barrett J. Taylor; Brendan Cantwell – Educational Policy, 2024
Three trends have characterized state policymaking for higher education in the 21st century: divestment, accountability, and race neutrality. These policy agendas are often justified as an attempt to optimize system efficiency and performance by making institutional actors (agents) responsive to the demands of state officials (principals). In this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Educational Trends, Policy Formation
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Ortagus, Justin C. – Educational Researcher, 2023
This study examines the influence of varying levels of online enrollment on community college students' likelihood of degree completion, with a particular focus on completion outcomes among traditionally underserved subgroups of students. Using institutional transcript data from a high-enrollment community college and a propensity score weighting…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Enrollment, Computer Mediated Communication, Graduation Rate
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Vora, Natasha J.; Vatcheva, Kristina; Saldivar, Manuel G.; Nair, Saraswathy; Lehker, Michael W.; Chew, Sue Anne – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
The Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative (BFRI) is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), a hispanic-serving institution. Our analysis showed that BFRI participation was associated with retention in the BS in Biomedical Science program and at UTRGV. No significant difference…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Freshmen, Student Research, Student Experience
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Stevens, Dannelle D.; Caskey, Micki M. – Innovative Higher Education, 2023
Doctoral students' program non-completion continues to be a worldwide phenomenon. Given the challenges across the globe following the 2020-22 pandemic, we need scholarly and skilled PhD and education (EdD) doctoral program graduates. A place to look for retention improvement is by studying what students learn and how they are taught in their…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Experience, Success, Graduation Rate
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Wassmer, Robert; Galloway, Meredith – Community College Review, 2023
Objective: Six-year cohort completion rates calculated for California community college students--who declared their goal to obtain a certificate, associate degree, or become university transfer ready--averaged just below 50% for cohorts entering the fall semesters between 2007 and 2011. The range of this completion rate varied from 23% to 67%.…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Success, Community Colleges, Graduation Rate
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