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A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on factors of student success

Creator:: Corley, Sherie P.
Abstract:: Transfer students often experience difficulties in adjusting to a new institutional environment, and these difficulties may limit their academic potential. Success predictors identified in research may not be part of their experiences. Can an institution create a formal process which can ameliorate deficiencies within success factors for transfer students? This...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Creator:: Thomas, William Howard
Abstract:: In the process of adjusting to a new institutional environment, transfer students will often experience difficulties and these difficulties may limit their academic potential. Can an institution create a formal process which can help the transfer student adjust to the institutional environment? This study is an examination of a program--an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: College are examples of colleges which have determined student needs and created orientation programs

Chunking professional-technical programs to create pathways to degree completion in community colleges

Creator:: Dins, Kate
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the phenomenon of community colleges creating pathways to degree completion in professional-technical programs by breaking degree programs into smaller portions, referred to as "chunks." The purpose or possible advantage of chunking was that it would improve the rate of degree completion among...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: college student enrolled in the 2002 -2003 academic year. However, I contend that the small number of

Meeting the needs of nontraditional college students? Student perspectives on proprietary school practices

Creator:: Bush, Floretta M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand, through nontraditional student perspectives, how institutional practices of postsecondary proprietary schools may influence the success of moderately to highly nontraditional students. The study was undertaken for these reasons: (a) A large and growing number of higher education students are nontraditional, putting them...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Nontraditional College Students? Student Perspectives on Proprietary School Practices by Floretta M

The influence of participating in a mandatory mixed-format student success seminar on persistence in an urban community college

Creator:: Mendoza, James A.
Abstract:: Over the past twenty years, the national three-year graduation rate for community college students has ranged from 44% to roughly 31% in 2013 (NCES, 2013). As a way to address such low graduation rates, colleges have implemented a myriad of services and programs (i.e., tutoring, mentoring, etc.). Another intervention is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: seminar, freshman orientation, first year experience, student life skills, introduction to college

The effect of motivational orientation on academic achievement and persistence of rural community college students: A test of a motivational model from a self-determination theory perspective

Creator:: Hoppe, Stephanie E.
Abstract:: Understanding the relationship between motivation, academic achievement, and persistence may help higher education administrators develop plans for increasing student engagement and student success. Prior research on higher education indicated connections between motivation, academic achievement, and persistence, but there has been limited research that relates these concepts to the rural community...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: relationships exist between college student motivational orientation and academic success. Furthermore, the

The relation between size of high school attended and scholastic success in college

Creator:: Tingley, Howard B.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: student attended in preparation for his college career, to the success he achieved in college. Success

Adjustments and challenges experienced by adult Hispanic students in a public technical college

Creator:: Suchite, Jose M.
Abstract:: Little research has been done in the area of adult Hispanics' transition to college, a complex and challenging process which marks a critical period in their lives. Research suggests adaptation difficulty may cause them to drop out of school usually before completion of the first terms. There is a lack...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: adult Hispanic student experience during the first terms of technical college? (2) What strategies do

A two-year college and four-year university degree partnership program that facilitates baccalaureate attainment

Creator:: Hindman, Lynne L.
Abstract:: Baccalaureate attainment represents an important goal among educators and policymakers. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education has stated that affordability and transfer are critical to increasing baccalaureate attainment, and that community colleges have a critical role in this transfer process. On the other hand, some researchers disagree...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: disagree as to whether attending and transferring from a community college contributes to student

The Effectiveness of a Malleable Mindset Intervention in an Introductory Psychology Course

Creator:: Bostwick, Keiko C. P.
Abstract:: Students who believe that their intelligence is able to grow over time (malleable/ growth mindset) perform better on measures of academic success than students who believe that intelligence is a fixed trait that cannot be changed (fixed mindset; Dweck, 2000). Previous research on the effectiveness of mindset interventions have demonstrated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sustainable, low cost, and easy to implement in a large-lecture college course. Students enrolled in an

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A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on factors of student success

A study of the effects of an extended transfer student orientation course on transfer student academic achievement

Chunking professional-technical programs to create pathways to degree completion in community colleges

Meeting the needs of nontraditional college students? Student perspectives on proprietary school practices

The influence of participating in a mandatory mixed-format student success seminar on persistence in an urban community college

The effect of motivational orientation on academic achievement and persistence of rural community college students: A test of a motivational model from a self-determination theory perspective

The relation between size of high school attended and scholastic success in college

Adjustments and challenges experienced by adult Hispanic students in a public technical college

A two-year college and four-year university degree partnership program that facilitates baccalaureate attainment

The Effectiveness of a Malleable Mindset Intervention in an Introductory Psychology Course

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