This study examines the relationships between student engagement, college GPA, and persistence for 6,000 students attending 18 baccalaureate-granting institutions. Data sources included student-level information from National Survey of Student Engagement, academic transcripts, merit aid, ACT/SAT score reports. Engagement had positive, statistically significant effects on grades first second year different racial ethnic backgrounds. Equally important, engagement compensatory historically...

Established theories and constructs long associated with student success, including involvement, engagement, integration, provide common language a body of knowledge to inform understanding the challenges currently facing higher education. This paper examines how terms have evolved, explores are used, considers their legacy for contemporary concerns about development success.

This article reviews the results from an in-depth multi-site case study of 20 institutions examining approaches to student engagement exploring differences by mission. The research questions pursued were: Is mission related distinctive for creating engaging environment students? If so, in what ways? demonstrate a set relationships between institutional and five benchmarks effective educational practice identified National Survey Student Engagement (NSSE). Implications policy are reviewed.

Abstract This chapter explores the relationships between indicators of student success such as persistence and engagement in effective educational practices focusing on historically underrepresented populations.

Abstract We're back at Macalester College for our second site visit. This meeting is with the provost to get feedback about interim report we sent a few weeks ago. ready record what he says missed college does enhance student success. Instead, hepulls out pen and legal pad says, "This was fine report. Now tell us how can do things better here Mac".

This study compared the experiences of women attending women's colleges with those coeducational institutions. Analyses data from National Survey Student Engagement (NSSE) random samples female first-year and senior students 26 264 other four-year institutions were conducted. Women at single-sex more engaged in effective educational practices reported higher levels feelings support greater gains college. With regard to effect different backgrounds on college experiences, transfer as or than...

Abstract This chapter explores the relationships between indicators of student success such as persistence and engagement in effective educational practices focusing on historically underrepresented populations.

Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) and longitudinal data from the first three waves of National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88), we examined achievement growth rates in precollege science by racial–ethnic gender subgroups. We found socioeconomic status previous grades strongly positively related to students’ eighth-grade across all also locus-of-control be for subgroups except Asian American males. In rate, that quantity units completed high school was only consistent predictor...

Thirteen years ago, 276 bachelor's-granting colleges and universities inaugurated a new approach to assessing college quality by participating in the first national administration of National S...

The challenges facing colleges and universities today may be unprecedented in number complexity. recent deep recession continues to take its toll college costs continue rise, even wh...

Nearly two years of intensive research into the daily work twenty institutions may finally put to rest any doubt that building cross-campus collaborations facilitate student success is essential.

• The phrase “student success” broadly refers to students reaping the promised benefits of postsecondary experience and a combination institutional student actions realize desired...

Abstract The author introduces her critical and feminist perspective, elaborates on approach, discusses how this influenced the development of research questions, methodology, data analysis, interpretation, presentation findings.