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Feygin, Amy; Miller, Trey; Bettinger, Eric – College Completion Network, 2022
From fall 2021 to summer 2022, the College Completion Network conducted virtual focus groups with administrators at 47 2-year and broad-access 4-year colleges with the goal of better understanding the advising policies, practices, and programs (hereafter referred to as "strategies") that colleges use to support student success.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Success, Educational Attainment
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Van Sickle, Jenna; Schuler, Kristen R.; Quinn, Candice; Holcomb, John P.; Carver, Susan D.; Resnick, Andrew; Jackson, Debbie K.; Duffy, Stephen F.; Sridhar, Nigamanth – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
Operation STEM (OpSTEM) is an NSF grant-funded program at Cleveland State University to improve retention and graduation among high-risk students seeking STEM degrees by supporting them through early mathematics. OpSTEM focuses on students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups, first-generation college students, and women. The OpSTEM program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, STEM Education
Feygin, Amy; Miller, Trey; Bettinger, Eric; Dell, Madison – College Completion Network, 2022
The College Completion Network conducted a systematic review of the research literature on advising strategies, summarizing the evidence for a wide range of advising strategies that have been the focus of research conducted during the past 2 decades. Simultaneously, the network conducted virtual focus groups with administrators at 47 2-year and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Success, Literature Reviews
Amy Feygin; Trey Miller; Eric Bettinger; Madison Dell – College Completion Network, 2022
The College Completion Network conducted a systematic review of the research on advising strategies that support college completion. Several key findings can inform policy and practice: Holistic and comprehensive interventions that combine multiple components to meet student needs improve student outcomes. These types of interventions provide…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Success, Literature Reviews
Johnston, J. Howard – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2012
Boys have a slight advantage in the number of live births in the US (about 101:100), so, all things being equal, it is reasonable to assume that they would populate institutions at about the same rate as girls. However, institutions are social structures, and in social systems all things are almost "never" equal, so, clearly, there are other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, Males, Social Systems