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Direct linkRobertson, Catherine; Lewine, Rich; Sommers, Alison – NACADA Journal, 2014
Western culture admonishes that ''winners never quit,'' but sometimes the termination of a specific goal is the best choice for a student. Cognitive perseveration is commonly defined as one repeating an action after learning that it produces a poor outcome and may be considered a form of ''never quitting.'' This type of cognitive perseveration…
Descriptors: Males, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Academic Persistence
Download full textAttewell, Paul; Jang, Sou Hyun – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
The summer school sessions that colleges offer their undergraduates are sometimes considered supplementary activities and are rarely perceived as central to a college's mission or effectiveness. However, analyses of college transcript data that tracked a nationally-representative sample of undergraduates for several years and through multiple…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Undergraduate Students, Program Effectiveness, Academic Persistence
Dalton, Ben; Ingels, Steven J.; Fritch, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
This First Look introduces new data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, collected in 2013 when most sample members were recent high school graduates, and in 2014 from the high school transcripts of students who were freshmen in 2009. The analyses examine students' high school completion status; plans for postsecondary enrollment and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Graduation Rate, High School Graduates
