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First-year seminars (FYS) are courses "intended to enhance the academic and/or social integration of first-year students" (Barefoot, 1992, p. 49). In 2008, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) introduced a list of 10 high-impact practices (HIPs) that had been tested and found to have significant positive…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, School Holding Power, Predictor Variables, College Freshmen
Zilvinskis, John; Morgan, Demetri L.; Dugan, Brendan – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
Following insights gleaned from a previous study the authors conducted, and to encourage greater transparency in the quantitative research design of higher education studies, the authors tested which institution-level variables found within the activism literature can be retained when modeling student activism behavior at multiple levels (Morgan,…
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Institutional Characteristics, Predictor Variables
Garton, Paul M.; Wawrzynski, Matthew R. – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
Student affairs and student engagement are becoming important mechanisms for social change within South African tertiary education. We explored the relationship between student involvement in cocurricular activities and learning outcomes related to collective leadership for social change. Data were collected via a survey of 1,309 students that…
Descriptors: Social Change, Student Personnel Services, Learner Engagement, Higher Education
Parker, Eugene T., III.; Kilgo, Cindy A.; Sheets, Jessica K. Ezell; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of internship participation on college students, specifically the effect on college GPA. Further, because of the capacity to disaggregate students by race in the sample, this study is significant because it provides much needed empirical evidence surrounding the impact of participation in…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Internship Programs, Student Participation, College Seniors
Lundberg, Carol A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
A national sample of 647 Native American students who took the National Survey of Student Engagement was used to test a path model to predict learning for Native American students. Institutional support for students' success and a positive interpersonal environment contributed both to engagement and learning. Support for student success was the…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Institutional Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship, Learning
Lundberg, Carol A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
Using a sample of 2,836 students from 5 different racial/ethnic groups, this study identified the ways student engagement and institutional features predict student learning. A supportive campus environment and high academic challenge predicted learning in general education, personal development, and practical competence for all racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Educational Experience
