Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 17 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 42 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 77 |
Descriptor
| Academic Persistence | 95 |
| Success | 94 |
| School Holding Power | 29 |
| Academic Achievement | 28 |
| Community Colleges | 27 |
| Graduation Rate | 25 |
| Higher Education | 24 |
| College Students | 20 |
| Program Effectiveness | 15 |
| At Risk Students | 14 |
| Barriers | 14 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Petty, Tanjula | 2 |
| Allison B. Peters | 1 |
| Andrews, Benjamin D. | 1 |
| Arendale, David | 1 |
| Ashley N. Woodson | 1 |
| Ashlyn M. Wardin | 1 |
| Baier, Stefanie T. | 1 |
| Bauman, Kandi | 1 |
| Belcher, Marcia J. | 1 |
| Bloomfield, Amie | 1 |
| Bragg, Debra D. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
Location
| Florida | 6 |
| Ohio | 5 |
| California | 4 |
| North Carolina | 4 |
| Virginia | 4 |
| New York (New York) | 3 |
| Texas | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
| Arkansas | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Illinois (Chicago) | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| SAT (College Admission Test) | 2 |
| Advanced Placement… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkLouis L. Dilbert – Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, 2023
Black male student veterans enter postsecondary education with three intersecting identities that should be acknowledged through the academic and student support services provided by the institution they attend. The academic guidance provided by competent and compassionate advisors coupled with student affairs engagement contribute to the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, African Americans, Males, Veterans
Terrell R. Morton; Wesley Agee; Kilan C. Ashad-Bishop; Lori D. Banks; Zanethia Choice Barnett; Imari D. Bramlett; Briana Brown; Walter Gassmann; Korie Grayson; Gail P. Hollowell; Ruth Kaggwa; Gaurav S. Kandlikar; Marshaun Love; Whitney N. McCoy; Mark A. Melton; Monica L. Miles; Catherine L. Quinlan; ReAnna S. Roby; Checo J. Rorie; Tatiane Russo-Tait; Ashlyn M. Wardin; Michele R. Williams; Ashley N. Woodson – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to present an argument for why there is a need to re-envision the underlying culture of undergraduate biology education to ensure the success, retention, and matriculation of Black students. The basis of this argument is the continued noted challenges with retaining Black students in the biological sciences coupled…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Education, Undergraduate Students, African American Students
Download full textCalifornia Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2025
Chapter 54 of the Statutes of 2022 (AB 183) allocated $30,000,000 to establish the California Community Colleges (CCC) "Native American Student Support and Success Program" (NASSSP) for the purpose of: (1) strengthening K-12 pathways to and through the CCC system for Native American students; (2) ensuring the educational success of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Success, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnston, Allie – Journal of Student Affairs, New York University, 2023
The development of the American higher education system is one of the defining moments in U.S. history. However, as the land was sold and colleges were established, the Indigenous people were displaced, converted, and erased. Colonization and Indigenous erasure persists to this day by means of low funding for reservations and minimal education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Indigenous Populations, Success, School Holding Power
Davis, Jemilia S.; DeSantis, Andrea L.; Jaeger, Audrey J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
Using statewide, local-level, and institutional data, presidents identify an area of opportunity to serve their communities using strategies that increase college access, enrollment, retention, transfer, and program alignment to the labor market. This article reveals how data informed specific actions to improve student success of a diverse set of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Presidents, Administrator Role, Success
Cobi Michael – Online Submission, 2023
Several factors, such as declining birth rates, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have contributed to the current downward trend in college enrollments in the United States (Marcus, 2021, May 22). Declining enrollments create a greater focus on retention of students. Retention, however, is complicated by factors such as rising tuition costs, an uncertain…
Descriptors: College Students, Mentors, Success, Academic Persistence
Pei Hu; Joe O’Shea; Allison B. Peters – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2023
Florida State University (FSU) has a long-standing commitment to promoting success for all students. FSU's strategies for student success and equity have resulted in increased and more equitable graduation rates and record fall-to-fall retention rates. This article provides an inventory of student success and equity initiatives at FSU. The…
Descriptors: State Universities, Academic Achievement, College Students, Academic Persistence
Lawrence Abele – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2021
This essay identifies six common institutional barriers to student completion and offers recommendations to remove them. The barriers are: (a) confusing degree requirements, (b) courses not available when needed, (c) unnecessary registration holds, (d) course credits of transfer students not counted toward degree, (e) financial aid policies that…
Descriptors: Barriers, Academic Persistence, Degree Requirements, School Registration
Corwin, Zoë B.; Maruco, Tattiya; Romero-Morales, Maria; Rocha, Christine – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2020
Over the past two years, Pullias Center researchers and practitioners from the nonprofit Get Schooled have collaborated on a project designed to boost first year persistence and success at California State University, Dominguez Hills. This brief is intended to share outcomes and lessons learned from implementing the texting component of Get…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Intervention, Success
Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2023
This resource guide is a companion to the report, "Helping Underserved Students at Higher Performing iPASS Colleges: An Exploration of Support Practices." The report details how Black, Latinx, and low-income students are supported at five institutions that participated in the study. This guide describes and provides hyperlinks to useful…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students, Academic Advising
Dixie Grunenfelder; Kefi Andersen; Mandy Paradise – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2023
The Legislature established the Graduation: A Team Effort (GATE) Advisory (originally known as Building Bridges Workgroup) in 2007 to keep all students visible and on track to graduate from high school. The state's ongoing engagement and reengagement efforts are based on the three major recommendations of the original Building Bridges Workgroup:…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High School Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Linda Dale Bloomberg – International Journal of Online Graduate Education, 2024
Student success is increasingly tied to equity-minded policies and practices that ameliorate postsecondary achievement gaps. Educational disruptions over the past few years continue to reshape the education landscape and have continued to illuminate racial and socioeconomic inequities at higher education institutions, deepening the digital divide…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Equal Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Measures (Individuals)
Kameron Higginbotham – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2022
In this student voice essay, I reflect on my experiences thus far as a first-generation college student. I share how the Center for Academic Retention and Engagement (CARE) program at Florida State University has contributed to my success. I then discuss the problems and challenges faced by first-generation low-income college students. Next, I…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Success, College Role, Academic Persistence
Brazer, S. David; Matsuda, Michael B. – Harvard Education Press, 2023
"Educating for Purposeful Life" documents positive change within the Anaheim Union High School District, whose overarching mission is to prepare high school graduates who possess a clear sense of purpose and the capacity to achieve their goals. Superintendent Michael Matsuda and education consultant David Brazer lay out the district's…
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, High School Graduates, Educational Policy
Windsor, Alistair; Ivey, Stephanie – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
Increasing persistence and graduation of post-secondary STEM students is a topic of significant focus and research, as are strategies for identifying barriers to success and intervening to bridge related gaps. In the case of underrepresented students, there are many challenges that may impact persistence in STEM majors, many of which, while…
Descriptors: Success, STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Majors (Students)
