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The Second-Year Retention Effect of Early Enrollment in a First-Year Seminar: Executive Summary of Dissertation Research
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Tyrone E. McKoy Jr. – Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, 2021
Is early enrollment in a qualified first-year seminar (FYS) positively associated with second-year retention rates of new community college students? A large mid-Atlantic community college (MAC) believes that it is, and this belief is the basis for the hypothesis being tested in this research. Beginning in 2010, new first-time college and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Enrollment, First Year Seminars, School Holding Power
Shaping the First-Year Experience: Assessment of the Vision Planning Seminar at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan
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Ito, Hiroshi – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Learning assessments of the First-Year Experience (FYE) at universities have drawn increasing attention. Despite its current popularity, few pieces of literature on the FYE learning assessment exist in Japan. To present a case of FYE in the context of Japan, this paper examines the FYE course called the Vision Planning Seminar (VPS) at the Nagoya…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Experience, Strategic Planning
Boosting Underprepared Students: Salish Kootenai College Uses Research to Build Success
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Sherwin, Stacey – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2011
As an open-access institution and a tribal college, Salish Kootenai College (SKC, Pablo, Montana) accepts all students who walk through the doors. Part of SKC's mission is to provide educational opportunities and access for students who are historically underrepresented in higher education. In recent years, national attention has focused on the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Opportunities, Tribally Controlled Education
2018 EOA Best Practices Clearinghouse Directory (4th Ed.)
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Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this directory was to identify, describe, and evaluate evidence that the education practices improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. Method: The sample for the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
2016 EOA National Best Practices Center Directory (2nd Ed.)
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Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
This 2016 directory identifies, describes, and contains evaluative data evidence-based practices that improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. The directory was a production of the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Fighting Attrition: One Freshman Year Program that Targets Academic Progress and Retention for At-Risk Students.
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Colton, George M.; Connor, Ulysses J., Jr.; Shultz, Eileen L.; Easter, Linda M. – Journal of College Student Retention, 1999
After studying national literature and local needs, Kutztown University (Pennsylvania) created the Student Support Services Freshman Year Program to help at-risk freshmen acclimate to the campus environment and succeed in college. The program consists of five components: academic advising/counseling; a freshman colloquium; a student-mentor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen