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Examining the Influence of Mentoring Program on the Academic Achievement and Graduation Rates of Students of Color: A Quantitative Study
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ReJeanne A. Johns-Sylvester – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This quantitative study explored the study that female and first-generation students are often not provided with the mentoring support needed to succeed academically in STEM programs. The study focused on the Mentor Tech students that are students of color that are called proteges. The sample size was 38, and they were all STEM students of color.…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Programs, Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate
Validating Experiences, Sense of Community and College Persistence and Completion among Public University Low-Income Students
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Jeffrey Adam Barnett – ProQuest LLC, 2021
American colleges and universities are agents of individual progress, social change and upward mobility that foster an educated citizenry and a prosperous economic system. The long-term benefits of earning a bachelor's degree are multiple, significant and well documented for graduates, their families and for the public at large. The notion of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Low Income Students, Public Colleges, Academic Persistence
The Effect of Work Placements on the Academic Performance of Chinese Students in UK Higher Education
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Crawford, Ian; Wang, Zhiqi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
The main controversy as a result of the commercialisation of international education markets is that international students especially those from China are unable to perform as well as UK students in UK universities. So far, research has yet to identify the influence of placements on the academic performance of Chinese students from entry to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Job Placement