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Soria, Krista M.; Fransen, Jan; Nackerud, Shane – College & Research Libraries, 2017
The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether there are relationships between first-year college students' use of academic libraries and four academic outcomes: academic engagement, engagement in scholarly activities, academic skills development, and grade point average. The results of regression analyses suggest students' use of books…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Libraries, Use Studies, Users (Information)
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Soria, Krista M.; Mitchell, Tania D. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between first-year undergraduates' (n = 1,701) participation in learning communities and their development of leadership and multicultural competence. The sample included first-year students who were enrolled at six large, public research universities in 2012 and completed the Student…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communities of Practice, Student Participation, Leadership Training
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Stebleton, Michael J.; Soria, Krista M.; Aleixo, Marina B.; Huesman, Ronald L., Jr. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2012
This study examined student-faculty interactions and peer interactions among immigrant college students attending 4-year research universities in the United States. Using the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey completed by 58,000 undergraduate students from six large, public research universities, the researchers used…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Immigrants, Research Universities