Research on the Advanced Placement (AP) program generally shows that students scoring 4s and 5s on AP exams outperform their non-AP peers in subsequent college courses. However, faculty often advise students with AP credit to repeat prerequisite courses in college before attempting advanced coursework, and there are few studies that provide…

This study analyzed the differences between first-time freshmen who register on time and those who register late in their first semester of college. The researcher compared the academic success of first-time freshmen based on their course registration date, academic GPA, and the variables of age group, gender, ethnicity, and admission type. The…

Individuals with disabilities live in higher rates of poverty and are not always able to fully integrate into their communities. Postsecondary education has traditionally been a means to enhance employment opportunities. Currently, students with disabilities are attending community colleges as their primary choice for higher education. Having an…

School leadership ranks as an essential factor for successful schools. The purpose of this study is therefore to investigate the effects of two central leadership practices -- "setting directions" and "managing instructional processes" -- on both instructional quality (mediator) and student achievement (target) in Austrian…

Objective: ADHD symptoms are highly prevalent among university students. These symptoms, particularly the inattentive cluster, predispose students to poorer academic performance and worse academic adjustment. Moreover, ADHD symptoms are often comorbid with other common mental disorders; this comorbidity also leads to poor outcomes. South African…

This research investigates the multifaceted relationship between self-esteem and various dimensions of university students' experiences, including academic performance, personal development, and social interactions. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study analyzed quantitative data from 28 participants measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale…

We use data from three large public universities in Washington to connect interest in education at the time of university application to eventual applications to teacher education programs (TEPs). Not surprisingly, given the demographics of the teacher workforce, female, White, and students with lower SAT scores are substantially more likely to be…

This study presents a longitudinal analysis of the qualitative experiences and quantitative outcomes associated with integrative, interdisciplinary teaching in the context of a specific nursing course, "Pathophysiology" (NURS 337), at a public, 4-year, state college (now university). Spanning an 8-year period, from 2014-2022, the…

Teacher education institutions (TEIs) in the Philippines establish their brand of educational quality through their graduates' performance in the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). It is, therefore, necessary for TEIs to align instructional delivery with the competencies in the LET. Thus, this study was undertaken to correlate academic…

The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between student academic success and recreational sports participation. Data from the NASPA Assessment and Knowledge Consortium Recreation and Wellness Benchmark (n=64,483) was utilized. Students participating in a moderate number of activities and a high time investment were more likely…

This large-scale study was conducted for the purposes of determining how representative library users are compared to the whole student population, to explore how library services contribute to student success, and to position the library to be included in the institution's learning analytics landscape. To that end, data were collected as students…

This study aims to examine the effects of cheating tendency, academic goal commitment, and moral attitude toward cheating on academic achievements of teacher candidates. 486 teacher candidates were recruited. The moral attitude toward cheating was measured with the Moral Attitude subscale of the Scale for Attitude Towards Cheating. The cheating…

Food insecurity is a growing problem that is negatively affecting millions of households due to the limited or uncertain availability or access to nutritionally adequate and safe foods. Scholars have found that college students are hungry while learning or too hungry to learn. As a potential threat to student success on college campuses in the…

In an effort to improve academic outcomes for underrepresented populations California community colleges were provided millions of dollars to develop initiatives to close achievement gaps for these students. However, multiracial students are rarely included in these discussions. This study examined multiracial populations enrolled in a California…

Nearly all college students require some academic assistance throughout their learning experiences. Rather than a dependent act, help-seeking is a self-regulated and motivated strategy; however, there are mixed findings regarding the relationship between academic help-seeking and academic achievement. Thus, the current study used meta-analytic…