This study assesses students' perspectives, including their mental health, regarding their transition from face-to-face classes to online classes for the Spring 2020 Semester as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. An online questionnaire was administered at the end of the Spring 2020 Semester. Demographics as well as psychographics were…

Access to school counseling services leads to access to college-readiness counseling initiatives, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education-focused counseling for students. School counselor caseload and percentage of time spent on college-readiness counseling were analyzed in relation to longitudinal STEM…

This meta-analytic path analysis presents evidence that first-year academic performance (FYAP), measured by first-year grade point average (FYGPA) plays the major role in determining second-year student retention and that socioeconomic status (SES), measured by parental income, plays a negligible role. Based on large sample data used in a previous…

Background: Private schools have a big part in the educational landscape in the United States, both in terms of the number of students they educate and in the number of resources they command. That said, despite expectations to increase equity and access to opportunity for all students, little is known about racial, gender, or socioeconomic…

Given the positive influence of school climate on academic outcomes, several districts--including Chicago Public Schools (CPS)--incorporated climate surveys into their accountability systems, to signal the importance of school climate to schools. The "5Essentials" Survey, developed in Chicago, is currently administered to CPS students in…

We provide theory and evidence about how the design of college financial aid programs affects a variety of high school, college, and life outcomes. The evidence comes from an eight-year randomized trial where 2,587 high school ninth graders received a $12,000 merit-based grant offer. During high school, the program increased their college…

Filling the STEM pipeline from secondary schools to postsecondary institutions is essential for the nations' competitiveness in the 21st century. It is therefore crucial to motivate more high school students to consider entering one of the STEM fields and to prepare themselves by taking advanced coursework in STEM that will prime them for choosing…

The purpose of this sequential mixed methods study was to examine the relationship among student achievement factors, gifted and talented status and post-secondary readiness. The study included a review of archived data obtained from a large district in the southeastern region of Texas consisting of a purposeful sample of AP students' who took an…

This study examines the relationships between student perception of college experiences and student characteristics, and their key educational outcomes--cumulative GPA, completion, and university transfer--for two years of CCSSE administration at Tennessee community colleges. It models the outcomes via Tobit and logistic regression and event…

Undocumented Latinx college students in rural areas confront a myriad of stressors that challenge their resilience and which merit empirical emphasis. This study will examine the risk and protective factors, and their impact on academic outcomes, of undocumented first generation Latinx college students in Public Institutions in Rural Areas. The…

The use of credit recovery as a high school dropout prevention strategy has rapidly increased within the last twenty years. The majority of public schools within the United States of America utilize at least one form of credit recovery. Credit recovery programs include a range of instructional delivery methods and may include various curricula and…

Students with disabilities experience more than the usual number of challenges in their postsecondary education experiences. Students with disabilities typically receive support services from an administrative unit assigned to assist them. But these assigned administrators and their staff often have difficulty identifying the factors that are most…

While peer mentor programs for students with disabilities in higher education are increasing in prevalence, the research examining the effectiveness of these programs remains limited. In this study, the effect of one college peer mentoring program on academic performance at a small, private four-year university was examined. The sample was drawn…

In the quest for broader participation in higher education, blended synchronous courses are offered as a way to support nontraditional as well as traditional students. While students appreciate the option of participating either face-to-face (F2F) or remotely (RMT), questions remain whether RMT students are as engaged and learning at the same rate…

Today technology takes over the burden of men with a lot of developments and innovation. In the education field, many developments can be seen too. The concept of 'readiness' is one of the most important key factors in E-learning. As readiness makes learning easier, e-learning becomes easier as well. However, E-learning seems required under…