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Heritage, Brody; Ladeira, Christopher; Steele, Andrea R. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
A significant number of university students are leaving their institutions before completing their degrees. The present research project applied embeddedness theory, from organizational research, to understand student retention in a tertiary student population, and develop a quantitative instrument that measured university student embeddedness. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, School Holding Power, Student Experience
Löfström, Erika; Peltonen, Jouni; Frick, Liezel; Niglas, Katrin; Pyhältö, Kirsi – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine variation in doctoral students' experiences of ethics in doctoral supervision and how these experiences are related to research engagement, burnout, satisfaction, and intending to discontinue PhD studies. Data were collected from 860 doctoral students in Finland, Estonia, and South Africa. Four distinct…
Descriptors: Profiles, Doctoral Students, Student Experience, Ethics
Arnold, Ivo J.M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
This paper uses a large sample of students from a Dutch university to describe variations in academic performance following a change in the strictness of academic dismissal policies. The research setting includes one moment in which the performance threshold for academic dismissal has been changed, keeping constant other characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Achievement, Academic Probation
Pickenpaugh, Emili N.; Yoast, Summer R.; Baker, Amanda; Vaughan, Angela L. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
It is commonly stated in both literature and news outlets that undergraduate college students, who are undeclared (i.e., have not declared a major), are at a higher risk of dropping out or underperforming compared to students with declared majors. However, research supporting this belief or literature citing possible supportive interventions is…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Nonmajors
Harrison, Neil; Baker, Zoë; Stevenson, Jacqueline – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
Life outcomes for people who spent time in the care of the state as children ('care-experienced') are known to be significantly lower, on average, than for the general population. The reasons for this are complex and multidimensional, relating to social upheaval, disrupted schooling, mental and physical health issues and societal stigmatisation.…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Outcomes of Education
Facchini, Marta; Triventi, Moris; Vergolini, Loris – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
In this work, we investigate whether grants improve the academic outcomes of students from socio-economically disadvantaged families and thereby reduce inequalities of educational opportunities. We focus on Italy, which is characterized by high dropout rates, prolonged duration of higher education studies and considerable social inequalities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grants, Outcomes of Education, College Students
Cook-Sather, Alison – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
Analyses of how staff and student voices are, or are not, respected in higher education typically unfold in separate conversations. In this discussion, I use narrative analysis of several sources--primary research data, informal participant feedback, and participants' published essays--to present a case study of how the co-creation of teaching and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, College Faculty, Student Participation
Corradi, David; Nicolaï, Jonas; Levrau, François – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
A wide range of mindset interventions has been designed to tackle the educational gap and improve the academic achievements of underperforming students. These interventions often target small student samples in experimental or homogeneous educational settings. This paper will explicitly emphasize the role of context in the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, College Students, Foreign Countries
Contini, Dalit; Cugnata, Federica; Scagni, Andrea – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive picture of social selectivity in higher education in Italy by focusing on enrolment and two alternative indicators of success: retention and timely completion. The existing literature has shown that young individuals of disadvantaged backgrounds have lower enrolment probabilities and higher chances of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Selective Admission, Social Influences
van Breda, Adrian D. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Youth transitioning into university face numerous life challenges, particularly in South Africa with its high levels of poverty and inequality. This article, recognising the vulnerability of many students, sets out to identify the resilience processes that facilitate the resilient outcomes of life satisfaction and academic progress. Using a sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Transfer Students, At Risk Students
Villano, Renato; Harrison, Scott; Lynch, Grace; Chen, George – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Higher education institutions are increasingly seeking technological solutions to not only enhance the learning environment but also support students. In this study, we explored the case of an early alert system (EAS) at a regional university engaged in both on-campus and online teaching. Using a total of 16,142 observations captured between 2011…
Descriptors: Identification, School Holding Power, College Students, Educational Strategies
Yusif, Hadrat; Ofori-Abebrese, Grace – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
At the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana, first year enrolment increased by 1466.81% from 708 in 1961/1962 to 11,093 in 2011. In the 2013/2014 academic year, the total student population was 45,897. There are now five main admission paths, comprising regular, mature, fee paying, less endowed, and protocol/staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Sciences, College Students, College Admission
Jia, Pengfei; Maloney, Tim – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
Predictive modelling is used to identify students at risk of failing their first-year courses and not returning to university in the second year. Our aim is twofold. Firstly, we want to understand the factors that lead to poor first-year experiences at university. Secondly, we want to develop simple, low-cost tools that would allow universities to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Withdrawal (Education), Dropouts