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Black, Ruth Claire – IGI Global, 2019
Online degree programs have long faced the issue of retention and engagement from their students. Proper support and guidance for students can encourage continuation in these programs, and can help lead to student success. "Coaching for Student Retention and Success at the Postsecondary Level: Emerging Research and Opportunities" is a…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), School Holding Power, Postsecondary Education, Academic Achievement
Glazier, Rebecca A. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021
More students than ever before are taking online classes, yet higher education is facing an online retention crisis; students are failing and dropping out of online classes at dramatically higher rates than face-to-face classes. Grounded in academic research, original surveys, and experimental studies, "Connecting in the Online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, College Students, College Faculty, Teacher Student Relationship
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Wang, Xi; Dai, Minhao; Mathis, Robin – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: Given the relatively low graduation and retention rate in undergraduate engineering programs in the United States, the factors that influence student success outcomes need to be examined. However, limited research systematically studied both student- and school-level factors and how they influenced undergraduate engineering student…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Influences, Engineering Education
Master, Benjamin K.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Acheson-Field, Hannah – RAND Corporation, 2020
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Pathway to Leadership in Urban Schools (PLUS) program as implemented in a large urban school district. The program was designed to select and develop school assistant principals (APs) to be more effective at instructional leadership. The study spanned four school years, 2015/16 through 2018/19, and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Assistant Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
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Dabbagh, Nada; Bass, Randall; Bishop, M. J.; Picciano, Anthony G.; Sparrow, Jennifer; Costelloe, Sarah; Cummings, Kristen; Freeman, Brian; Frye, Michael; Porowski, Allan; Wilson, Sandra Jo – What Works Clearinghouse, 2019
Despite increasing college enrollment and growing diversity of the college student population, college completion rates are low. Many colleges are exploring ways to leverage technology to improve student retention and increase the educational options for and success of their diverse student bodies. Web-based course or learning management systems…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Postsecondary Education, Academic Achievement, College Administration