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Kish, Danielle R. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Nontraditional students continue to attend courses in an online environment and struggle to complete their first academic year by experiencing lower retention and graduation rates. Online education offers nontraditional students the opportunity to engage in higher education while balancing work and home life and educational institutions are…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, College Students, School Holding Power, Online Courses
Donna Stanic – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students with disabilities are entering higher education at higher rates than ever before. However, the retention rates of these students are disproportionately low compared to peers without disabilities. More so, students with learning disabilities are less likely to be retained compared to those with other types of disabilities. This study…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), School Holding Power, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Blue, Andrea – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to explore the strategies needed to increase student retention rates and decrease dropout rates in a higher education organization. The problem addressed in the study was the lack of strategies that managers use to increase retention rates and decrease dropout rates in a higher education…
Descriptors: Mentors, School Holding Power, College Students, Dropout Rate
Curtin, Kathleen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Today higher education in the United States faces the challenges of increased demand and escalating cost in the face of stagnant graduation rates. Of particular interest to the public are tax payer supported postsecondary institutions. The traditional method of funding public colleges and universities based on enrollment has shifted in 32 states…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Aid, Higher Education, Performance
Rakoczy, Michelle Fahey – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The information technology field changes at a fast rate and, combined with the fast pace of change in the higher education environment, it is more important than ever that Information Technology professionals be productive and that retention rate increase in this field. This phenomenological study is an exploration of the professional experiences…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Higher Education, Professional Personnel, Models
Abouzeida, Essam – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Within a challenging environment of financial hardships and budget cuts, higher education institutions have been struggling to maintain the balance between quality and productivity using the available resources while answering to calls for more accountability and proof of effective and efficient institutional performance. This study explored the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Expenditures, Higher Education, Graduation Rate
Rachel Hulse – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Idaho is facing an educational crisis, consistently ranking 50th in the nation for high school students directly enrolling in college. A startling college attrition rate results in only one out of every ten Idaho high school graduates earning a college degree. College students have been shown to possess a unique set of stressors, which can…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, Student Attrition, Stress Variables
Sherry Rocchio – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Anywhere from 40 to 68% of first-year students, over 1.7 million, enroll in at least one or more remedial or developmental course for reading, writing, or mathematics before being able to continue into the mainstream of college coursework (Barnett, 2018; Complete College America, 2016; Logue, 2018 WV HEPC Academic Readiness Report, 2019). An…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Required Courses, State Legislation
Elizabeth Carson-Murphy – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Online learning in the higher education sector has grown exponentially over the past 15 years. Whereas online learning was once a viable alternative for the nontraditional adult student, enrollment trends now show an influx in traditional students opting for virtual education opportunities especially in the last three years during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Electronic Learning, College Enrollment, School Holding Power
Michelle Heinig Resnick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Evidence has suggested students with disabilities in higher education have faced stigma and skepticism, resulting in lower retention and completion rates as compared to students without disabilities. For students with disabilities, degree completion is significant because adults with disabilities are three times more likely than their nondisabled…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
Kathryn McDaniel Zimmerhanzel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study investigated how and to what extent colleges and universities are integrating self-efficacy components within their Quality Enhancement Plans. Higher education institutions that are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS), the regional accrediting body for 11 southern states, are…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Academic Achievement
Julich, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Distance learning has changed the landscape of higher education especially with regards to community colleges which are the leaders in offering online courses (CCRC, 2013). In years past the online educational platform has struggled to meet the same academic standards and retention rates of traditional face-to-face courses. Blended courses which…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Higher Education, Online Courses, Blended Learning
White, Jared – ProQuest LLC, 2018
With state resources for higher education under constant pressure, it is critical to understand how to maximize institutional performance while being economical with resource allocation. Future workforce demands will call for an increasing number of those entering the workforce to have some form of higher education instruction, beyond their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Expenditures, Resource Allocation
Bartlett, Stacy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Low student retention and persistence continues to be a major problem within American higher education (Elkins, Braxton, & James, 2000; Kalsbeek & Hossler, 2010; Kezar, 2004; Tinto, 2006-2007). Less is known about the institutional organizational behavior influence on student persistence (Berger, 2001-2002); and while enrollment management…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Enrollment Management, Higher Education
Walsh, Michael Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2013
College student retention has been described as a puzzle because retention rates have stagnated, and in some cases declined, despite over seventy years of research into the problem. The magnitude of the problem is that 50 percent of college students will leave their institution before obtaining a degree (Braxton, Hirschy, & McClendon, 2011).…
Descriptors: College Students, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Higher Education