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Ro, Hyun Kyoung; Terenzini, Patrick T.; Yin, Alexander C. – Research in Higher Education, 2013
Most of the research on the effects of college on students that examines the influences of institutional characteristics--what Pascarella and Terenzini ("How college affects students: Findings and insights from twenty years of research". San Francisco: Jossey-Bass 1991) called "between-college" effects--indicate that the descriptors typically used…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Engineering, Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement
Bryant, Alyssa N.; Gayles, Joy Gaston; Davis, Heather A. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
This study examined the relationships among college students' civic values and behaviors, college culture, and college involvement, accounting for their pre-college inclinations toward civic responsibility. Using a longitudinal, national dataset comprised of 3,680 college students, the study employed structural equation modeling to identify a…
Descriptors: College Students, Activism, Structural Equation Models, Citizenship Responsibility
Institutional Characteristics and College Student Dropout Risks: A Multilevel Event History Analysis
Chen, Rong – Research in Higher Education, 2012
In the past two decades, although access to higher education for American students has improved, student persistence in 4-year institutions is far from assured. There have been a number of research studies on student persistence/dropout in higher education, but most have focused on the characteristics and behavior of students as illustrated by the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, College Students, Dropouts
Martin, Nathan D. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Active involvement in college activities is linked to a host of student development outcomes, including personal growth, achievement and satisfaction. Yet, to date there has been too little attention to how social class shapes campus involvement. Through an analysis of survey data of students attending a single elite university and a national…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Class, Recreational Activities, Social Life
Kim, Jiyun – Research in Higher Education, 2012
This study explores the relationship between state financial aid policies and postsecondary enrollment for high school graduates (or equivalent diploma holders). Utilizing an event history modeling for a nationally representative sample from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88/2000) in addition to state-level policy variables, this…
Descriptors: Race, Family Income, College Choice, State Aid
Johnson, Iryna Y.; Muse, William B. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Back-and-forth enrollment at different institutions--student swirl--and concurrent enrollment at two or more institutions--double-dipping--have become common experiences for students in the United States. However, empirical studies explaining student mobility are rather rare. This study examines how student departures from and returns to a single…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Student Mobility, Student Characteristics, Higher Education
Mayhew, Matthew J. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
This multi-level, longitudinal study investigated the ecumenical worldview development of 13,932 students enrolled in one of 126 institutions. Results indicated that the final hierarchical linear model, consisting of institution-and-student-level predictors as well as slopes explaining the relationships among some of these predictors, explained…
Descriptors: College Students, World Views, Student Development, Longitudinal Studies
Hu, Shouping; McCormick, Alexander C. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Using data from the 2006 cohort of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, we developed a student typology based on student responses to survey items on the National Survey of Student Engagement. We then examined the utility of this typology in understanding direct-assessment learning outcomes, self-reported gains, grade-point…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Liberal Arts, Classification, Student Experience
Webber, Karen L. – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Armed with a strong toolkit of knowledge and skills, institutional research (IR) professionals often serve as collaborators with campus colleagues who may need assistance with survey design, statistical analysis, program review, and assessment of individual programs or the institution. This paper discusses the role that an IR professional played…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Institutional Research, College Students, Undergraduate Students
Kim, Young K.; Sax, Linda J. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Using multilevel models, this study examined "whether" and "why" the strength of association between student-faculty interaction and student cognitive skills development varies across academic majors. The study utilized data from the 2008 University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) and a sample of 43,014…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Teacher Student Relationship, College Faculty, College Students
Brent, Edward; Atkisson, Curtis – Research in Higher Education, 2011
This study examines student responses to the question, "What circumstances, if any, could make cheating justified?" It then assesses how well those responses can be classified by existing theories and categories that emerge from a qualitative analysis of the data. Results show considerable support for techniques of neutralization, partial support…
Descriptors: Cheating, Integrity, Decision Making, Student Attitudes
Bryant, Alyssa N. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Based upon a national longitudinal dataset of 14,527 college students generated by the UCLA Spirituality in Higher Education Project, this study used structural equation modeling to test the applicability of a model of ecumenical worldview development for students of diverse genders, races, and worldviews. The model suggests that challenging…
Descriptors: World Views, Structural Equation Models, Religious Factors, Gender Differences
Bryant, Alyssa N. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Using a national longitudinal sample of 14,274 college students generated as part of the UCLA Spirituality in Higher Education Project, this study employed structural equation modeling to analyze how students develop an ecumenical worldview. The findings suggest that challenging co-curricular experiences and the salience of religion and…
Descriptors: World Views, Structural Equation Models, Religious Factors, College Environment
Laguilles, Jerold S.; Williams, Elizabeth A.; Saunders, Daniel B. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
Institutions of higher education rely on student surveys for a number of purposes, including planning, assessment, and research. Web surveys are especially prevalent given their ease of use and low-cost; yet, obtaining a high response rate is a challenge. Although researchers have investigated the use of incentives in traditional mail surveys,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Surveys, Mail Surveys, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
Sharkness, Jessica; DeAngelo, Linda – Research in Higher Education, 2011
This study compares the psychometric utility of Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) for scale construction with data from higher education student surveys. Using 2008 Your First College Year (YFCY) survey data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, two scales…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Item Response Theory