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A Comparison of Student Experiences with Good Practices in Undergraduate Education Between 1990 and 1994.
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Kuh, George D.; Vesper, Nick – Review of Higher Education, 1997
A study investigated whether college students' experiences with three good practices in undergraduate education (faculty-student contact, cooperation among students, active learning) increased from 1990 to 1994. Subjects were 5,962 students in 17 baccalaureate and 22 doctoral-granting institutions. Results indicated increased faculty-student…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
Post-College Experiences and Epistemology.
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Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter – Review of Higher Education, 1994
A longitudinal study of 101 college students investigated the ways in which their college and postcollege experiences fostered development of complexity in their assumptions about knowledge, by emphasizing independent functioning, collaboration, direct involvement in learning, and subjective decisionmaking. Results suggest these experiences be…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Graduates, College Students
Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Partnerships Affect Student Retention.
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Nagda, Biren A.; Gregerman, Sandra R.; Jonides, John; von Hippel, William; Lerner, Jennifer S. – Review of Higher Education, 1998
Evaluates the impact on college student retention of a University of Michigan program promoting student-faculty research partnerships premised on the fact that successful retention efforts integrate students into the university's core academic mission. A participant-control group design shows that partnerships are most successful in promoting…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Faculty, College Students