An investigation of hope, academics, environment, and motivation as predictors of persistence in higher education online programs

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Holder
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Persistence In Higher Education

From Teen Parent to Student Parent: Latina Mothers’ Persistence in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 153819272098030
Author(s):  
Giselle Emilia Navarro-Cruz ◽  
Brianne A. Dávila ◽  
Claudia Kouyoumdjian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Latina Mothers ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Teen Parent ◽  
Academic And Social Experiences ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Persistence In Higher Education

Less than half of adolescent mothers graduate from high school and fewer obtain a post-secondary degree. The purpose of this study is to understand how Latina mothers who experienced childbirth during adolescence transition to parenthood and higher education. We conducted 13 in-depth interviews with Latina mothers enrolled in higher education. We found that Latina mothers’ persistence in higher education is influenced by psychosocial factors, initial commitments, academic and social experiences in college, and final commitments.

scholarly journals SOME WORDS ABOUT ONLINE PROGRAMS IN GERMANY . ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF APPLIED SCIENCES JOURNAL WORLD ISSN 2733-3817, (1(17), 73–75.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarakul Abishovna Muratbekova
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Quality Loss ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
German Universities ◽  
At Home

Considering the recent COVID-19 pandemic, online education has had a significant surge in popularity. And it’s not just online English schools or fitness courses, but also full-fledged higher education programs. Some experts predict that soon all universities will move to our tablets and laptops. Of course, if surgeons and nuclear physicists get their qualifications while sitting at home, a disaster will surely happen. However, there are several professions that can now be mastered remotely without any quality loss. The article also deals with the problems of studying in Europe. Here we try to introduce all the advantages of German universities and students’ life if they leave their home and come to study in Germany.

Exploring Assessment of Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes in Online Higher Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 1191-1202
Author(s):  
Bernice Bain
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Online Higher Education

Online education has grown to more than 6 million students with an average age of 33 years old (Kolowich, 2012; Selingo, 2012; Sheehy, 2012). Research indicates online programs are part of many institutions' strategic planning initiatives. Institutions are undergoing increased scrutiny from accrediting bodies, employers, and adult learners. To remain competitive and valid in this changing environment, a significant issue for leaders of online higher education institutions is how to effectively assess online cognitive learning outcomes, such as critical thinking. Adding to the challenge of online assessment of critical thinking is the contextual nature of critical thinking and two differing approaches to assessment. Leaders of online higher education institutions should seek a critical thinking assessment that is based on a theoretical framework of Transformative Learning and Adult Learning Theories. This is explored in this chapter.

Interactivity and Immediacy in Online Academic Programs

2016 ◽  
pp. 76-90
Author(s):  
Neal Shambaugh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Online Programs

Attention to the quality issues of distance education in higher education has focused primarily on courses. Entire academic programs are now delivered online, and faculty members must spend a significant amount of resources in addressing curricular-issues of online programs, as opposed to pedagogical issues for the courses they teach. Priorities for instructor interactivity and immediacy can become explicit goals for all learning experiences in academic programs. This chapter is organized in three parts: (1) the value of using interactivity/immediacy in the design of extended learning academic programs, (2) instructional design best practices for developing interactivity and immediacy in online academic programs, and (3) recommendations for different level of academic programs, including undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and specialized programs, including teacher education, certificates, and professional development.

scholarly journals Multilevel modeling of persistence in higher education

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (100) ◽  
pp. 664-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Eugénia Ferrão ◽  
Leandro S. Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Persistence In Higher Education

Abstract The dropout or evasion rates in higher education are now a social and institutional concern, justifying the implementation of public policies to prevent this phenomenon. These policies need studies on the most determinant variables of the risk of dropout. The main objective of this study is to analyze the student’s persistence in undergraduate courses, and the relationship with the student’s previous school trajectory and with the conditions of entrance into higher education, controlling for students’ sociodemographic characteristics, such as gender and age. We applied multilevel logistic regression models to data of 2.697 freshmen enrolled in a Portuguese public university in the academic year 2015/16. The results suggest that failure in basic education (ISCED 2) has a long-term effect. According to the estimates obtained, students who declare not having failed in basic education have odds ratio of persistence 2.7 times higher than students who declare having failed in basic education. The conditions of student’s admission to the course he/she attends are relevant variables to persistence in Higher Education, for example, whether s/he was admitted to her/his first option course and the student’s university entrance score. The results also show that older and male students have lower probability of persistence.

Building Empathy in Online Courses

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Higher Education Faculty ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
Online Higher Education

This research study examined the empathetic practices of effective higher education faculty from seven universities that offer online programs. Using a phenomenological approach with a purposeful sample of fourteen faculty interviews identified eight common themes of practice that faculty employ to promote empathy in the online higher education arena.

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