scholarly journals Curriculum Restructuring For Freshman Retention In The 1990s And Beyond

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Etchison
Keyword(s):  
Freshman Retention ◽  
Curriculum Restructuring

scholarly journals Association of Freshman Retention Rates with Instructional Expenditure and Residential Status : A Case Study for Large Public Colleges

2021 ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Sadjad Pariafsai ◽  
David Dalenberg ◽  
Christopher Ellison ◽  
Lucas Johnson ◽  
Fatemeh Pariafsai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Residential Status ◽  
Instructional Expenditures ◽  
Freshman Retention ◽  
Freshman Students ◽  
Institutional Success

Retention is a key indicator of institutional effectiveness in education research. Retaining full-time freshman students has been a long-standing problem for institutions of higher education. Overall, 40% of U.S. college students leave college among which the majority are freshman students. About 30% of freshman students drop out before their sophomore year of college. The primary causes for leaving college include financial pressure, falling behind in classwork, lack of social connections, and loss of family support. Higher educational institutions need to understand the dynamic between different expenditures and freshman retention rates to responsibly and strategically allocate funds to what will best support institutional success. This study investigates how freshman retention rates at large public colleges are associated with instructional expenditures and residential status. Findings of this study indicate that regarding freshman retention at large public colleges, spending more money on instruction goes further for residential colleges compared to non-residential ones. In other words, for most levels of instructional expenditure, residential colleges have higher freshman retention rates than non-residential colleges. Findings of this study can assist higher education institutions in directing their efforts toward what will best support institutional success.

scholarly journals Enhancing Children’s Critical and Inquisitive Skills in Culturally Informed Communities of South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bunmi Isaiah Omodan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Sociocultural Theory ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Culturally Informed ◽  
Curriculum Restructuring

ABSTRACT Evidence exists that young learners in culturally inclined communities of South Africa lack critical thinking and inquisitive skills. These learners are assumed to be culturally beguiled into believing that it is an abomination to question elders, and those who did so are tagged rabbles. Therefore, this study used the perspectives of community elites to expose the challenges young children/young one’s face in gaining critical and inquisitive skills along with possible solutions. The study is underpinned by Sociocultural Theory within the transformative paradigm. The study was designed using participatory research and unstructured interview to elicit information from the participants. The data collected were analysed using thematic analysis. The study revealed that children/young ones are being demonised as rebels, and stereotyped as uncultured, untrained and disrespectful, hence deprived of skill development. The study recommends organisational advocacy and curriculum restructuring, alongside strong school advocacy and awareness towards children/young ones’ skill development.

Continuous Curriculum Restructuring in a Graduate Software Engineering Program

2009 ◽  
pp. 278-297
Author(s):  
Daniela Rosca
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Curriculum Restructuring

The development, maintenance and delivery of a software engineering curriculum present special challenges not found in other engineering disciplines. The continuous advances of the field of software engineering impose a high frequency of changes reflected in the curriculum and course content. This chapter describes the challenges of delivering a program meeting the needs of industry and students. It presents the lessons learned during 21 years of offering such a program, and dealing with issues pertaining to continuous curriculum and course content restructuring, the influence of the student body on the curriculum and course content. The chapter concludes with our recommendations for those who are seeking to create a graduate program in software engineering, with a special note on the situations where an undergraduate and graduate program will need to coexist in the same department.

Freshman Retention

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Heywood ◽  
Richard D. Marcus
Keyword(s):  
Freshman Retention

Curriculum Restructuring at a North American Dental School: Rationale for Change

2007 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Crawford ◽  
Guy Adami ◽  
Bradford R. Johnson ◽  
G. William Knight ◽  
Kent Knoernschild ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Dental School ◽  
Curriculum Restructuring
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