scholarly journals Higher Education Pricing: Effects of Tuition Pricing on Nontraditional Student Persistence Moderated by Demographics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Spradley
Author(s):  
Cherié Kay Thriffiley LaRocca

Academic advising is at the forefront of conversations in higher education (Drake, 2011). The mentoring relationship that occurs between students and advisors can be beneficial for both students and institutions, yet academic advising programs may not offer a quality mentoring relationship able to impact student success. When properly constructed, quality academic advising can have a positive impact on a student's undergraduate experience, as well as directly connecting to student persistence. If not constructed properly, the adverse reaction on student success may occur, and particularly can negatively impact student retention. The following chapter will explore quality academic advising, the means by which quality academic advising can be provided, the connection of quality academic advising to student persistence and methods to assess the academic advising process.


Author(s):  
Maureen Snow Andrade ◽  
Ronald Mellado Miller ◽  
David McArthur ◽  
Morgan Ogden

The private economic benefits of persistence in higher education include better salaries and benefits, higher employment rates, greater savings, superior working conditions, and increased personal and professional mobility. Democratizing higher education is a first step to extending these benefits to a range of individuals. However, universities must also help an increasingly diverse body of students be successful and persist to graduation. This study explores a new aspect of persistence research, specifically, the views of graduating students and alumni regarding factors that influence whether or not they would return to the same institution, go to another institution, or not attend university at all if they were to make the choice again. Findings indicate that those who would not pursue higher education at all scored significantly lower on ratings reflective of learning, specifically essential learning outcomes and various aspects of academic engagement, suggesting that the learning experience is key to higher education persistence.


1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 29-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Grites

Academic advising process has been a part of higher education for centuries, but only in the past two decades has it been recognized as an effective means to influence student learning and retention. Indeed, successful academic advising efforts have consistently resulted in increased student persistence, better faculty-student interaction, and improved social and intellectual development among students. As a result, many departments are in the process of revising or refining their advising programs. Here are some resources that may help.


2021 ◽  
pp. 147821032110537
Author(s):  
Yaw Owusu-Agyeman

This article examines the experiences and perceptions of academics about student engagement and how their professional practice in a professional community enhances students’ persistence and success in a university in South Africa. While previous research has widely focused on students’ perception of how student engagement enhances student success and persistence, there is a paucity of research on the position of academics who constitute a professional community on how they could enhance student engagement in higher education. To address this knowledge gap, a qualitative research approach was used to gather and analyse data from a sample of 26 academics who shared their perceptions and experiences about how they contribute to enhancing student engagement in the university. Consequently, four main themes were explored to provide conceptual and empirical structure to the notion of engagement among academics in an expert community: institutional structure and culture, affective, behavioural and cognitive engagement. The results revealed that the cognitive, behavioural and affective features of student engagement as well as institutional structure and culture explain how academics experience and perceive how their professional practices enhances student persistence and success in relation to engagement. Particularly, the study shows that institutional culture, expert culture, professional community and institutional structure influence the perceptions and experiences of academics about student engagement. Conversely, when academics do not follow the expert and academic cultures of the institution, it could lead to poor professional practices that are antithetical to student persistence and success.


2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 608-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon R. Browning ◽  
Ryon C. McDermott ◽  
Marjorie E. Scaffa ◽  
Nathan R. Booth ◽  
Nicole T. Carr

Higher education scholars produce the majority of research on student persistence. However, counseling psychologists may be uniquely situated to help students persist toward graduation by enhancing strengths. The present study integrated counseling and higher education models to examine college students’ character strengths (i.e., hope and gratitude) as predictors of student persistence variables (i.e., academic integration and institutional commitment). Drawing on higher education theories of persistence, we examined the mediating effects of academic integration on the associations between character strengths and institutional commitment among first-year undergraduate students ( N = 653). Controlling for social support, greater academic integration mediated the associations between character strengths and institutional commitment in a structural equation model. Consistent with higher education theories emphasizing academic integration as a precursor to institutional commitment, character strengths may be important for understanding academic integration and persistence. Implications for prevention and the integration of counseling psychology and higher education perspectives are discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 5296-5312
Author(s):  
Fernando Acevedo Calamet

La investigación que se reseña en este artículo se centró en dos focos problemáticos: (i) la afectación que las características estructurales del contexto socio-académico en el que se inscribe una organización de Educación Superior (ES), cuando su cualidad es desfavorable, produce en las condiciones inherentes al estudiante que ingresa, en especial en su disposición y motivación hacia el aprendizaje; (ii) la evaluación del grado en que esa afectación pone en riesgo la persistencia estudiantil. En el caso de Rivera, en el noreste de Uruguay, la estructura de oportunidades laborales y fundamentalmente educacionales terciarias –escasas y poco diversificadas– constituye un caldo de cultivo de eventos de riesgo de abandono de los estudios. El objetivo capital de la investigación fue aportar insumos teóricamente consistentes y empíricamente sustentados para la elaboración de un modelo «pro-persistencia» estudiantil en ES aplicable a contextos socio-académicos desfavorables y entonces superador, en su aplicabilidad, del modelo más aceptado en el actual mundo académico: el «Model of Institutional Action for Student Success» (MIASS) formulado por Tinto en 2012. En la investigación se tuvieron especialmente en cuenta algunos relevantes planteos teóricos y conceptuales sobre la temática, entre los que se destacan, por su profundidad y rigor, los más recientes de Tinto, Seidman, Kuh y Pascarella & Terenzini. La investigación asumió un enfoque meso-estructural y una estrategia metodológica predominantemente cualitativa: análisis documental, entrevista en profundidad, grupo de discusión; también se aplicó una encuesta censal. El más relevante de los resultados alcanzados es que en lugares que, como Rivera, ofrecen pocas opciones de estudios superiores, las posibilidades de la persistencia estudiantil resultan notoriamente restringidas, ya que en esos casos la motivación intrínseca del estudiante hacia sus estudios suele ser débil: una considerable cantidad de estudiantes, al egresar de la Educación Media, decide cursar alguna de las pocas ofertas de ES existentes en su ciudad y no la que preferiría cursar si existiera esa opción. Esa débil motivación es, pues, el principal factor de riesgo de abandono, sobre todo en el primer año. Tal constatación es la base sustantiva sobre la que habrá de elaborarse un modelo «pro-persistencia» estudiantil alternativo al MIASS, en tanto aplicable en contextos socio-académicos desfavorables. Aquí radica la principal contribución que esta investigación puede ofrecer a organizaciones de ES inscriptas en contextos con oportunidades educacionales y laborales reducidas, tanto en cuanto a una inserción laboral atractiva (durante los estudios superiores o al finalizarlos) como, muy especialmente, a una oferta de ES escasa y poco diversificada.   The research reviewed in this article focused on two problem areas: (i) the affectation that the structural characteristics of the socio-academic context in which a Higher Education (HE) organization is inscribed, when its quality is unfavorable, produces in the inherent conditions of the entering student, especially in his/her disposition and motivation towards learning; (ii) the evaluation of the degree to which this affectation puts student persistence at risk. In the case of Rivera, in the northeast of Uruguay, the structure of labor and mainly tertiary educational opportunities -scarce and not very diversified- constitutes a breeding ground for dropout risk events. The main objective of the research was to provide theoretically consistent and empirically supported inputs for the development of a "pro-persistence" student model in HE applicable to unfavorable socio-academic contexts and thus surpassing, in its applicability, the most accepted model in the current academic world: the "Model of Institutional Action for Student Success" (MIASS) formulated by Tinto in 2012. The research especially took into account some relevant theoretical and conceptual approaches on the subject, among which the most recent ones by Tinto, Seidman, Kuh and Pascarella & Terenzini stand out for their depth and rigor. The research assumed a mesostructural approach and a predominantly qualitative methodological strategy: documentary analysis, in-depth interview, discussion group; a census survey was also applied. The most relevant of the results obtained is that in places which, like Rivera, offer few options for higher education studies, the possibilities of student persistence are notoriously restricted, since in these cases the intrinsic motivation of students towards their studies is usually weak: a considerable number of students, upon graduating from high school, decide to study one of the few HE offers existing in their city and not the one they would prefer to study if that option existed. This weak motivation is, therefore, the main risk factor for dropping out, especially in the first year. This finding is the substantive basis on which an alternative "pro-persistence" student model to MIASS will have to be developed, as it is applicable in unfavorable socio-academic contexts. Herein lies the main contribution that this research can offer to HE organizations in contexts with reduced educational and employment opportunities, both in terms of an attractive labor market insertion (during or upon completion of higher education) and, especially, to a scarce and poorly diversified HE offer.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Gary J Burkholder ◽  
Jim Lenio ◽  
Nicole Holland ◽  
Rebecca Jobe ◽  
Alan Seidman ◽  
...  

<p>There continues to be increasing focus on college student retention and persistence. This focus is coming from the United States federal government, accrediting organizations, and from students, parents and the public. Given the spiraling costs of education and the fact that retention rates have not improved over time, various stakeholders are concerned about the value of a higher education credential. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the efforts of a for-profit, distance education institution to focus its resources, in an evidence-based manner, on retention and to develop a culture of retention and persistence throughout the institution. The literature review and analysis of internal initiatives demonstrates that (a) institutions must make a commitment to retention, include retention efforts as part of its strategic plan, and provide resources to support retention efforts; (b) mastery of knowledge of the research on retention and persistence is critical for designing evidence-based interventions; and (c) institutions should identify, develop, and implement pilot projects aimed at improving student progress and share results to help stimulate development of best practices throughout higher education.</p>


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