The influence of student aid on within-year persistence by traditional college-age students in four-year colleges

This paper uses the 1987 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study to compare five alternative approaches for assessing the influence of student aid on within-year persistence by traditional college-age students enrolled in four-year colleges. Three conclusions were drawn from the research. First, models that included tuition charges better predicted within-year persistence than models that did not include this independent variable. Second, the use of multiple approaches for measuring the influence of student aid provided more insight into the ways student aid policies influence persistence than any single approach. Third, tuition charges had a consistent negative influence on persistence.     

The influence of academic coaching on persistence in online graduate students

ABSTRACT

Scholarly attention to academic learning centers is warranted, as they lack a consistent identity and, consequently, little is known about their effect on meaningful student outcomes. Further, such investigations are warranted in online education, given the greater student needs and dropout rates. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the receipt of academic coaching at an online learning center and persistence in online graduate students using a matched sample and after controlling for demographic and academic variables. After holding months since enrollment and Grade Point Average (GPA) at follow-up constant, visiting the learning center increased the odds of persistence 2.66 times. Compared to students in the matched sample, students who visited the learning center even once were significantly more likely to persist at follow-up. Convergence and divergence of the findings with the scholarly literature is examined with a particular focus on the unique population of online graduate students.     

The influence of prices on graduate student persistence

The topic of how prices influence graduate student persistence has seldom been examined. Using the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study of 1987 to examine the influence of prices on within-year persistence by graduate students, this analysis indicates that graduate students, especially those enrolled in public institutions, are responsive to tuition charges in their persistence decisions. The major implication of this finding is that universities should examine the potential impact of price changes on graduate student persistence when they consider tuition increases each year.An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Eighth Annual NASSGP/NCHELP Research Network Conference, March 21, 1991, San Francisco, CA.     

浅谈研究生二外法语教学

为完善学科建设,有针对性的实施研究生教育,有必要对以法语为第二外语的英语专业研究生的法语课程进行一些研究。根据受众文化修养更高等特征,在教材选择,教学教法设计和考核手段上,根据本人近年教学经验总结出研究生的二外法语教学的几个特点。     

新媒体环境下文化传播方式的碎片化对研究生的影响

新媒体环境下,以互动性、多元化、个性化为特点的新媒体的普遍应用,使得海量信息扑面而来。现代人自我意识的觉醒及思想和心绪的碎片化,使得新媒体环境下的文化传播以碎片化的方式展现。研究生在这种时代背景下也不可避免地受到影响。     

中国哲学专业研究生培养目标浅议

与中国哲学专业自身的理念和特点一致,中国哲学专业研究生培养目标应有三个主要的方面,一是培养具有独立人格和自由精神的个体,二是培养具有社会责任感和担当意识的学者,三是培养能创造性诠释和推动中国哲学发展的人才,这些是现今一般中国哲学专业研究生培养中所缺少但却极为重要的目标。     

Anticipatory socialization of graduate students

Most observers in higher education and most faculty agree that more student-oriented teachers are needed; but there is no consensus on how to get them. Options include finding new faculty and/or changing present faculty. The latter seems practically impossible, since most faculty are intransigent, and faculty development is addressed to too few. Graduate education, too, is unlikely to change, as present faculty guide its directions. The alternative is to find students with the proper dispositions on entrance to graduate schools. The question addressed herein is whether among current admittees to graduate schools there are sufficient numbers of persons with orientations significantly different from those of current faculty. The article reports on empirical assessments of preferences for 320 discrete tasks in the academic role by accepted graduate school applicants and younger and older faculty.This paper was presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Research, Montreal, Canada, May 9, 1977. The research was supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare.     

研究生国际化培养的实践与思考

研究生国际化培养是指在研究生的课程学习、论文工作与实践交流等环节中采用国际合作手段进行培养的一种方式。笔者结合实践,阐述了研究生国际化培养需以“人才培养”为中心,促进学生与教师共同提高;需以“双方受益”为原则,推进学科发展与国际认同度提升;需以“平台搭建”为依托,推动培养环境建设与管理服务改进。     

谈研究生的信仰问题

信仰的多元是21世纪的特征,是伴随现代科技发展和物质丰富而出现的。笔者针对研究生这一高知识、高层次群体如何在信仰多元并存的态势中建立比较科学的、前沿的、先进性的信仰进行了一点探讨。     

基于QFD的研究生培养质量保证模型

针对研究生培养质量控制的需求,研究了服务于高校研究生培养的质量规划保证模型。该模型以满足研究生社会需求质量为目标,以QFD理论为基础,结合高校研究生培养系统,通过层次演化分解和逐层映射的方法,确定了研究生培养各QFD阶段的控制目标及其控制方法手段策略选择,可为培养单位的研究生培养质量管理活动实践提供理论支持,丰富我国研究生培养质量研究理论体系。     

谈人文学科研究生的研究选题

有效提高人文学科研究生培养质量,需高度关注研究选题问题.研究选题是学习思考的产物,是学术研究的开端,是认识过程的重要环节.对于人文学科研究生来讲,应该坚持小题大做的原则,从做小题目开始,培养素质提高能力.在做好小题目的基础上,掌握科学的研究方法,实现由做小题目到写大文章的飞跃.     

加强研究生入党积极分子培养探析

研究生入党积极分子的培养是提高研究生党员发展质量的关键环节。当前,在研究生入党积极分子的培养中,"重选拔、轻考核"的现象仍然存在,导师未能充分发挥在思想政治教育中第一责任人的作用,党校培养等活动平台缺乏一定实效性,党员引领机制有待完善。在研究生入党积极分子的培养中,必须从当前研究生的特点出发,不断创新培养理念与健全考核标准,进一步丰富培养方式,优化管理模式,从而实现党员培养质量的提升。     

依托重大型号项目的研究生培养模式探析

依托重大型号项目进行研究生培养是提高培养质量的重要途径,基于项目过程的复杂性和研究生培养过程的重要性,应将过程管理理论引入到研究生培养模式中来,从培养目标、培养过程、培养评价这三个方面来探究基于重大型号项目的研究生培养模式,从而更好地培养实践型和创新型人才.     

关于提高研究生培养质量的若干思考

近些年来,我国的研究生教育发展迅速,招生规模扩大很快,随之而来的培养质量问题也日益凸显出来。研究生培养过程中应注重的五个环节:生活质量是基础,课程建设是途径,导师队伍建设是关键,严格学位论文是“物化形式”,加强管理是重要保证。     

关于研究生自主发展能力的思考

从研究生自主发展能力的内涵出发,阐述了研究生培养自主发展能力的必要性,并提出了培养自主发展能力的途径方法。     

论网络对大学生思想道德素质的影响

高校道德教育必须适应并满足网络时代对道德教育的新需求，在教育目的，观念，内容，手段等方面进行改革和创新，兴利除弊，引导学生正确认识和利用网络发展自己，自觉抵御网络的消极影响，培养学生良好的道德品质，为更好地实现高校的育人目标服务。     

Long-term persistence of two-year college students

This paper employs a theoretical model to explain the long-term persistence of students who began their postsecondary education in two-year institutions. The model was estimated on a national sample of 825 students who initially enrolled in 85 two-year institutions in the fall of 1971, and who were followed over a nine-year period. Although there were differences in the factors associated with persistence for men and women, the results tend to confirm the importance of person-environment fit as a salient influence on degree persistence and completion in postsecondary education. Measures of academic and social integration had the most consistent pattern of positive direct effects, and much of the influence of student precollege traits was indirect.     

后现代主义思潮对大学生的影响

后现代主义思潮是近代西方盛行的一种综合性的社会文化思潮,其基本特征是反理性主义,反对中心主义,主张多元论,推崇平等对话。后现代主义思潮的广泛传播,对我国当代青年的思想和行为产生了一系列正负两方面的影响。     

本科毕业班学生工作精细化管理体系初探

通过对本科毕业班学生和班级的现状分析,提炼出本科生班级的管理难点,在对精细化管理的内涵进行思考的基础上,结合本科毕业班管理的实际情况进行实践,总结探索构建本科毕业班精细化管理的主要方法。