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Emerging from the Pipeline: African American Students,Socioeconomic Status,and College Experiences and Outcomes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
MaryBeth Walpole 《Research in higher education》2008,49(3):237-255
This study focuses on how social class affects the college experiences and outcomes for African American students in 4-year
colleges and universities. Using a national, longitudinal data base, the findings indicate that low SES African American students
have less contact with faculty, study less, are less involved with student organizations, work more, and have lower grades
than do their high SES peers or all African American students. Furthermore, 9 years after entering college, low SES students
report lower incomes, lower rates of degree attainment and lower aspirations than their high SES peers, and were less likely
to have attended graduate school. Logistic regression results indicate that sex, college GPA, and plans following college
significantly affect the likelihood that a student will attend graduate school.
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Quality Matters: Assessing the Impact of Attending More Selective Institutions on College Completion Rates of Minorities 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Tatiana Melguizo 《Research in higher education》2008,49(3):214-236
This paper examines the impact of attending different categories of selective institutions on students’ college completion.
Specifically, it explores differences in the impact that selectivity of an institution has by race and ethnicity. The analysis
accounts for the impact of individual and institutional characteristics and corrects for omitted variables with proxies for
student motivation. The results suggest that students who attend the most selective institutions and highly selective institutions,
as opposed to non-selective ones, are more likely to complete a bachelor’s degree. This result holds for African American
and Hispanic students. After correcting for the problem of sorting of students into specific types of institutions, the results
of the models suggest that the coefficient of selective institutions might have a small upward bias. The positive effect of
selective institutions on attainment suggests that they have the potential to increase the graduation rates of minorities
while narrowing the persistent college completion gap.
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Tatiana MelguizoEmail: |
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William R. Doyle 《Research in higher education》2009,50(1):52-72
The impact of increased academic intensity on transfer rates from community colleges to 4-year institutions has been estimated
only from observational data, with the possibility of selection bias. This study uses matching estimators to overcome possible
selection bias and estimate the causal impact of increased academic intensity on transfer rates. Using student unit record
data from Tennessee for the years 1995 through 2004, I find that taking 12 or more credit hours increases the probability
of transfer from between 11% and 15%.
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William R. DoyleEmail: |
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Iryna Johnson 《Research in higher education》2008,49(8):776-793
Educational research has shown that individual-level background characteristics, such as parental socio-economic status and
academic ability, influence college going behavior. This study tests for the existence of aggregate-level high school effects
on college enrollment, persistence and degree attainment. It links institutional data on students enrolling within a year
after graduation from in-state high schools with state data on high schools’ performance and populations. Three high school
aggregate-level factors were found to affect enrollment and persistence. Specifically, the high schools’ percent of SAT takers
has a concave-shape effect on enrollment, retention and graduation. Additionally, students coming from schools with a higher
percent of those receiving free lunch are less likely to persist, and students coming from schools located within a 60 mile
radius are more likely to matriculate and to persist to the second year. These results suggest that aggregate-level high school
characteristics should be accounted for in enrollment management.
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Iryna JohnsonEmail: |
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Twenty-two faculty and graduate students were interviewed in one college of education in order to understand what the college
and its constituents view as the skills, habits of mind, and dispositions needed to obtain a Ph.D. in Education. Analysis
of the data was conducted using professional socialization as a theoretical framework, allowing for an understanding of the
different perspectives of this topic as viewed through a developmental lens. Implications for theory and practice are included.
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Xyanthe N. NeiderEmail: |
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Keith Whitaker 《Academic Questions》2007,20(2):154-159
Faculty members have an important role to play in helping to fund programs and direct donor dollars at colleges and universities.
This paper outlines the ‘golden age of philanthropy’ that the United States has currently entered, explaining the combination
of material resources and spiritual inclinations that have led to increased giving. It then outlines several principles that
faculty members should keep in mind in approaching prospective donors, including the reasons for giving, donors’ interest
in ideas, and the importance of persistence, local focus, and collaboration. Finally it offers several practical steps that
faculty members can take to marshal philanthropic support for their visions.
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This paper describes the rationale, conceptualization and design of the Second International Information Technology in Education
Study (SITES). SITES is a survey of schools and teachers of their pedagogical practices, their use of ICT and their readiness
for changing their teaching–learning towards the demands of the 21st century. The study will take place under the auspices
of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the data collection is planned for
2006; therefore the project is called ‘SITES2006’.
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T. PlompEmail: |
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Using multi-institutional data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s (CIRP) annual survey of entering freshmen,
the Higher Education Research Institute’s (HERI) Faculty Surveys, campus registrars’ offices, and IPEDS data, we evaluated
the extent to which peer institutional retention climates and faculty perceived campus climates influenced individual 6-year
retention rates. We used hierarchical generalized linear models (HGLM) to examine the extent to which institutional climate
(as measured by peer institutional retention climate and faculty perceived climate), net of students’ ability, expectations,
and family socioeconomic status, influence students’ persistence behavior. We found that institutional retention climate,
as defined by a student body’s aggregated report of withdrawal intentions, did independently determine whether a student would
persist or not. While past research has overlooked peer and faculty climates, the results from this work call for the attention
of peer institutional retention climates.
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Byung Shik RheeEmail: |
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This article discusses the Priority Education Zones project (ZEP) in Mauritius. The original and innovative dimensions of
the project are described, together with the difficulties encountered during the setting-up of the ZEP schools. The article
covers five main issues: the status of the ZEP project; the minimal conditions for success; the implications concerning the
teachers; the obstacles faced; and the strategy devised to implement the ZEP project, while overcoming the obstacles.
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Mahomed Aniff GurribEmail: |
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Richard White Paul Gardner Malcolm Carr Alister Jones Ken Appleton Marilyn Fleer Christine Redman Vaille Dawson Wen-Hua Chang Stephen M. Ritchie 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2009,4(2):263-301
This collection of historical accounts provides diverse perspectives on the structure and culture of the community of researchers
who participate in activities of the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA). It describes the formation
of the Association, and identifies major changes and challenges for the ever growing and internationalisation of its membership.
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Stephen M. RitchieEmail: |
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This study examines how state merit-based scholarships individually and simultaneously with prepaid tuition plans influence the interstate migration of college-bound freshmen. State freshman migration percentages
were examined over a 10-year period. Results of an interrupted time-series model suggested that students generally respond
to merit-based tuition aid in accordance with our initial prediction based on factors influencing student choice in attending
postsecondary institutions. More specifically, many students choose to attend an in-state college in order to be eligible
for state merit-based scholarships. Moreover, for home states that adopted both merit-based scholarships and prepaid tuition
contracts, student out-migration was further reduced over time.
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Ronald H. HeckEmail: |
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Peter M. Miller 《The Urban Review》2009,41(3):222-250
This qualitative study examines the collaboration and leadership practice that influences the education of homeless students
in a large Mid-Atlantic city. The perspectives of administrators and staff members from three homeless shelters are analyzed
with insights from Spillane’s (Distributed leadership, 2006) distributed leadership theory. Findings from the study indicate
that differences in shelter and school structures and cultures present significant obstacles to productive communication that
would facilitate homeless children’s schooling. Several structural and programmatic recommendations are made towards developing
more effective leadership practice among schools and shelters.
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Peter M. MillerEmail: |
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Steve Packer 《Prospects》2008,38(3):287-293
The Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report is six years old and seven reports have been produced (UNESCO, 2000–2008).
It is a product of the outcomes of the World Education Forum in Dakar held in 2000. It is designed to track progress towards
the realization of the six EFA goals and to hold governments and the international community to account for their promises
and pledges. This short article reviews the genesis, evolution, characteristics, and influence of the GMR to the beginning
of 2008. It concludes that the report is now a well established feature of annual international reporting and has helped to
strengthen UNESCO’s voice. It is a reference point of some significance but it will need to adjust its reporting and its argument
as 2015 approaches.
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Steve PackerEmail: |
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Does Mathematics Remediation Work?: A Comparative Analysis of Academic Attainment among Community College Students 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:2
Peter Riley Bahr 《Research in higher education》2008,49(5):420-450
Postsecondary remediation is a controversial topic. On one hand, it fills an important and sizeable niche in higher education.
On the other hand, critics argue that it wastes tax dollars, diminishes academic standards, and demoralizes faculty. Yet,
despite the ongoing debate, few comprehensive, large-scale, multi-institutional evaluations of remedial programs have been
published in recent memory. The study presented here constitutes a step forward in rectifying this deficit in the literature,
with particular attention to testing the efficacy of remedial math programs. In this study, I use hierarchical multinomial
logistic regression to analyze data that address a population of 85,894 freshmen, enrolled in 107 community colleges, for
the purpose of comparing the long-term academic outcomes of students who remediate successfully (achieve college-level math
skill) with those of students who achieve college-level math skill without remedial assistance. I find that these two groups
of students experience comparable outcomes, which indicates that remedial math programs are highly effective at resolving
skill deficiencies.
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Peter Riley BahrEmail: |
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Eric Jamelske 《Higher Education》2009,57(3):373-391
In 1997 a medium-size Midwestern public university in the U.S. initiated a first year experience program. The program is designed
to infuse added curricular and extracurricular components into core courses in an effort to integrate students into the university
community. This article examined the FYE impact on grade point average (GPA) and retention after 1 year for the fall 2006
cohort of entering students. The findings suggest no positive FYE effect on retention, but on average FYE students earned
higher GPAs than non-FYE students. Reducing the sample to include only courses identified as goal compatible FYE courses yielded
a positive effect on retention and also accentuated the GPA differential. The estimated positive FYE impact on retention was
larger for below average students (especially females) and smaller for above average students.
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Eric JamelskeEmail: |
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The influence of personal networks and social support on study attainment of students in university education 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
In this paper, the influence of personal networks and social support on study attainment of students in university education
is examined. Furthermore, the paper aimed at clarifying the possible mediating role of achievement motivation, time spent
on studying and working, procrastination and self-esteem. The study is a follow-up of the ’89 cohort study, but is restricted
to those students who have transferred to university education after finishing secondary education. The students have been
approached with a questionnaire in 2004. Multinomial logistic regression shows that social support has no effect on study
attainment, but that personal networks do have an effect on attainment. The relationship between social support and personal
networks on the one hand and study progress on the other hand is not mediated by the before mentioned variables.
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Lilian EggensEmail: |
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Angela Calabrese Barton 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2009,4(2):393-397
Dr. Sreyashi Jhumki Basu was a scholar committed to equity and social justice in science education who passed away in December
2008. In this essay, I describe Jhumki’s research and the call to action her life’s work has laid out for the science education
community. In particular, I draw attention to the role of critical science agency in learning and the democratic science pedagogy
model that Jhumki developed to support students in crafting such agency.
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Angela Calabrese BartonEmail: |
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The Way to Wealth and the Way to Leisure: The Impact of College Education on Graduates’ Earnings and Hours of Work 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Liang Zhang 《Research in higher education》2008,49(3):199-213
This study extends the analysis of the economic return of college education up to 10 years after college education and further
examines the impact of college education on graduates’ hours of work. The results suggest that variation in hours of work
explains a portion of earnings differentials among college graduates. Graduates from high-quality private institutions tend
to work longer hours than their peers from other types of institutions. Female graduates spend fewer hours working than their
male counterparts. As far as family background is concerned, graduates from high-income families tend to work longer hours
and first-generation college graduates tend to work fewer hours. Finally, business majors seem to work longer hours while
health and public affair majors less hours.
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Liang ZhangEmail: |