This area examines various domains of institutional practice and policy associated with student persistence, degree completion, learning, employment, and civic outcomes.
The purpose of this research brief is to provide an overview of mental health issues and counseling services on college campuses.
This brief provides an overview of student success software and summarizes findings from the nascent body of student outcomes research.
This brief provides a summary of research on policy & program reforms that may improve developmental education & the outcomes of underprepared students, including establishing appropriate program requirements, refining the student placement process, improving the quality of developmental curricula,
This brief examines key issues that confront institutional leaders in creating faculty policies conducive to student success, including employment status, faculty roles and reward systems, and faculty development.
This brief summarizes key findings from research on grant aid and work-study programs.
This research brief examines several pedagogies that are more effective than conventional approaches, including collaborative learning involving small groups of students, problem-based learning, service learning, mastery learning, and computer-based instruction.
This brief elaborates three social-psychological factors that influence student success during college: goal commitment, academic engagement, and social identification.
This report seeks to portray some of the difficulties that arise in conceptualizing remedial success rates & determining the effectiveness of developmental programs. Research on the effectiveness of the traditional approach is summarized, focusing on the effects of remedial assignment, enrollment, &
“Tuning” is a process through which faculty members create shared understandings of the knowledge and transferable skills students in specific academic disciplines and professional fields must demonstrate upon completion of their degrees.
This summarizes the key deliverables of faculty teams (marketing & psychology from 2 & 4 yr. public and nonprofit private institutions in IL, IN, MO)-the competencies and learning outcomes that result from study in the respective disciplines at the associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree levels.
