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Influence of entry pathway and equity group status on retention and the student experience in higher education
Expansionary policies to widen participation in higher education have led to a growth in alternative entry pathways into university. This study...
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Comprehensive Performance Analysis of Student Retention Outcomes in a Higher Education Institution
Undergraduate student retention is considered a critical issue in higher education, due to its impact on student success, degree completion, and the...
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The development and pilot of the university student embeddedness (USE) scale for student retention within universities: validation with an Australian student sample
A significant number of university students are leaving their institutions before completing their degrees. The present research project applied...
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Impact of Service Quality on Student Retention in UAE Higher Education Institutions
A major goal of this study is to demonstrate how improving the quality of services can be used to enhance higher education institutions’ ability to...
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An individualised approach towards student retention: students at the centre of university deferral and leave-taking policy
As the university student body becomes more diversified and students’ lives less linear, student retention carries increased importance for...
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Why Student Retention Matters for Turkish EMI Universities?
Students entering English-medium Instruction (EMI) universities and programs must demonstrate English language proficiency before proceeding to their...
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‘I just think it’s really awkward’: transitioning to higher education and the implications for student retention
New first-year students are vulnerable to drop** out of university because the transition into higher education (HE) is difficult to navigate....
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Higher education retention in Ireland and Scotland: the role of admissions policies
This article provides new insights into the role played by higher education (HE) selection policies in influencing student retention by exploring...
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Protecting Student Retention through eMentoring during a Pandemic
Teaching and learning in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a major shift through the sudden and unexpected transition to...
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Grade retention in Spain: the right way?
There is a wide debate on the convenience of grade retention for students’ future cognitive development. Nevertheless, due to the endogenous...
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And Now for Some Good News: Trends in Student Retention at Community Colleges, 2004–2017
Community colleges have been under pressure for years to improve retention rates. Considering well-publicized reductions in state funding during and...
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Predicting Student Retention in Smart Learning Environments Using Machine Learning
The emergence of web-based learning platforms through the smart- university era has provided distance learning opportunities for students and working...
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The STEM Pathway and Student Retention Lessons Applied and Best Practices through Peer Mentoring
This work introduces methods that aid in freshman retention (in the transition from high school and to remain in the university of origin) and orient...
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Evaluating the Short-term Causal Effect of Early Alert on Student Performance
A little less than half of the students of higher Ed institutions in the US graduate in four years, and only around 60% finish in six years....
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Use of machine learning to assess factors affecting progression, retention, and graduation in first-year health professions students in Qatar: a longitudinal study
BackgroundAcross higher education, student retention, progression, and graduation are considered essential elements of students’ academic success....
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Student Affairs Offices and the LHS+ Medical Student
This chapter seeks to review activities, innovations, and research of the Offices of Student Affairs (OSA) in supporting medical students of LHS+...
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Academic Coaching and its Relationship to Student Performance, Retention, and Credit Completion
Student retention is a key outcome measure for post-secondary education, but data show relatively stagnant retention rates over the past decade....
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Course design as a stronger predictor of student evaluation of quality and student engagement than teacher ratings
Research on Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) has indicated that course design is at least as important as teachers’ performance for student-rated...
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PeTe (Peer Teaching) Mentors: How Near Peer Mentoring (NPM) Affects Academic Success and Retention in Design Education
Near-Peer Mentoring (NPM) is an innovative form of Peer-assisted Learning that has been gaining traction in educational settings. Traditionally, NPM...
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Cross-country Relationships Between Student Funding Policies and Student Labour
Using data from 27 European countries in the academic years 2005/06, 2010/11, and 2015/16, we investigate the association between student funding...
