Achieving Student Success: Transitions to Post-secondary Education Webcast

2010 ◽  
Ethnicities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-294
Author(s):  
Cynthia L Bejarano ◽  
Jeffrey P Shepherd

This essay proposes an alternative approach to Latino student success through a “border-rooted” paradigm shift in post-secondary education. A “border-rooted” paradigm reflects the local socio-cultural and historical epistemologies that impact post-secondary education, and how space and place impacts educational settings that serve Latino students.


2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-84
Author(s):  
Claire A Wilson ◽  
Sarah E Babcock ◽  
Donald H Saklofske

The transition from high school to post-secondary education presents challenges for students. Many variables have been identified as significant predictors of student achievement. Resiliency, defined as the ability to overcome challenges and adversity, may be particularly relevant during the adjustment to post-secondary education. This study assesses whether resiliency incrementally predicts student success after controlling for additional predictors. Participants were 277 undergraduate students who completed self-reports of academic skills, resiliency, personality variables, emotional intelligence (EI), and perfectionism. Students’ year-end GPA was collected from the university registrar. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that resiliency, measured by sense of mastery, negatively predicted GPA after controlling for other predictors. The sense of mastery facet of self-efficacy positively predicted GPA; however, the adaptability facet was a significant negative predictor of GPA. Findings suggest that self-efficacy is a salient predictor of academic success, and that strong academic skills may serve as a protective factor for poor adaptability.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 166-176
Author(s):  
Catharine Dishke Hondzel ◽  
John Churchley ◽  
Susan Lidster

The reasons why students persist in their post-secondary learning are complex. This paper proposes a model for the development of K-16 partnerships that promote student success through the transition from secondary school to post-secondary, supported by teachers, faculty members, and educational developers. This model proposes that each of the partners engage in developing sustainable, collaborative projects. These projects have at their core a focus on students’ transition from one educational institution to the next, with the intended outcome of increasing rates of persistence, while reducing rates of attrition. Not all students may have post-secondary education as their personal goal, but for those that do, this support model aims to provide a framework to scaffold the transition so that learners are successful, and teachers and faculty are prepared to support learners as they move from one institution to another.   Les raisons qui expliquent pourquoi les étudiants persistent dans leur apprentissage postsecondaire sont complexes. Le présent article propose un modèle pour l’élaboration de partenariats K-16 qui vise à favoriser la réussite étudiante lors de la transition de l’école secondaire à l’éducation postsecondaire avec l’appui d’enseignants, de professeurs et de concepteurs pédagogiques. À la base, ces projets se focalisent sur la transition des étudiants d’un établissement d’éducation vers un autre. Ils visent à faire augmenter le taux de persistance et à faire diminuer le taux d’abandon. L’éducation postsecondaire ne constitue pas forcément un but personnel pour tous les étudiants, mais pour ceux dont c’est l’objectif, le présent modèle vise à fournir un cadre pour structurer la transition et soutenir la réussite des apprenants de même que la préparation des enseignants et des professeurs qui appuieront les étudiants dans leur transition.


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