Testing Our Assumptions

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Callahan ◽  
Marcia Belcheir
Keyword(s):  
Student Persistence ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Full Time ◽  
High Grade ◽  
Freshman English ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
First Time ◽  
Level Effect

Methods that provide an early indicator of factors that affect student persistence are important to colleges and universities. This quantitative research focused on the role of level of entry mathematics and English and also on grades earned in those classes, as they relate to persistence after 1 year. The research showed that by far, the variable most predictive of first-time, full-time students enrolling 1 year later was earning a grade of “A” in English. Compared with those who did not pass their first English course, students who earned an “A” were 3 times more likely to persist. The variables which at least doubled the likelihood of persistence included earning an “A” or a “B” in mathematics, a “B” in English, and taking an English course beyond freshman English. While course level taken was significant, the course level effect paled compared with grades earned as a predictor. This effect—of grade earned being more important than course level—included remedial coursework in mathematics and English. In addition, obtaining a high grade in English was equally important for both science, technology, engineering and math and non-science, technology, engineering and math majors. Finally, students who took both mathematics and English courses during their first year were more likely to persist than students who did not take both subjects.

scholarly journals Designing for Students: Creating a Robust Interdisciplinary First Year Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah E. Bordelon ◽  
Colleen M Sexton ◽  
Ann M Vendrely
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Full Time ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Underserved Students ◽  
General Education Curriculum

Building a general education program from scratch for a population of first generation and underserved students provided both a challenge and opportunity. Faculty who had limited previous experience teaching and assessing first year students engaged in study of the best practices and research. Faculty designed a four-year general education curriculum that began with a robust First Year Seminar (FYS) course, the focus of this study. This required three-credit hour interdisciplinary humanities course (FYS) was designed to embrace the understanding of what it means to be human, including understanding oneself in relation to the natural world and to others. Full time faculty from all disciplines were selected through a competitive process to teach the FYS course with embedded High Impact Practices (HIPs). Four years of teaching FYS has provided qualitative and quantitative data on the effectiveness of the design, the role of faculty, and application of HIPs. Through the course assessment process and data analysis, faculty have expanded their repertoire of pedagogical strategies to engage the first year student, and as a result, positively influenced teaching in their other courses. This report offers insights on strategies for course design, the role of faculty, and the power of selected HIPs that may be replicated at other institutions.

scholarly journals Event History Analysis for Investigating the Likelihood and Timing of Changing Majors

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Sklar
Keyword(s):  
Event History Analysis ◽  
Student Characteristics ◽  
Event History ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Enrollment Data ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Students change their majors for various reasons, and academic advisors often assume the role of facilitating that change through institutional agreements or contracts. Therefore, advisors need to identify time periods during enrollment with the greatest likelihood that students will seek to change majors. They must also examine the student characteristics associated with changing majors so that advisors can identify students to avoid delays to graduation. The relationship between student characteristics and the likelihood of changing majors over time was studied through event history analysis techniques applied to enrollment data for a cohort of first-time first-year students.

scholarly journals Foresight as a tool of public administration in the field of science, technology and innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-97
Author(s):  
T. Kvasha ◽  
◽  
L. Musina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
National Level ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
High Level ◽  
First Time ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Given the growing role of technological foresight as a tool for reconciling visions, goals and ways of STI development in an era of rapid technological change and global challenges, the approach to foresight research to select priorities for science and innovation in Ukraine for 2022–2026 has been improved. It takes into account a wide range of national targets for achieving SDGs by 2030. The developed Methodological recommendations provided a thorough analysis of more than 3,000 potentially acceptable technological and innovative proposals. The approach to setting STI priorities is new for Ukraine and involves a consistent process of selecting the top 30 most acceptable proposals in each of the seven thematic areas through five stages of discussions and evaluations. The result was the formation of a database of technology passports and developments on the experts’ proposals, their selection by practitioners, ranking, evaluation in terms of the potential of Ukrainian science and relevance in terms of world science and new technologies using international databases. They are the basis for decisions by the Expert Councils and the High-Level Working Group on key thematic areas and the preparation of a relevant draft government decision. Despite the conditions of quarantine, for the first time more than 2,500 experts from science, business, state and public organizations took part in the discussions, which is the basis for impartial and public decision-making. To strengthen the role of foresight as a tool for public planning and management in the field of STI, it is proposed to develop a STI roadmap as part of a research and innovation strategy for smart specialization (RIS 3) at the national level.

scholarly journals Attendance and Gender Relations on Grades and Other Aspects

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 346-372
Author(s):  
Andy Chung ◽  
Graham Harding ◽  
Joonhong Kim ◽  
Koot Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Freshman English ◽  
First Semester ◽  
National University ◽  
Table Talk ◽  
Gender Performances ◽  
And Gender ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Better Than

Three aspects prompted this study: why are females in first year university in a countryside campus performing better than males as opposed to high school where the reverse is the case? Why are there waves of performance increases semester by semester? Why is there in the second semester always an increase in performance over the first semester? For this matter the researchers took a number of participants in total over the period 2012-2016, namely 3,963 students in Freshman English at a countryside campus (Sangju) for Kyungpook National University as their target. In the year 2016, only the first semester was calculated in this research. Three aspects were considered as far as data is concerned: attendance variables, grade variables and gender. Performances were always better in the second semester over the first and females almost always outperformed the males. What also came up as secondary considerations, are questions whether the environment like nature and the role of ‘table- talk’ of parents reverberating or not the GDP of the country over the period may have had an effect on the students. It was found when the GDP went up the students’ performance took a break but when the GDP is low the students increased their focus and performed better as their grades indicated. These last aspects were just mere observations and should be carried out with further investigation elsewhere. The attendance of females was always showing better attendance results than males for Freshmen at Sangju Campus, South Korea. While the GDP dropped and rose through the years investigated, the attendance of the students did not display a serious rise and fall but remained almost unchanged.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Postfracture Care Program in a Private Hospital in Colombia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
M. A. Sánchez ◽  
J. E. Segura ◽  
G. Alajmo ◽  
J. M Nossa ◽  
A. Correa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Hospital ◽  
Osteoporotic Fractures ◽  
Fragility Fractures ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Osteoporosis Treatment ◽  
Adherence Rate ◽  
First Year ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Sectional

Purpose. To describe the implementation of a postfracture care program in a private hospital in Colombia, the results achieved after the program’s first year, and the challenges encountered. Methods. A cross-sectional descriptive study of the first year’s outcomes. The program was implemented following best practices described in the “Capture the Fracture” framework. We assessed the management of fractures before the launch of the program. A multidisciplinary group was established to collaborate on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with osteoporotic fractures. A full-time program coordinator was appointed. We analyzed the program’s clinical outcomes and limitations. Results. One-hundred and ninety patients were included in the study, with an average age of 76.7. Hip fracture was the most frequent one (33.6%). After the first year of implementing the program, 39.4% of patients received osteoporosis treatment, with an adherence rate of 73%. The incidence of subsequent falls was 5.8% and 1% for new fractures. Conclusions. The implementation of a program for patients’ care with fragility fractures is challenging for healthcare institutions. The role of a full-time coordinator is critical for the proper operation of such programs.

scholarly journals Young and unionised in the UK? Insights from the public sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Hodder
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Primary Documents ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between trade unions and young workers in the UK using the Young Members’ Network of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union as a case study. Design/methodology/approach – Findings are based on semi-structured interviews with 20 full-time officials and 39 lay officials of all ages, the collection and analysis of primary documents and observations at a range of union meetings. Findings – It is argued that PCS has developed a strong network of young activists and is leading the way in terms of engaging with and representing young workers. However, its success in the future may be limited due to changes to the external environment in which the union is trying to organise. Research limitations/implications – The research highlights the role of an under researched area of trade union membership. To provide additional insights, further research is needed into the practice of other unions. Originality/value – This paper provides significant qualitative analysis into this issue which complements the existing quantitative research in this area.

scholarly journals Who Graduates From Irish Distance University Education?

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Large Percentage ◽  
University Education ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
First Time

Abstract This paper outlines results from an online survey of recent distance graduates. The study, based in Dublin City University (DCU) addresses a gap in the research on this cohort of graduates. Findings indicate that distance graduates are primarily from lower socio economic backgrounds, a group largely under-represented in full-time university education. Significantly, 30% of survey respondents came from a skilled manual background. A large percentage (39% N = 61) of graduates had never accessed any form of higher education before. An equally large percentage (N = 62) had accessed full-time higher education previously, but at a lower level than the honours primary degree they obtained through distance learning. Implications regarding the role of distance education in improving access to university education and social mobility are discussed. Finally, this paper seeks to establish relevance between knowledge of distance graduates and doing things better for first time distance learners.

Peer Coaching Program Development: A Framework of First-Year Latina/o Student Persistence Pursuing STEM Pathways at a Hispanic Serving Institution

2019 ◽  
pp. 153819271986709
Author(s):  
Carmen Cruz ◽  
Geetu Rajpal ◽  
Michael Lecocke ◽  
Ian Martines ◽  
Anna Lurie
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Persistence ◽  
Peer Coaching ◽  
South Texas ◽  
First Year ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institution ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Stem Students ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Hispanic Serving

This study developed and examined the implementation of an intrusive peer-to-peer coaching program model at a private 4-year master’s degree granting Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) located in South Texas. The coaching program provided support and promoted increased persistence among Latina/o students entering first-year science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Findings positively indicated that first-year Latina/o STEM students can achieve academic success in college when they are matched and supported by culturally similar upperclassmen peer coaches.

scholarly journals Embedding Logistic Regression Model in Decision Support Software for Student Graduation Prediction

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 104-110
Author(s):  
Ace C. Lagman
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Students First ◽  
Student Graduation ◽  
Education Statistics ◽  
Categorical Response ◽  
Support Software ◽  
First Time

Logistic regression is a predictive modeling technique that finds an association between the independent variables and the logarithm of the odds of a categorical response variable. This is one of the techniques used in analyzing a categorical dependent variable. The study focused on the application of logistic regression in predicting student graduation by generating data models that could early predict and identify students who are prone to not having graduation on time, so proper remediation and retention policies can be formulated and implemented by institutions. The student graduation rate is the percentage of a school’s first-time, first-year undergraduate students who complete their program successfully. Most students’ first-year freshmen enrolled at the tertiary level failed to graduate. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, almost half of the first time freshmen full-time students who began seeking a bachelor’s degree do not graduate. The colleges and universities consisting of high leaver rates go through a loss of fees and potential alumni contributors.

scholarly journals Saving and management of income as part of financial literacy in today´s globalized world

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Markéta Beranová ◽  
Miroslava Navrátilová
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Statistical Hypotheses ◽  
Globalized World

Research background: The role of knowledge and information in today's globalized world is growing. In today's globalized world, moreover, under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial management is crucial. Purpose of the article: The aim of the presented article is to evaluate financial literacy with a focus on saving part of income as a reserve amongst the young university students. Methods: Primary data were obtained by a quantitative research using a questionnaire survey (n = 1 437) in 2018 amongst full time bachelor and master degree students at three selected universities. Selected universities are focus on economy and agriculture and each of them is from another region of the Czech Republic. In the analytical part of article was used testing of statistical hypotheses. Findings & Value added: The attitude of the respondents was examined by asking whether they store a part of their income as a reserve in case of an unforeseen situation, i.e., whether they form a kind of financial reserve. Of the total number of respondents, 76.83% (1,104) declared that they saved part of their income for unforeseen situations or for other needs. Other respondents, 23.17% (333), stated that they do not create such a reserve. Statistical evaluation proved a dependence between the sex of respondents and the responses mentioned above (the structure of the responses in relation to the gender of the respondents shows that more than half of those who answered that they save part of their income as a reserve are women).

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