The Role of Values, Beliefs, and Culture in Student Retention and Success

2018 ◽  
pp. 54-72
Author(s):  
Julie M Little ◽  
Scott Gaier ◽  
Danielle Spoutz
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Shared Set ◽  
Success In Higher Education ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Individual Success ◽  
The Impact

Culture is comprised of a shared set of values and beliefs, and is known to contribute to organizational success. But how do these factors contribute to individual success within the framework of academia? The purpose of this chapter is to better understand the intersection of values, beliefs, and culture within the area of student retention and success in higher education. As both universities and colleges struggle to identify aspects to increase graduation completion rates in various environments, it is essential to examine the most basic factors that often contribute significantly to this area. This chapter defines individual values and beliefs, the development of shared values, beliefs and culture, the impact of each, and the role of each within the larger topic of student retention and success.

scholarly journals Factors affecting the organizational performance of manufacturing firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 184797901771262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Adnan Al-Tit
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Numerous studies have been conducted to explore the individual effects of organizational culture (OC) and supply chain management (SCM) practices on organizational performance (OP) in different settings. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of OC and SCM on OP. The sample of the study consisted of 93 manufacturing firms in Jordan. Data were collected from employees and managers from different divisions using a reliable and valid measurement instrument. The findings confirm that both OC and SCM practices significantly predict OP. The current study is significant in reliably testing the relationship between SCM practices and OP; however, it is necessary to consider cultural assumptions, values and beliefs as the impact of OC on OP is greater than the impact of SCM practices. Based on the results, future studies should consider the moderating and mediating role of OC on the relationship between SCM practices and OP.

scholarly journals Determining the impact of lecture videos on student outcomes

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Barbara Robertson ◽  
Mark J. Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Electoral College ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Video Lecture ◽  
Lecture Videos ◽  
The Impact

The course materials students are expected to utilise in online instruction vary. Studies have shown that students tend to enjoy online courses with lecture videos more than those without, but few studies have measured the impact of lecture videos on student outcomes. Do lecture videos increase student understanding and retention, thus improving student outcomes? Students were provided with one or more study aids, video lecture, PowerPoint or instructor-created notes for learning about the role of the Electoral College in US presidential elections. We assessed student retention and understanding of the Electoral College with a quiz as an indicator of student outcomes. We found that the video lecture in combination with a PowerPoint was the most effective study aid.

scholarly journals The Role of Religious Values and Beliefs in Shaping Mental Health and Disorders

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 840
Author(s):  
Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska ◽  
Iwona Grzegorzewska ◽  
Mirella Wojciechowska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Practitioners ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Continuous Analysis ◽  
Spirituality And Health ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Mental health is an area of continuous analysis, both in the context of understanding increasingly precise diagnostic criteria and the impact of therapeutic methods. In addition to these well-established directions of analysis and search, psychology tries to explore the factors that bring us closer to understanding the mechanisms of the genesis and development of disorders, as well as their importance in psychoeducation or therapy. The increased interest in issues of spirituality/religion observed in recent years translates into the pursuit to explore the relationship between religion/spirituality and health. This article reviews research into the ability of religion and spirituality to benefit or harm the mental health of believers. We also examine the mechanism of developing religious delusions in schizophrenia. Religion and spirituality can promote or damage mental health. This potential demands an increased awareness of religious matters by mental health practitioners, as well as ongoing attention in clinical psychology research.

scholarly journals Keeping Students in by Sending Them out: Retention and Service-Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Mae Yob
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Student Attrition ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tinto's Model

<p>This review of recent literature examines the research on the impact of service-learning on student retention.  The theoretical framework of the review draws on both Tinto’s model of student attrition and Knowles’s theory of adult learning, which together suggest that academic and social integration, active participation and engagement in learning, and application and relevancy of the subject-matter under study are key factors in student success. The role of these factors has been confirmed in a growing body of research around learning experiences in general and, as this review shows, particularly in service-learning experiences. Suggestions are made for how future research might expand and critically deepen this evidence and offers some implications for service-learning as a means of improving student retention.</p>

The impact of organizational culture archetypes on quality performance and total quality management: the role of employee engagement and individual values

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Mohammed Ali Ababneh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Quality Initiatives ◽  
Quality Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe relationship between organizational culture and total quality management (TQM) can be facilitated by the virtue of certain psychological states. Employee engagement refers to a mechanism foreseeable to predict the successful implementation of TQM. Therefore, this study focuses on the attribution theory to propose a model that presents a differential impact of organizational culture archetypes on quality performance and TQM, while underlying role of employee engagement and individual values.Design/methodology/approachAn empirical study was performed based on the data collected from 153 senior employees working in hotel companies. This study has used partial least squares path modeling (PLS-SEM) to test the relationships and model proposed.FindingsThe findings have confirmed the hypotheses using PLS-SEM and provided a positive significant impact of organizational culture archetypes on employee engagement with quality initiatives; individual values on organizational cultural archetypes and employee engagement with quality initiatives on TQM implementation.Originality/valueThe study concluded that the impact of organizational culture on quality performance and TQM is significant. It is, therefore, suggested that management of hotel companies should work to increase the level of engagement, encourage cultures, while reducing the level of power culture with the emphasis given to individual and organizational quality initiatives.

scholarly journals Kindness at First Sight: The Role of Syllabi in Impression Formation

2020 ◽  
pp. 009862832095995
Author(s):  
Amy T. Nusbaum ◽  
Samantha Swindell ◽  
Anna Plemons
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Impression Formation ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Design Experiment ◽  
Student Relationships ◽  
Success In Higher Education ◽  
Syllabus Design ◽  
Minimal Research

Strong faculty–student relationships are an important predictor of student retention and success in higher education. Faculty often work to establish these relationships by developing rapport with students in the classroom, but minimal research has been done on whether syllabus design and language can affect these relationships. The goal of Experiment 1 was to examine whether the use of a more visual syllabus design or more welcoming syllabus language could affect students’ perceptions of their instructors or knowledge of the syllabus content. Overall, neither visual formatting nor language had a significant impact on perceptions of the syllabus or scores on quizzes about the syllabus. However, participants who viewed the syllabi with a more visual design rated the hypothetical professor as kinder, more creative, and more approachable than those who viewed syllabi with a less visual design. Experiment 2 used a heat-mapping technique to determine which elements of the syllabus students were responding to when forming their impressions.

The Role of Veilcloths Among the Rabaris of Kutch, Gujarat, Western India

Costume ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-37
Author(s):  
Eiluned Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Western India ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Agricultural Industries ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Impact

This article gives a brief introduction to the Rabaris of Kutch district, Gujarat, in western India. It then follows the biographical strands of the veilcloth worn by Rabari women (who are known as Rabaran) through its making, use and circulation, exploring the basis of their values and beliefs. Analysis of its trajectory reveals the impact of change on the Rabaris' way of life following the development of agricultural industries in Kutch in the past three to four decades. Previously secure in the pious nature of their vocation as herders, the decline of their form of animal husbandry in the post-colonial era has compelled Rabaris to review their calling; as they renegotiate their identity at individual and group level, in common with the nationalists of the early twentieth century, dress has become a site in which that identity is contested and reconfigured.

scholarly journals A close look at change: the role of an instructional-team community on an Instructor’s evolution during instructional reform

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katelyn M. Southard ◽  
Susan D. Hester ◽  
Jazmin Jurkiewicz ◽  
Joan E. Curry ◽  
Young Ae Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Instructional Planning ◽  
Instructional Reform ◽  
Faculty Learning Community ◽  
Undergraduate Stem Education ◽  
Pedagogical Discontentment ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Consistent Support

AbstractIn transforming undergraduate STEM education, it is important to understand the personal and contextual factors that impact instructors’ reform efforts. In this study we explored an instructor’s drivers and motivators for change in perspectives and practice, with an emphasis on the impact of an internal community (her ‘instructional team’) comprised of a co-instructor, graduate teaching assistants, and several undergraduate learning assistants (LAs). Data were collected over two semesters through classroom observations, interviews, faculty learning community discussion recordings, and team email communications. We identified pedagogical discontentment as a primary initial trigger for the instructor’s engagement in instructional reform, guided by personal values and beliefs about student learning and the nature of her discipline. The instructional-team community, which was established during a period of instructional distress, provided 1) consistent support in instructional planning, implementation, assessment, and reflection processes, 2) unique access to different perspectives on the nuances of the teaching environment and student challenges, 3) increased space, time, and motivation for the instructor to more critically reflect on her teaching and engage in creative instructional design. This case illustrates the potential effects of instructional team-based communities on instructors as they work to improve their practice and reform their courses.

Universities and Colleges: A Very Short Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Palfreyman ◽  
Paul Temple
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Exploring the origins, concept, and the idea and ideal of the university and college, Universities and Colleges: A Very Short Introduction discusses one of the world’s oldest, most resilient and adaptable institutions. Considering links between universities and colleges and the economy, and the role of the former within society, it asks how the university and college can be politically accountable for their taxpayer funding, if they need autonomy to be effective, and what the impact will be of digital and distance learning. With rising tuition fees, what is the relationship between the teaching professors and the increasing expectations of student customers? And what does ‘academic freedom’ for their faculties really entail?

Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 311-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Brambilla ◽  
David A. Butz
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Welfare Recipients ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Intergroup Threat ◽  
Economic Threat ◽  
The Impact ◽  
General Climate

Two studies examined the impact of macrolevel symbolic threat on intergroup attitudes. In Study 1 (N = 71), participants exposed to a macrosymbolic threat (vs. nonsymbolic threat and neutral topic) reported less support toward social policies concerning gay men, an outgroup whose stereotypes implies a threat to values, but not toward welfare recipients, a social group whose stereotypes do not imply a threat to values. Study 2 (N = 78) showed that, whereas macrolevel symbolic threat led to less favorable attitudes toward gay men, macroeconomic threat led to less favorable attitudes toward Asians, an outgroup whose stereotypes imply an economic threat. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the role of a general climate of threat in shaping intergroup attitudes.

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