Re-Inventing Student Services for Food-Insecure Students in an Online Environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 187-205
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Guerra
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Services ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Delivery Of Services ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines the need to modify, fortify, and expand student services to support food-insecure students due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the chapter, the author surveys the existing scholarship on the importance of student services to reduce barriers to academic success for food-insecure college students. Additionally, this chapter will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on hunger and poverty and the impact on college students. Third, the researcher will survey the various approaches taken by colleges to address changes to the delivery of services due to reduced limited access, a reduction in resources, and safety protocols. Lastly, the researcher will discuss new approaches to support food insecure students during a global pandemic. This chapter concludes that colleges must refine their approaches to addressing students' needs to ensure they achieve their academic goals.

Broke and Book-Bound

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
Jay Watts ◽  
Gisele Brown ◽  
Michael A. Couch II
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
College Attainment ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Impact

Education has been historically branded as a tool to transcend conditions that have aided and abetted systems of generational and societal inequities. During a global pandemic, there has been no greater challenge to this view than considering the impact of life-altering events and their implications on higher education, success, and thriving. Specifically, the COVID-19 crisis has put this health-based issue on an international stage, but more specifically, spotlighting how it has exacerbated issues such as poverty, hunger, homelessness, and educational attainment. This chapter will examine the existing literature around the issue of global pandemics on college attainment for college students who are resource and access-gapped and best practices to consider to support holistic success during a global pandemic.

scholarly journals Quantifying the Impact of Student Enrollment Patterns on Academic Success Using a Hidden Markov Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6453
Author(s):  
Shahab Boumi ◽  
Adan Ernesto Vela
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Enrollment Patterns ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

Simplified classifications have often led to college students being labeled as full-time or part-time students. However, student enrollment patterns can be much more complicated at many universities, as it is common for students to switch between full-time and part-time enrollment each semester based on finances, scheduling, or family needs. While previous studies have identified part-time enrollment as a risk factor to students’ academic success, limited research has examined the impact of enrollment patterns or strategies on academic performance. Unlike traditional methods that use a single-period model to classify students into full-time and part-time categories, in this study, we apply an advanced multi-period dynamic approach using a Hidden Markov Model to distinguish and cluster students’ enrollment strategies into three categories: full-time, part-time, and mixed. We then investigate and compare the academic performance outcomes of each group based on their enrollment strategies while taking into account student type (i.e., first-time-in-college students and transfer students). Analysis of undergraduate student records data collected at the University of Central Florida from 2008 to 2017 shows that the academic performance of first-time-in-college students who apply a mixed enrollment strategy is closer to that of full-time students, as compared to part-time students. Moreover, during their part-time semesters, mixed-enrollment students significantly outperform part-time students. Similarly, analysis of transfer students shows that a mixed-enrollment strategy is correlated with similar graduation rates as the full-time enrollment strategy and more than double the graduation rate associated with part-time enrollment. This finding suggests that part-time students can achieve better overall outcomes by increased engagement through occasional full-time enrollments.

scholarly journals The Use Of Metacognitive Scaffolding To Improve College Students Academic Success

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioney James ◽  
Comfort O. Okpala
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Substantial Improvement ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Literacy Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Metacognitive Scaffolding

In this era of accountabilities and complex ecologies, it is important to highlight results from metacognitive scaffolding, aimed at enhancing the learning strategies of a group of college freshmen preparing for the Praxis 1 examination.  The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of the use of metacognitive scaffolding used to enhance the literacy skills of 35 college students on their performance as measured by their test scores in Praxis 1 examination. It focuses on the importance of learning strategies to academic success, and literacy challenges encountered by college students. The result from the study indicates substantial improvement in students’ literacy performance on Praxis 1 examination.  

The Impact of Peer-Mentoring on the Academic Success of Underrepresented College Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 152102512199598
Author(s):  
Juan I. Venegas-Muggli ◽  
Carolina Barrientos ◽  
Fernando Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Better Than

This study evaluates the impact of the peer-mentoring program implemented by a Chilean higher education institution on underrepresented students’ academic success. Specifically, it assesses whether freshmen who enrolled in 2018 and took part in this initiative performed better than students with similar characteristics who did not. A quantitative quasi-experimental design was applied, using the Propensity Score Matching method. The results show that students who took part in this peer-mentoring program got better average grades and had better retention rates and attendance levels than those who did not. Strategies for developing successful mentoring initiatives for college students are discussed, with a special emphasis on their potential relevance to underrepresented students.

scholarly journals Immersed with Grit: Probing the Mindset of Future Hospitality Professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1331-1341
Author(s):  
Ashika Miriam Tharakan , Et. al.
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Hospitality Students ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
E Mail

Studies in the past have aimed to identify several factors that would encourage academic success among students. In recent times, the focus has shifted to understanding the impact or the influence of non-conventional factors such as Grit and Flow on the performance of students. In the current study, We have identified the relationship between the Grit and the get into a state of flow. The sample for this study consisted of 301 college students pursuing their education in hotel management from colleges in and around Bengaluru City. The data was collected through a questionnaire which was circulated through e-mail and social media of students. The scale used to measure Grit was the 10-item Grit Scale by Angela Duckworth and the 14 Items scale by Kazuki Yoshida was used to measure Flow. Statistical methods such as correlation, regression, t-test and ANOVA were applied in this study. Findings of the study indicate that the grit of hospitality students plays a role in their ability to enter into a state of flow.It is more likely for grittier individuals to experience flow. The levels of grit do not vary in terms of Gender, but it does with respect to year of education. The Flow levels vary between men and women, but it does not differ with year of education.  

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Mediates the Impact of the Post-pandemic Entrepreneurship Environment on College Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiping Zhang ◽  
Jianhao Huang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Impact

The mechanism of how the COVID-19 global pandemic has affected the entrepreneurial intentions of college students remains unknown. To investigate the impact of the entrepreneurial environment on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intentions in the post-pandemic era, 913 college students were invited to complete a questionnaire. The data were analyzed with structural equation models. The conclusions revealed by the questionnaire are as followed: college students have retained some entrepreneurial intention in the post-pandemic era; the factors influencing the entrepreneurial intention include sex, family entrepreneurial history, major, and education background; and entrepreneurial self-efficacy can play a major role to mediate the impact caused by the post-pandemic entrepreneurial environment on entrepreneurial intentions. The research conclusions provide important insights to improve college students’ entrepreneurial intentions in the post-pandemic environment.

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