scholarly journals Using Peer Mentoring to Enhance Transfer Student Experience and Increase Student Success in Mechanical Engineering

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Brown ◽  
Joy Velarde ◽  
Debra Mascaro
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Transfer Student

The Role of Higher Education and Peer Mentoring in Student Success

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
Y. Deneice Berry
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Degree Attainment ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
College Administrators ◽  
Barriers And Challenges

Students are faced with many challenges before entering college. Those challenges make it difficult for students to reach degree attainment. Vulnerable populations are predisposed to barriers and challenges that impede their progress to achieving academic success. By integrating peer mentoring as a framework, we will better understand how to serve our vulnerable populations and the role higher education institutions play to meet students where they are. College administrators are typically responsible for strengthening the values, mission, and goals of the college. However, do they have a social responsibility to also make sure all students succeed? This chapter provides a student success tool that addresses some of those barriers while promoting student success. This chapter will provide the need for a mentoring program for college students and will discuss various peer mentoring models that can assist with retention and degree attainment.

Takes Two to Tango: Essential Practices of Highly Effective Transfer Partnerships

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Fink ◽  
Davis Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Transfer Student ◽  
College Transfer ◽  
Student Records ◽  
Highly Effective ◽  
Transfer Advising ◽  
Effective Transfer

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe practices of 2- and 4-year institutional partnerships effective in supporting transfer student success. Method: Using student records from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) for the entire 2007 fall cohort of first-time-in-college community college students nationwide, researchers identified partnerships of 2- and 4-year institutions that were more effective than expected (controlling for student and institutional characteristics) in enabling community college entrants to transfer to a 4-year institution and earn a bachelor’s degree. Based on this methodology, and in partnership with the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program, researchers visited six pairs of 2- and 4-year college transfer partnerships identified as high performers, interviewing more than 350 faculty, student-facing and senior-level staff, and transfer students. Results: From these in-depth interviews, researchers identified a set of essential transfer practices common among these highly effective institutional partnerships. The practices were grouped under three broad strategies: (a) make transfer a priority, (b) create clear programmatic pathways with aligned high-quality instruction, and (c) provide tailored transfer advising. Contributions: This study offers a set of essential transfer practices culled from national fieldwork to 2- and 4-year institutional transfer partnerships identified using NSC data as highly effective in supporting transfer student success.

scholarly journals Student Success in Mechanical Engineering: Utilizing Data to Understand Success for Underrepresented Groups

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly McVey ◽  
Carl Luchies ◽  
Sara Wilson ◽  
Lorin Maletsky ◽  
Lin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Underrepresented Groups

The Utilization of a Formalized Complaint Management System as a Communication Tool to Foster Student Success

2017 ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Corey Carpenter ◽  
Peter D. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Technology Leaders

The field of Higher Education is experiencing a revolution spurred on by the expanding frontier of technology. Leaders of higher education institutions seek to improve student communication processes which will positively impact the student experience. Effective communication strategies are needed which can effectively be used in times of conflict at institutions of higher education. This quantitative study examined a series of predictors, both individually and collectively, as they related to the number of additional classes students completed after the conflict had occurred.

Pathway patterns mobility study of first time vs. transfer students in computer science and information technology programs at a public university

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prateek Basavaraj ◽  
Ivan Garibay ◽  
Ozlem Ozmen Garibay
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Public University ◽  
Transfer Student ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
First Time ◽  
Progression Patterns

PurposePostsecondary institutions use metrics such as student retention and college completion rates to measure student success. Multiple factors affect the success of first time in college (FTIC) and transfer students. Transfer student success rates are significantly low, with most transfer students nationwide failing to complete their degrees in four-year institutions. The purpose of this study is to better understand the degree progression patterns of both student types in two undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs: computer science (CS) and information technology (IT). Recommendations concerning academic advising are discussed to improve transfer student success.Design/methodology/approachThis study describes how transfer student success can be improved by thoroughly analyzing their degree progression patterns. This study uses institutional data from a public university in the United States. Specifically, this study utilizes the data of FTIC and transfer students enrolled in CS and IT programs at the targeted university to understand their degree progression patterns and analyzes the program curricula using network science curricular analytics method to determine what courses in the curriculum require more assistance to retain students.FindingsThe major findings of this study are: (1) students’ degree mobility patterns within an institution differ significantly between transfer and FTIC students; (2) some similarities exist between the CS and IT programs in terms of transfer students' degree mobility patterns; (3) transfer students' performance in basic and intermediate level core courses contribute to differences in transfer students' mobility patterns.Originality/valueThis study introduces the concept of “mobility patterns” and examines student degree mobility patterns of both FTIC and transfer students in a large public university to improve the advising process for transfer students regarding courses and identifying secondary majors.

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