Letters of Recommendation by High School Counselors in Selective College Admissions: Differences by Race and Socioeconomic Status in Letter Length and Topics Discussed [0.03%]
种族与社会经济地位差异视角下的高中辅导员的大学录取推荐信：关于推荐信长度和讨论话题的研究
Brian Heseung Kim,Julie J Park,Pearl Lo et al.
Brian Heseung Kim et al.
Letters of recommendation from school counselors are required to apply to most selective universities. We use cutting-edge natural language processing techniques to algorithmically analyze a national dataset of over 600,000 student applicat...
Caitlin E Ahearn,Jennie E Brand,Xiang Zhou
Caitlin E Ahearn
The college-educated are more likely to vote than are those with less education. Prior research suggests that the effect of college attendance on voting operates directly, by increasing an individual's interest and engagement in politics th...
Heterogeneity in the Returns to Credits for Public Two-Year College Entrants [0.03%]
公共两年制院校入学学生的信贷收益异质性分析
Lauren Schudde,Meghan Shea
Lauren Schudde
Public two-year colleges offer an entry point to postsecondary education for many Americans who might otherwise forgo college. Most students leave college without a credential. A growing body of research examines the returns to higher educa...
BUILDing an Early Advantage: An Examination of the Role of Strategic Interventions in Developing First-Year Undergraduate Students' Science Identity [0.03%]
助建早期优势：探究战略干预在培养本科生科学身份中的作用
M Kevin Eagan Jr,Ana L Romero,Shujin Zhong
M Kevin Eagan Jr
Predictors and Consequences of Math Course Repetition: The Role of Horizontal and Vertical Repetition in Success Among Community College Transfer Students [0.03%]
数学课程重复的影响因素及后果：横向和纵向重复在社区学院转学生成功中的作用
Ibrahim Bicak,Lauren Schudde,Kristina Flores
Ibrahim Bicak
Delays in meeting math requirements can impede the progress among community college students who aspire to earn a baccalaureate degree. To investigate this issue, we used state administrative data from Texas to examine the prevalence and pr...
Optimizing Intent to Transfer: Engagement and Community College English Learners [0.03%]
优化转移意图：参与和社区学院英语学习者
Catherine Hartman,Rebecca Callahan,Hongwei Yu
Catherine Hartman
Researchers have long struggled to accurately identify the needs of English learner (EL) students and the factors that facilitate their postsecondary success. Although prior research suggests that EL students disproportionately select into ...
College Choice Revisited: Socioeconomic Differences in College Transfer Destinations Among Four-Year College Entrants [0.03%]
再论高校选择——四年制高校入学者的社会经济地位与其转学目的地之间的关系分析
George Spencer,Amy Stich
George Spencer
Despite a robust body of literature about the choice of students' first postsecondary institution, we have little insight regarding transfer from four-year colleges and universities across socioeconomic groups. In this study, we argue that ...
U.S. Visa and Immigration Policy Challenges: Explanations for Faculty Perceptions and Intent to Leave [0.03%]
美国签证及移民政策带来的挑战：学者感知及其去意解释
Mary K Feeney,Heyjie Jung,Timothy P Johnson et al.
Mary K Feeney et al.
United States (US) immigration policies have increasingly focused on national security resulting in universities experiencing declines in international student applications, constraints on international scholar employment, and complications...
Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members' Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times [0.03%]
会有变化吗？考察历史上以白人为主的兄弟会成员在当代对多样性的开放性发展
Adam M McCready,Benjamin S Selznick,Antonio Duran
Adam M McCready
Scholars have identified that openness to diversity is a vital student outcome for higher education. Interest in this outcome has only intensified in recent years because of increased attention to, and unrest related to, social injustices. ...
Predicting Success: An Examination of the Predictive Validity of a Measure of Motivational-Developmental Dimensions in College Admissions [0.03%]
预测成功：对一种动机-发展维度的衡量方法在大学录取中的预测效度的检验
Joseph H Paris,Catherine Pressimone Beckowski,Sara Fiorot
Joseph H Paris
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented number of higher education institutions adopted test-optional admissions policies. The proliferation of these policies and the criticism of standardized admissions tests as unreliable predictors ...