Background Low community college completion rates are an area of concern for
policymakers and practitioners. Although many students require developmental education …

This paper argues that transition is not a one-off event that occurs when students first enter
universities but is an on-going process that is repeated over time. We draw on qualitative …

Higher education institutions are striving to lower student dropout rates to increase the
number of academically qualified persons in the labour market and decrease misguided …

This exploratory study presents a different approach to studying transition by involving
students as researchers. The aim was to investigate how students talked about their …

Extramural English (EE) exposure has been shown to correlate with general vocabulary
knowledge. It remains uncertain, however, how academic vocabulary knowledge correlates …

The expansion of neo-liberal policies' framing higher education has contributed to an
increase in participation rates of students from non-traditional backgrounds. While an …

Research on the 'ideal'or 'good'student tends to be situated within compulsory schooling.
Few recent studies have focused on lecturers' conceptualisation and construction of the …

This qualitative study reports on the role of university lecturers in the well-being of
undergraduate students. A sample of undergraduate student participants (n= 335) at a large …

Confidence and related constructs such as self-efficacy have been previously identified as
important to college student persistence and performance (eg, Cox, 2009; Wood & Turner …

In the United Kingdom, a “good” undergraduate degree is understood to be a “first class” or
an “upper second class,” which is achieved by three-quarters of students. The need to …