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DELAND, Fla. — As Spectrum News 13 continues to cover Tuesday's devastating school shooting is Texas, state and federal policies that are supposed to Florida protect schools have also come to the forefront.
Protective factors are strengths and supports that allow children to succeed despite risk factors (e.g. being in poverty or having parents with substance use disorder).
Examines consumer perspectives on relevance among a nationally representative sample of 110,481 adults, aged 18 to 65, who are currently employed and have taken at least some college courses. Results show that the more relevant people find their courses to be to their work and daily lives, the greater their belief that they received a high-quality education, that it was worth the cost, and that it contributed to their overall well-being.
Shares the results of the 2016 biennial survey of college parents. The findings of this report are consistent with two prior research studies and confirm that “college families are an important source of support for increasing student success and college completion.”
Reviews and synthesizes key research in order to address many of the important questions and concerns we hear from students, parents, and schools about the college admissions process: What do college rankings really measure? Are students who attend more selective colleges better off later in life? What is “fit” and why does it matter?
Summarizes research on Latino students who are enrolled in four-year colleges and universities. While the number of Latinx students who are enrolling is increasing, college completion rates continue to lag. This research also includes strategies for how to close the college completion gap.
Analyzes changing demographics of undergraduates and the impact it may have on colleges and universities, as well as the students. The rise of poor and minority undergraduates has been most pronounced in public two-year colleges and the least selective four-year colleges and universities.
Discusses the results of a survey administered by Kognito between September 2012 and April of 2017. They surveyed 14,673 faculty and staff members from 20 geographically dispersed U.S. colleges and universities.
Details results from more than 355,000 first-year and senior student attending 622 U.S. colleges and universities that participated in The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in Spring 2014. Findings indicate few relationships between selectivity and student-faculty interaction. These results bring into question conventional wisdom that certain characteristics of colleges and universities assure a high-quality educational experience.