Academic library expenditures and graduation rates: evidence from four-year colleges and universities in the US
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DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2024.2366325
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the midst of financial challenges, colleges and universities in the United States have significantly cut funding for their academic libraries in the name of enhancing efficiency. Using longitudinal data from the Integrated Postsecondary… read more here.
Keywords: year colleges; colleges universities; four year; graduation rates ... See more keywords
Interview With Brian Kotz: Data Science at Two-Year Colleges
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DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2018.1446645
Abstract: AR: What do you see as the primary challenges with helping students at two-year colleges to learn statistics? I suspect that most of the challenges are the same ones that are faced by teachers at… read more here.
Keywords: kotz data; brian kotz; two year; year ... See more keywords
“They Helped Me to Get Through”: Investigating Institutional Sources of Support at Two-Year Colleges that Facilitate the Transfer and Persistence of Black Engineering Students
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DOI: 10.1177/00915521221125901
Abstract: Introduction: While a considerable amount of extant scholarship describes the importance of and strategies for improving the postsecondary pathways of Black engineering students, most literature is contextualized within 4-year institutions. Objectives: The purpose of this… read more here.
Keywords: year; engineering students; year colleges; support ... See more keywords
Battered But Not Broken: A Composite of the Experiences of Black Librarians at Public, 2-Year Colleges – Dissertation of the Year
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DOI: 10.1177/00915521221145313
Abstract: Objective: Black librarians account for just 5.4% of academic librarians in the U.S. in a period in which enrollments for Black students steadily increases. While national programs aimed at recruitment exist, too little attention is… read more here.
Keywords: year; public year; year colleges; black librarians ... See more keywords
A comparison of factors determining the transition to postsecondary education in Toronto and Chicago
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DOI: 10.1177/1745499919865140
Abstract: We examine how race, sex and poverty contribute to the likelihood of attending two- and four-year colleges in Chicago and Toronto. In each city, we use longitudinal data on high school students and their postsecondary… read more here.
Keywords: determining transition; factors determining; comparison factors; year colleges ... See more keywords