Perceived Family Influence on Undergraduate Adult Female Students

Predicting Persistence for First-Time Undergraduate Adult Students at Four-Year Institutions Using First-Term Academic Behaviors and Outcomes

“…Cleveland-Innes (1994) found household income had no effect on degree completion. Nonetheless, Plageman and Sabina (2010) found socioeconomic status to be highly correlated with persistence. Likewise, Scott, Burns, and Cooney (1996) found students who had higher levels of income and socioeconomic status are more likely to persist; however, Mercer (1993) found graduates earned signifi cantly less than dropouts, though graduates were signifi cantly less likely to identify income as a problem or to believe their income was inadequate.…”

“…The majority of researchers have identifi ed spousal support, family encouragement, or other support to attend from immediate family members as an indicator of persistence and degree completion (Jacobs & Berkowitz-King, 2002;Mercer, 1993;Naretto, 1995;Plageman & Sabina, 2010;Scott et al, 1996Scott et al, , 1998Taniguchi & Kaufman, 2005). Kasworm and Pike (1994) found marital status and family income had an effect on older, but not younger, undergraduates when predicting grades.…”

Disaggregating assessment to close the loop and improve student learning

“…This inattention is problematic given that approximately 44% of all undergraduate students in the US today are adult students (that is, over the age of 25), with that percentage likely to increase as the population continues to age (Plageman and Sabina 2010). Equally problematic is the lack of research focusing on the impact of different instructional formats upon students as they progress through their chosen format.…”

Parent and Family Engagement in Higher Education

“…Popular media is quick to offer suggestions for how this three‐part relationship between students, families, and institutions can best function (Self, ; Wartman & Savage, ); however, confusion persists with respect to the roles each should play. In an attempt to assess the nature of the relationship between college students and their family members, researchers have focused on how parents and college students communicate and the effect of various communication patterns on key aspects of the student experience, such as drinking behavior (LaBrie & Cail, ), navigation and development of sexual encounters and intimacy (Morgan, Thorne, & Zurbriggen, ), and communication of memorable messages about college access, and persistence (Plageman & Sabina, ; Ramsey, Gentzler, Morey, Oberhauser, & Westerman, ; Wang, ; Wood et al., ). Other literature has explored the efficacy of parent interventions as preventive measures to reduce alcohol use among college students.…”