Academic Progress: Factors That Affect a Student’s First Year Experience in College

Academic Progress: Factors That Affect a Student’s First Year Experience in College

The transition to higher education can be a journey of life changing experiences. These experiences culminate in factors that affect a student’s academic success. This can lend itself to areas of growth, change, and maturation that cultivate and stimulate the intellectual curiosity which motivate a student to succeed in college. Specifically, this study attempts to measure three factors that af...

Personal factors that influence deaf college students' academic success.

Research tells us that academic preparation is key to deaf students' success at college. Yet, that is not the whole story. Many academically prepared students drop out during their first year. This study identified entering deaf college students' personal factors as assessed by their individual responses to both the Noel-Levitz College Student Inventory Form B and the Learning and Study Strateg...

Factors that affect academic performance among pharmacy students.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine factors such as academic competence, test competence, time management, strategic studying, and test anxiety, and identify whether these factors could distinguish differences among students, based on academic performance and enrollment in the experiential program. METHODS A cross-sectional study design utilizing questionnaires measuring prev...

Loneliness, Mindfulness, and Academic Achievements: A Moderation Effect among First-Year College Students

The transition to college enhances feelings of loneliness, and lonely students typically underperform academically due to the depletion of cognitive resources. Mindfulness practice has been demonstrated to improve certain cognitive abilities. The current study examined whether mindfulness practice may moderate the relations between perceived loneliness and academic performance. In this study we...

Investigating Differences in Personality Traits and Academic Needs Among Prepared and Underprepared First-Year College Students