PIECING TOGETHER THE STUDENT SUCCESS PUZZLE: RESEARCH, PROPOSITIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

By A. A. A. Putra. 2013

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Fast growing of colleges and universities, tremendous increasing interest in earning bachelor’s degree, and complexity problems related to student enrolment and persistence, a single study does not enough effectively explain those problems in the increasingly complex social, economical and cultural issues. Kuh, Kinzie, Buckley, Bridges, Hayek wrote the book based on the extensive literature reviews, especially in the last fifteen years, relating to policies, program, and practices in higher education related to student success. This book provides a wide range of research findings on policies, programs and practices of post secondary education and can be guidance to the college and university management and academic communities in relation to students’ success, and useful information for Federal, State and local governments. The book consists of seven chapters that can be categorized into three major sections focusing on students (conceptual, theoretical perspectives, foundation and student behaviors related to students success), institution conditions, and propositions and recommendations. The book begins with the discussion of the increasing demand of higher education on one hand and low enrolment and achievement of low income and minority students on the other hand. Student’s preparation before entering college and rising of college cost are the major reasons that hamper them to enroll and success in college. Through reviewing many studies, Kuh et al. try to find the answers of some questions related to students’ characteristics, what factors contribute to students’ success and what intervention should be taken to help students’ preparation before enrollment and after entering college, and to what groups of students the interventions need to be focused. Following the introduction, Kuh et al. discuss definition and conceptual frame work of students success and propose many indicators related to student success. For the purpose of the report, Kuh et al. define students’ success as academic achievement; engagement in educationally purposeful activities; of knowledge, skill, and competencies; persistence; and attainment of educational In following

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Neural Cognitive Diagnosis for Intelligent Education Systems (2019, background): “In practice, these diagnostic reports are necessary as they are the basis of further services, such as exercise recommendation and targeted training (Kuh et al. 2011).”
Student and Faculty Member Engagement in Undergraduate Research (2013, background): “Two studies provide a useful start for the latter work (Eagen et al. 2011; Kuh et al. 2007), but have important limitations in terms of providing a general understanding of faculty participation in UR.”
Academic Engagement and Intention to Drop Out: Levers for Sustainability in Higher Education (2018, background): “Engagement has been found to be a highly relevant factor associated with the process of dropping out [6], in the sense that “high levels of student engagement are necessary for, and contribute to, collegiate success” [11,12], cit.”
Does Involvement Really Matter? Indicators of College Student Success and Satisfaction (2013, background): “and collaborative learning techniques, students again reported gains; when faculty stress cocurricular involvement, students reported a higher level of engagement. The results of this study articulate the importance of faculty attitudes and behavior. In fact, the authors noted that “faculty members ”
Reconsidering the Relationship Between Student Engagement and Persistence in College (2011, background): “In fact, student persistence has almost become synonymous with student success; and student engagement is considered the pathway to success in college (Kuh et al. 2007; National Survey of Student Engagement 2004, 2007).”