A review of 13 years of research into antecedents of university students' grade point average
(GPA) scores generated the following: a comprehensive, conceptual map of known …

This study examines the relationship between psychosocial and study skill factors (PSFs)
and college outcomes by meta-analyzing 109 studies. On the basis of educational …

A growing body of literature supports the relationship between students' self-efficacy beliefs
for academic tasks and milestones and their academic performance. Not surprisingly, some …

In this study we investigated the academic interests and goals of 223 African American,
Latino/a, Southeast Asian, and Native American undergraduate students in 2 groups …

Noncognitive factors, such as academic self-efficacy, motivation, and sense of belonging,
predict college students' academic performance and retention. It is unclear if varying profiles …

Despite increased enrollment, outcomes such as grade point average (GPA), persistence,
and graduation rates for college students with learning disabilities (LD) continue to lag …

Objective. With the growing number of older students attending college, one major issue
concerning these nontraditional students is their overall low completion rates. We examine …

Studies of college attrition typically assume that all attrition is permanent. We use data from
the 1990/94 Beginning Postsecondary Survey to distinguish between long-term dropout and …

Background Longstanding data have established that women earn about 20% of
undergraduate degrees in engineering; they also have lower academic self‐efficacy in the …

The universal growth of social media usage among tertiary students has been linearly
associated with academic performance. As social media use continues its constant growth …