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A Quantitative Analysis Of Emergency Grant Persistence Rates, Rachel Sherlock
A Quantitative Analysis Of Emergency Grant Persistence Rates, Rachel Sherlock
Culminating Projects in Higher Education Administration
I conducted a correlational quantitative study to determine whether an emergency grant program at a four-year public institution is correlated with increased student persistence, and if students’ socioeconomic status and race are correlated with their likelihood to persist after receiving an emergency grant. I studied how students’ demographics influenced persistence rates based on race, socioeconomic status, gender, first-generation status, age and grade level. I found that Black or African students, students 24 years and older, and first-year students had significantly lower persistence rates than other categories of students after receiving the emergency grant. In comparison, white students, students 23 years …
The Effect Of Lgbt Resource Centers On Student Success & Engagement, Kristopher A. Oliveira
The Effect Of Lgbt Resource Centers On Student Success & Engagement, Kristopher A. Oliveira
Culminating Projects in Higher Education Administration
This quantitative study was developed to determine whether involvement in a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Resource Center had a measureable impact on the success, engagement, and retention of LGBTQ students at St. Cloud State University. Success included academic completion and grade point average (GPA); engagement included the number of times and type of participation in the LGBT Resource Center; and retention was measured by the student’s self-reported intention of returning to the university. An online survey was sent to all students (undergraduate and graduate) at St. Cloud State University in the spring semester of 2017. Approximately 500 …