Student Success as a Function of Marital and Parental Status
Disciplines
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Abstract (300 words maximum)
With over 19 million students enrolled in higher education in the United States and with increasing complexity as to what makes the "typical" student, it is important for colleges to pay close attention to student success rates across characteristic groups to ensure that appropriate resources are being allocated where most needed. Harackiewicz and Priniski (2018) found that targeted academic interventions can be cost- efficient and beneficial for improving student outcomes providing valuable support to at-risk students. For our study we sampled students from a variety of backgrounds at Kennesaw State University with an in-depth survey that will provide various individual characteristics. Marital status and parental status were isolated for further analysis and compared to student success metrics such as grade point average, classes withdrawn from and classes failed. The data analyzed from this study can be used to better student success rates within Kennesaw State University and provide further information about student characteristics.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
RCHSS - Psychological Science
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Lauren Taglialatela
Student Success as a Function of Marital and Parental Status
With over 19 million students enrolled in higher education in the United States and with increasing complexity as to what makes the "typical" student, it is important for colleges to pay close attention to student success rates across characteristic groups to ensure that appropriate resources are being allocated where most needed. Harackiewicz and Priniski (2018) found that targeted academic interventions can be cost- efficient and beneficial for improving student outcomes providing valuable support to at-risk students. For our study we sampled students from a variety of backgrounds at Kennesaw State University with an in-depth survey that will provide various individual characteristics. Marital status and parental status were isolated for further analysis and compared to student success metrics such as grade point average, classes withdrawn from and classes failed. The data analyzed from this study can be used to better student success rates within Kennesaw State University and provide further information about student characteristics.