Life Stressors as Predictors of Community College Students’ Course Outcomes: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Focusing Event DOI
Claire Wladis, Catherine A. Manly, Alyse C. Hachey

et al.

Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 126(6-7), P. 182 - 200

Published: June 1, 2024

Background or Context: The COVID-19 pandemic may be considered a focusing event that has drawn greater attention to the physical and mental health of community college students. Purpose, Objective, Research Question, Focus Study: This study examined students’ self-reported life stressors pre- post-pandemic-onset identify any reported differences, both in occurrence impact on course completion. Design: Surveys were collected after onset at City University New York’s largest college. 529 students enrolled STEM subjects asked about potentially stressful events experienced during spring 2020 how strongly these impacted time energy they had for their studies (response rate 88.2%). Conclusions Recommendations: Students’ reporting presence stressors, as well rating studies, significantly predictive subsequent outcomes. However, beginning prior larger more significant relationship with outcomes than those onset. Further, already highly prevalent prepandemic, over three-quarters them. Although have existence it simply drew heightened pre-existing issue. Results from this indicate stress even outside conditions, suggesting is critical area colleges address.

Language: Английский

A Matter of Time (Use): Conceptualizing Time Navigation and Time Equity as Directions for Equitable Research DOI
Genia M. Bettencourt, Adrianna Kezar, Liane I. Hypolite

et al.

Educational Researcher, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 10, 2025

Educators have been concerned about students’ time management skills for decades. Subsequently, scholars studied approaches better to intervene and help students. Prior research has described organizing, scheduling, completing tasks meet constraints. Although insightful understanding key mechanisms at the individual level, such miss structural influences that shape degree of control working-class students over their time. Therefore, we argue traditional notions describe a deficit-oriented construct. We suggest two new centered on reframing as navigation positioning within equity approach. These resist deficit perspectives rooted in capitalism offer opportunities nuanced understandings college experiences.

Language: Английский

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Centering Social Fit, Self-Concept Fit, Goal Fit, and Resource Fit as Core Elements of Students’ Experiences of Belonging at School DOI Creative Commons
Alexander S. Browman

Educational Psychology Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 37(2)

Published: April 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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Life Stressors as Predictors of Community College Students’ Course Outcomes: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Focusing Event DOI
Claire Wladis, Catherine A. Manly, Alyse C. Hachey

et al.

Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 126(6-7), P. 182 - 200

Published: June 1, 2024

Background or Context: The COVID-19 pandemic may be considered a focusing event that has drawn greater attention to the physical and mental health of community college students. Purpose, Objective, Research Question, Focus Study: This study examined students’ self-reported life stressors pre- post-pandemic-onset identify any reported differences, both in occurrence impact on course completion. Design: Surveys were collected after onset at City University New York’s largest college. 529 students enrolled STEM subjects asked about potentially stressful events experienced during spring 2020 how strongly these impacted time energy they had for their studies (response rate 88.2%). Conclusions Recommendations: Students’ reporting presence stressors, as well rating studies, significantly predictive subsequent outcomes. However, beginning prior larger more significant relationship with outcomes than those onset. Further, already highly prevalent prepandemic, over three-quarters them. Although have existence it simply drew heightened pre-existing issue. Results from this indicate stress even outside conditions, suggesting is critical area colleges address.

Language: Английский

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