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Multidimensional perceptions of support and academic motivation: Predicting academic persistence among first-generation black university students
Published 2025-06-01Subjects: Get full textSocial support and academic motivation play an imperative role in university students’ success. This study investigated the influence of perceived social support and academic motivation on academic persistence. The participants included 207 undergraduate first-generation black students (FGBS) from a...
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The Future of the University In the Age of Sustainability: Balancing Transformation and Persistence
Published 2024-12-01“…<span>This essay explores the future of universities amid sustainability imperatives, addressing the balance between transformation and institutional persistence. Universities are under pressure to integrate sustainability into their missions while maintaining academic independence. …”<span>This essay explores the future of universities amid sustainability imperatives, addressing the balance between transformation and institutional persistence. Universities are under pressure to integrate sustainability into their missions while maintaining academic independence. The disc...
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Using <i>Grammarly</i> to Enhance Students’ Academic Writing Skills
Published 2021-12-01Subjects: Get full textThe paper aims to present the results of the experiment in applying the online writing assistant Grammarly.com to evaluate ESP students’ essay writing skills. One hundred master students’ papers were processed by the application to identify persisting errors at a master’s level. Quantitative and qua...
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Examining first-year student retention in higher education
Published 2025-07-01Subjects: “…academic support…”First-year student retention is a critical issue in higher education, affecting both institutional success and student achievement. This study examines the impact of teaching approaches on first-year students' decisions to persist or withdraw from their studies. Using a qualitative research des...
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Innovative AI-Driven Approaches to Mitigate Math Anxiety and Enhance Resilience Among Students with Persistently Low Performance in Mathematics
Published 2025-06-01“…By offering targeted, adaptive support, educators can foster a learning environment that reduces stress, promotes engagement, and facilitates long-term academic success for students with persistently low performance in mathematics.…”This study explored innovative methods for teaching mathematics to seventh-grade students with persistently low performance by using an AI-driven neural network approach, specifically focusing on solving first-degree inequalities. Guided by the Response to Intervention (RTI) framework, the intervent...
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Access Is Progress: Understanding Rural Secondary Student Access and Outcomes of Advanced Placement Courses
Published 2025-07-01Subjects: Get full textThis study examines the availability and outcomes of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in secondary schools in Georgia (USA) and South Carolina (USA), focusing on how school locale (rurality) and demographic composition influence AP availability and student achievement. The authors analyzed population...
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Memory T Cells in Respiratory Virus Infections: Protective Potential and Persistent Vulnerabilities
Published 2025-04-01Get full textRespiratory virus infections, such as those caused by influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and coronaviruses, pose a significant global health burden. While the immune system’s adaptive components, including memory T cells, are critical for recognizing and combating these pathogens,...
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Redo surgery for persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy in the age of laparoscopic pancreatectomy
Published 2025-05-01Get full textBACKGROUND: Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) is a rare disease but the most common cause of persistent neonatal hypoglycemia, often requiring early pancreatectomy. In cases of persistent/relapsed hypoglycemia, redo surgery may be necessary. OBJECTIVES: We report our experie...
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Timing matters! Academic assessment changes throughout the day
Published 2025-07-01“…This pattern persists after controlling for exam difficulty and other potential confounding factors, suggesting an intrinsic time-dependent bias in the evaluation process. …”The influence of timing on decision-making processes has garnered significant attention across various domains, yet its impact on academic assessment remains under investigated. While previous research has suggested time-of-day effects on judicial decisions, methodological limitations have restricte...
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Charting the academic output on cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides and their industrial applications
Published 2025-06-01“…While healthcare and environmental sectors lead in EPS applications, translational gaps between academic research and industrial adoption persist, particularly in underdeveloped domains. …”Cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are diverse biopolymers with significant ecological roles and growing industrial potential due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and functional versatility. This study presents a bibliometric and patent analysis of cyanobacterial EPS research betwee...
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“You’re young, intelligent, and beautiful”: How Microaffirmations Inspire Summer Bridge Program Students to Persist
Published 2025-07-01Get full textResearch shows that Summer Bridge Programs (SBPs) are essential in supporting undergraduate students’ first-year college transition experiences from underrepresented and historically marginalized backgrounds. A key component of SBPs is cultivating deeply supportive relationships participants establ...
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Investigating Persistent Sympathovagal Dysregulation Following a Complex Dual Task in Concussed Athletes
Published 2025-03-01“…While single cognitive and motor tasks have revealed persisting autonomic alterations in concussed athletes, the unique autonomic response required by a dual task remains unexplored in this population. …”Background/Objectives: Dual tasks are increasingly being employed in research on concussion, since they provide a somewhat more realistic representation of the demands athletes face on the field. While single cognitive and motor tasks have revealed persisting autonomic alterations in concussed athle...
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THE ROLE OF MOSCOW UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS IN ESTABLISHING THE MOSCOW COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE
Published 2017-09-01“…In this way we can observe a persistent link between the two educational institutions. …”The article deals with Moscow University academics who played an important role in establishing the Moscow Commercial Institute (at present the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics). When 'University Liberties' were eliminated in 1910-1911 a group of prominent scientists of Moscow Uni...
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Resilience and Volatility in Academic Publishing: The Case of the University of Maribor (2004–2023)
Published 2025-06-01“…This article examines the resilience and volatility of academic publishing at the University of Maribor (UM) from 2004 to 2023, a period marked by significant economic and policy shifts in Slovenia. …”This article examines the resilience and volatility of academic publishing at the University of Maribor (UM) from 2004 to 2023, a period marked by significant economic and policy shifts in Slovenia. Using employment data from UM’s internal records and publication data from OpenAlex, we analyze the r...
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Transformations in academic work and faculty perceptions of artificial intelligence in higher education
Published 2025-07-01“…To this end, a narrative review was conducted, drawing on recent articles from Scopus and other academic sources, prioritizing empirical studies and reviews that explore the relationship between intelligent systems, university teaching, and the transformation of academic work. …”Technologies based on artificial intelligence are transforming teaching practices in higher education. However, many university faculty members still face difficulties in incorporating these tools in a critical, ethical, and pedagogically meaningful way. This review addresses the issue of limited ar...
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Project-based learning with arduino robots: impact on undergraduate students’ achievement and task persistence in robotics programming
Published 2025-07-01“…PARA improved the task persistence of students in robotics programming (73.75 ± 13.46) more than the conventional method (40.00 ± 13.70). …”IntroductionProgramming is a fundamental skill in the 21st century, yet there is a global shortage of skilled programmers for high-tech jobs. This study determined the effects of Project-Based Arduino Robot Application (PARA) on undergraduate students’ achievement and task persistence in robotics pr...
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A Robust Hybrid CNN–LSTM Model for Predicting Student Academic Performance
Published 2025-05-01“…The rapid increase in educational data from diverse sources such as learning management systems and assessment records necessitates the application of advanced analytical techniques to identify at-risk students and address persistent issues like dropout rates and academic underperformance. …”The rapid increase in educational data from diverse sources such as learning management systems and assessment records necessitates the application of advanced analytical techniques to identify at-risk students and address persistent issues like dropout rates and academic underperformance. However,...
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On the Path to Success: the Influence of Motivation and Self-regulation Resources on the Academic Achievements of University Students
Published 2024-05-01“…The results showed that if strong internal motivation prevails, it sufficiently determines academic success, but if motivation is lacking or is external, other components, namely self-regulation resources and the style of explaining successes and failures in achievement activities, help to increase academic success. …”<p>Currently, the higher education system is constantly changing: the education of increasing number of students is becoming associated with the use of distance technologies, which is why it is so important to identify motivational factors that have a potential impact on the academi...
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Parental Involvement as an Antidote to Student Dropout in Higher Education: Students’ Perceptions of Dropout Risk
Published 2025-06-01Get full textSince the expansion of higher education began, student motivation and institutional choice have been widely studied, yet the reasons behind high dropout rates in public institutions in Central and Eastern Europe remain poorly understood. In our research, we sought to answer the question of what subj...
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