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ACADEMIC INITIATIVES HAVE BECOME CORNERSTONES
in many residential operations on college and university
campuses. Despite efforts to enhance academic outcomes
of residential students, existing research on residential GPAs
reveals either dated or questionable results. Programmatic
functions focused on integrating academics into the college
living environment--such as living-learning communities,
faculty-in-residence, and themed floors--have received a fair
amount of attention in recent research, yet course-specific
academic support initiatives within residential populations
have received little, if any, attention. To fill this gap, this
study performed a thought experiment by analyzing course
enrollment and grade data for two semesters. Manipulating
the actual earned grades in the most frequently registered
classes simulated the results of participation in hypothetical
course-specific support initiatives during the studied
semesters. The results revealed existing value in identifying,
and then employing resources to, populations and courses
that will yield the greatest impact on GPA. While the
assumptions established to manipulate the grades in
each of the three most frequently enrolled courses were
optimistic (and thus should be considered with caution),
the framework of this study demonstrates how the analysis
of residential course enrollment and grade data allows
for the creation of benchmarks within strategic planning
focused on academic success in residence halls.
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only measure,
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outcome.
However, despite
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positive outcomes
in academicrelated areas,
the actual impact
of living in
campus housing
Higher education is often "challenged to provide evidence that students [are] reaching the outcomes promised" (Blattner, Cawthon, &
Baumann, 2013, p. 16) while simultaneously experiencing elevated
accountability to demonstrate high effectiveness in achieving those
outcomes (McCuskey, 2013). Under increasing scrutiny, colleges
and universities (including their housing departments) seek additional mechanisms and initiatives to support the expected educational outcomes (McCuskey, 2013).
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