Student Learning & Development Flashcards
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A grant program wants to demonstrate long-term impact on degree completion. Which metric should be tracked and reported?
Answer: Six-year graduation rate of grant participants versus a comparison group
Comparing six-year graduation rates between grant participants and a matched comparison group provides evidence of the program's causal impact on degree attainment.
Which concept describes the mismatch between a student's home culture and the dominant culture of a higher education institution, often targeted by grant-funded culturally responsive programs?
Answer: Cultural dissonance
Cultural dissonance refers to the conflict students experience when their home values, norms, or communication styles clash with institutional expectations.
A grant-funded tutoring program wants to implement 'supplemental instruction (SI).' Which statement best describes SI?
Answer: Regularly scheduled, out-of-class collaborative review sessions for historically difficult courses
Supplemental Instruction involves trained SI leaders who attend targeted high-risk courses and facilitate peer-led study sessions, improving pass rates without remediation stigma.
A TRIO Upward Bound program must demonstrate that at least what percentage of its participants complete secondary school and enroll in postsecondary education?
Answer: 72%
Federal regulations require TRIO Upward Bound programs to demonstrate that at least 72% of participants complete high school and enroll in postsecondary education.
When budgeting a grant-funded tutoring program, which cost category covers the salary of a part-time tutor coordinator who also serves the non-grant-funded student population 30% of the time?
Answer: Direct costs at 70% with cost-share for the remaining 30%
Only the portion of the coordinator's time dedicated to grant activities (70%) is charged as a direct grant cost; the remaining 30% may be treated as institutional cost-sharing.
A grant requires implementation of 'trauma-informed practices' in student support services. Which principle is foundational to this approach?
Answer: Recognizing the widespread impact of trauma and integrating safety, trustworthiness, and empowerment
Trauma-informed practice is grounded in recognizing trauma's prevalence and organizing services around safety, transparency, peer support, collaboration, and empowerment.
For a grant-funded early alert system, which data point is most commonly used as an early predictor of student dropout risk?
Answer: Early course attendance and assignment submission patterns
Research consistently shows that early class absences and missed assignments are among the strongest predictors of student withdrawal, making them the primary triggers for early alert systems.