An Examination of the Impact of Early Intervention on Learning Outcomes of At-Risk Students.

Abstract

This research examines the effectiveness of early intervention on academic success for atrisk students. An intervention program is implemented in a minority serving public university by providing counseling and advising to academically at-risk students. Student performance is monitored and evaluated to explore whether early intervention impacts the likelihood of success for at-risk students. Adopting the matching sample method, our preliminary results show that atrisk students who receive additional advising are more likely to pass the course than those who don’t receive such advising. We also find that student’s prior GPA and gender have a statistically significant impact on students’ eventual academic performance. These results provide further evidence that early intervention strategies can be effective in improving student success. Copyright statement: Authors retain the copyright to the manuscripts published in AABRI journals. Please see the AABRI Copyright Policy at http://www.aabri.com/copyright.html.