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Influence of COVID-19 at UMBC: Analyzing Predictors for Undergraduate Students’ Academic Success
Jane Nam, Sarah Turner, Mansha Maheshwari, Jeniffer Khorsandian, Mireille Alcheikh Hanna, Mike Spano, Aysha Nasir, Samantha Galczyk
Mentor: Susan Sonnenschein, Psychology
For the past 11 months, COVID-19 has impacted the quality of life and learning of UMBC students’, which in turn has possibly affected their academic success and engagement. The pandemic has elicited potential financial, medical, and academic strains for students. This study will investigate variables that positively and negatively affect students’ academic success during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently collecting data from UMBC undergraduate students, by inquiring them to complete an online survey that includes questionnaires about their motivation, engagement, and self-reported GPA. Additional factors such as family and peer support, institutional support, student home environment, and access to technology are being measured. Potential stressors include lack of financial income, deprecation in mental health, and inadequate access to technology. The descriptive results will demonstrate what the stressors and protective factors are for UMBC undergraduates during COVID-19. Furthermore, regression analyses will show the effects of these two categories of factors on these students’ academic engagement and achievement. We also will conduct analyses to see if various subgroups of students (e.g., first generation students) are differentially affected by the impact of COVID-19 or have independent factors affecting them.
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Jane Nam, Sarah Turner, Mansha Maheshwari, Jeniffer Khorsandian, Mireille Alcheikh Hanna, Mike Spano, Aysha Nasir, Samantha Galczyk | Influence of COVID-19 at UMBC: Analyzing Predictors for Undergraduate Students’ Academic Success | Mentor: Susan Sonnenschein | Psychology
