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“I Feel Like I Was Set up to Fail”: Exploring the Experiences of Students on Academic Probation

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• • Erin N Gordon erinngordon058@gmail.com Email Erin N Gordon. (compose email, opens in email app.) Erin N Gordon ORCID profile. (opens in new tab)
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  • Simpson University View ROR record for Simpson University. (opens in new tab)

Abstract

This hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the lived experience of students on academic probation as they related to navigating the complexity of causal factors and their impact on self-regulated learning behaviors and motivation. Participants were students who had persisted at least one semester after being placed on academic probation at a small, private, liberal arts college in Western Canada. Data was collected through individual interviews with students using a protocol that was designed for the study. Interviews were transcribed, reduced to anecdotes, and then analyzed using a hermeneutic approach centered around the processes of epoché and reduction. Through these processes, emerging themes revealed the complexity of experiences faced by students on academic probation.

Keywords: academic probation, self-regulated learning, motivation, self-efficacy

How to Cite: Gordon, E. N. (2024) ““I Feel Like I Was Set up to Fail”: Exploring the Experiences of Students on Academic Probation”, Journal of the National Organization for Student Success. 1(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.61617/jnoss.31