The Excellence-Commitment-and-Effective-Learning (ExCEL) Program: A Group Intervention for Academically High-Risk Students
This article reports an evaluation of a group intervention for academically high-risk students. The Excellence-Commitment-and-Effective-Learning (ExCEL) program was developed using Sedlacek's noncognitive model for employing cognitive and noncognitive strategies in a group. Eleven academically high-risk freshmen in a public Midwestern university participated. The results show that participation in the group appears to have enhanced the students' academic performances and study skills.
Contributor Notes
Siu-Man “Raymond” Ting is an assistant professor at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. He is also the Coordinator of Student Development in Higher Education program in the Department of Counselor Education. He had been a university counselor before he graduated from the University of Iowa in August 1995. His current research interests are academic performance and retention, and professional development issues.
