Publications
Arum, R., Eccles, J. S., Heckhausen, J., Orona, G. A., von Keyserlingk, L., Wegemer, C. M., Wright, C. E., & Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K. (2021). Ensuring a more equitable future: Assessing student learning and growth in higher education. Postsecondary Value Commission. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED612729
Arum, R., Eccles, J.S., Heckhausen, J., Orona, G.A., von Keyserlingk, L., Wegemer, C.M., Wright, C.E & Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K. (2021). A Framework for Measuring Undergraduate Learning and Growth. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 53(6), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/00091383.2021.1987810
Calderon Leon, M.D., & Mcdossi, O. (2023). MUST Research Card Series #2: UCI LIFTED Program. The MUST Project. https://sites.uci.edu/ucimustproject/files/2023/04/LIFTEDResearchCard.pdf
Calderon Leon, M.D., & Mcdossi, O. (2023). MUST Research Card Series #2: UCI LIFTED Program. The MUST Project. https://sites.uci.edu/ucimustproject/files/2023/04/LIFTEDResearchCardSup.pdf
Chopra, H., Lin, Y., Samadi, M., Cavazos, J., Yu, R., Jaquay, S., & Nixon, N. (2023). Semantic topic chains for modeling temporality of themes in online student discussion forums. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM ’23) (pp. 67–78). https://zenodo.org/records/8115691
Lee, H., von Keyserlingk, L., Arum, R., & Eccles J.S. (2021) Why do they enroll in this course? Undergraduates’ course choice from a motivational perspective. Frontiers in Education, 6, 641254. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.641254
Li, X., & Yu, R. (2021). Construction of Weighted Course Co-Enrollment Network. In Proceedings of the NetSciLA21 workshop. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2868/article_5.pdf
Moeller, J., von Keyserlingk., L., Spengler, M., Gaspard, H., Lee, H. R., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Yu, R., Fischer, C., & Arum, R. (2022). Risk and protective factors of college students’ psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: emotional stability, mental health, and household resources. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kf8cs
Moeller, J., von Keyserlingk., L., Spengler, M., Gaspard, H., Lee, H. R., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Yu, R., Fischer, C., & Arum, R., (2022). College students’ emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of neuroticism, mental health, and household resources. AERA open. DOI: 10.1177/23328584211065725.
Orona, G. A., Eccles, J. S., Zitzmann, S., Fischer, C., & Arum, R. (2023). Cognitive development in undergraduate emerging adults: How course-taking breadth supports skill formation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 74, 102206.
Rogers, J., Shane, J., von Keyserlingk, L., & Heckhausen, J. (2023). Changes in college students’ socioeconomic status aspirations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12859. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12859
Rubach, C., Von Keyserlingk, L., Simpkins, S. D., & Eccles, J. S. (2022). Does Instructional Quality Impact Male and Female University Students Differently? Focusing on Academic Satisfaction, Academic Stress, and Mental Health Impairment. In Frontiers in Education (p. 2). Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.820321
von Keyserlingk, L., Möller, J., Heckhausen, J., Eccles, J.S. & Arum, R. (2023). Adjusting to College – Do Ability Beliefs and Confidence in Getting Support Matter for Mental Health and Performance? Journal of Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-023-01185-5
von Keyserlingk, L., Rubach, C., Lee, H. R., Eccles, J. S., & Heckhausen, J. (2022). College Students’ motivational beliefs and use of goal-oriented control strategies: Integrating two theories of motivated behavior. Motivation and Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09957-y
von Keyserlingk, L., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Arum, R., & Eccles, J.S. (2021). Stress of university students before and after campus closure in response to COVID-19. Journal of Community Psychology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22561
von Keyserlingk, L., Li, X., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Eccles, J. S., & Arum, R. (2020). COVID-19 undergraduate response to initial pandemic phase. Card C-1. http://education.uci.edu/uploads/7/2/7/6/72769947/mellon_c1_final.pdf
Wegemer, C. M. & von Keyserlingk, L. (2022). Dual pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism: The roles of perceptions of inequities, civic values, and conservatism in mask-wearing behavior. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12293
Lin, Y., Dowell, N., & Godfrey, A. (2021, April). Skills matter: Modeling the relationship between decision making processes and collaborative problem-solving skills during hidden profile tasks. In LAK21: 11th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (pp. 428-437). https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3448139.3448180
Papers in preparation & forthcoming
Chopra, H., Lin, Y., Samadi, A., Cavazos, J., & Dowell, N. (manuscript in preparation). Detecting Topics and Trends of Student Discourse across the Pandemic in Online Discussion Forum
Höhne, E., von Keyserlingk, L., Zander, L. (manuscript in preparation). Stress of university students during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: A perspective on differences by gender and major in the US and Germany.
Lee, H., Gaspard, H., von Keyserlingk, L., Rubach, C., Fischer, C., Heckhausen, J., & Eccles, J.S. (manuscript under review). Changes in college students’ course-specific expectancy and subjective task values related to first-term academic experiences.
Lee, H., von Keyserlingk, L., Cavazos, J., Yu, R., Fischer, C., Dowell, N., Rodriguez, F., & Eccles, J.S. (manuscript under review). To engage or to not engage?: The role of competing demands and perceived subjective task values on students’ academic engagement
Li, X., Baker, R., & Arum, R. (manuscript in preparation). Sorting into and within Majors: How Big and Small Choices Affect Classmate Gender Composition.
Li, X., Tate, T., Baker, R., & Warschauer, M.J. (manuscript in preparation). The Impact of COVID-19-induced Emergency Remote Learning on College Achievement Gaps.
Li, X., Yu, R., & Baker, R. (manuscript in preparation). Construction of Weighted Course Co-Enrollment Network.
Mcdossi, O., Heckhausen, J., & Arum, R. (manuscript in preparation). Social mobility paths among college students.
Orona, G.A. & Nagengast, B. (Manuscript in preparation). (Self-)Reporting for duty: A case study of validity issues with self-report instruments. Educational Psychology Review.
Orona, G.A. (under review) The structure of adult thinking: A network approach to cognitive processing. Learning and Instruction.
Rubach, C., von Keyserlingk, L., & Eccles, J.S. (manuscript in preparation). Instructional quality, satisfaction and well-being.
Rubach, C., von Keyserlingk, L., & Eccles, J.S. (manuscript in preparation). University Students’ Learning-Related Needs in Online Courses: Intraindividual and Interindividual Differences
Rubach, C., von Keyserlingk, L., & Eccles, J.S. (manuscript under review). Motivational beliefs and positive achievement emotions enhancement during COVID-19 in higher education: The person-environment fit approach in courses.
Samadi, A., Cavazos, J., & Dowell, N. (manuscript in preparation). Exploring cultural diversity and group dynamics through a dynamical systems lens.
Schumacher, A., Bardach, L., Lavelle-Hill, R., Fischer, C., von Keyserlingk, L., Jach, H., Lee, H. R., Murayama, K., Warschauer, M., & Arum, R. (manuscript in preparation). Behavioral manifestations of intellectual curiosity and their association with academic functioning in undergraduate online courses.
von Keyserlingk, L., Fischer, C., Bardach, L., Yu, R., Dang, D., Warschauer, M, Eccles, J. S. (manuscript in preparation). Relation of course specific motivation and self-regulation skills with course engagement and success.
von Keyserlingk, L., Li, Q., Yu, R., Lauermann, F., [ ] (manuscript in preparation). Where should I invest my time and effort? Investigating college students’ course engagement from a resource allocation perspective.
Conferences and Invited Talks
von Keyserlingk, L., Lauermann, F., Yu, R., Li, Q., Heckhausen, J., Eccles, J., & Arum, R. (August, 2023). From time to deadline to time after deadline: Steady study activities are key for course performance. Paper presentation at the EARLI conference 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece.
von Keyserlingk, L., Lauermann, F., Yu, R., Li, Q. Rubach, C., Arum, R., & Eccles, J., (August, 2023). Links Between Students’ Course-Related Click Activities, Expectancy-Value Beliefs, and Academic Success. Paper presentation at the APA conference 2023, Washington DC, US.
Orona, G.A. (2023, August) Cognitive in context: How course-taking breadth supports skill formation. Paper session presented at European Association for Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Biennial Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece.
von Keyserlingk, L., Lauermann, F., Yu, R., Li, Q. Rubach, C., Arum, R., & Eccles, J., (March, 2023). Lernverhalten und Motivation als Prädiktoren von Leistung und mentaler Gesundheit – Einblicke in den Hochschulkontext anhand von digitalen Verhaltensspurdaten und Surveydaten. Paper presentation at the GEBF conference 2023, Essen, Germany.
von Keyserlingk, L., Rubach, C., Lee, H.-R., Yu, R., Eccles, J., Heckhausen, J., & Arum, R. (2022, August). College students’ motivation and goal-oriented behavior: Integrating two motivation theories. [paper presentation]. SIG8/16 of EARLI conference 2022, Dresden, Germany.
Gaspard, H., Parrisius, C., von Keyserlingk, L., Rubach, C., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Lee, H., Spengler, M., Fischer, C., Heckhausen, J., & Eccles, J.S. (2022, August). Linking students’ perceived support by faculty and peers with their expectancies and values. [poster presentation]. 2022 American Psychological Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Lee, H., von Keyserlingk, L., Cavazos, J.G., Yu, R., Fischer, C., Dowell, N.M.M., Rodriguez, F., & Eccles, J.S. (2022, August). College student engagement: Associations between competing demands and subjective task values. [poster presentation]. 2022 American Psychological Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
von Keyserlingk, L., Rubach, C., Eccles, J., Arum, R., (2022, July). I feel supported by my peers and faculty – differences by gender and field of study. [paper presentation]. Gender & STEM conference, Munich, Germany.
Cho., Y., & Heckhausen, J. (2022, May). Setting realistic goals after a failure helps to maintain motivation in difficult college courses. [poster presentation]. Society for the Science of Motivation, Chicago, IL.
Cho., Y., Keyserlingk, L., & Heckhausen, J. (2022, May) Goal Adjustment capacities mitigate college students’ psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. [symposium] Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Orona, G.A., Eccles, J., Arum, R., & Pages, R. (2022, April). (Self-)Reporting for duty: Comparing the pragmatic benefit of the construct-modeling approach over the usual story in the validation of a liberal arts inclination scale. NCME Annual Conference. [paper session]. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Conference, San Diego, California.
von Keyserlingk, L., Moeller, J., Heckhausen, J, Eccles, J., & Arum, R. (2022, April). Adjusting to College – Do ability beliefs and social support matter for mental health and performance? [paper presentation]. AERA 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA.
von Keyserlingk, L., Moeller, J., Heckhausen, J., Eccles, J., & Arum, R. (2022, April). Adjusting to college – Do ability beliefs and social support matter for mental health and performance? [paper presentation]. ZfE-Forum on ‘Psychosoziale Adaptivität und Bildung‘, Hamburg, Germany.
Yu, R. (2022, April). Understanding Inequalities in Academic Engagement Through Behavioral Analytics [conference presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, USA.
von Keyserlingk, L., Moeller, J., Heckhausen, J, Eccles, J., & Arum, R. (2022, March). Richtig ankommen – Wie Fähigkeitsselbstkonzepte und soziale Unterstützung die Leistung und mentale Gesundheit von Studierenden im ersten Studienjahr vorhersagen. [paper presentation]. digital 9th GEBF conference.
Fischer, C. (2022, February). Measuring educational experiences in college: The UCI Next Generation Undergraduate Success Project. [invited talk]. Department of Linguistics, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Arum, R. (2022, January 19). Update on UCI Measuring Undergraduate Success Trajectories Project [presentation]. U.C. Regents ASAC Meeting.
Li, X. & Baker, R. (2021, December). Sorting into and within Majors: How Big and Small Choices Affect Classmate Gender Composition [conference presentation]. The Empowering Learners for the Age of AI, Global Online Conference.
Arum, R. (2021, November 18). Next Generation Undergraduate Measurement for Institutional Improvement, Advancing Equity and Accreditation [presentation]. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
Arum, R. (2021, October 6-8). Measuring Undergraduate Education [keynote presentation]. CIDER-LERN Conference, Germany.
Lee, H., von Keyserlingk, L., Arum, R., & Eccles J.S. (2021, August). Why do they enroll in this course? Undergraduates’ course choice from a motivational perspective. [poster presentation]. 2021 annual meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Online due to COVID-19.
Orona, G.A. (2021, May). A Tale of Two Scales: The Pragmatic Benefit of The Construct-Modeling Approach Over the Usual Story in The Validation Of A Liberal Arts Inclination Instrument [invited presentation]. Gardner Seminar, University of California, Berkeley
Arum, R. (2021, May 21). Assessing Student Learning Outcomes: New Insights from the Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project [presentation]. Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Talks.
Arum, R. (2021, April 29). Approaches to Improvement of College and University Teaching: Insights from UCI’s Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project [presentation]. Current Approaches to Improvement of College and University Teaching Panel, Center for Studies in Higher Education.
Arum, R., & von Keyserlingk, L. (2021, April 28). Many ways lead to success! A dialogue
between research and practice about academic success and dropout [keynote presentation]. German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Conference – BMBF.
Arum, R. (2021, April 23). The Post-Pandemic Future of Higher Education: Insights from UCI’s Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project [forum presentation]. Leadership Forum, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Arum, R. (2021, April 13). Measuring College Value and the Effects of COVID-19 in the Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project [presentation]. Gardner Seminar, Center for Studies of Higher Education, U.C. Berkeley.
Arum, R. (2021, April 1). Measuring Student Learning [keynote presentation]. The Future Trends Forum.
Arum, R. & von Keyserlingk, L. (2021, April). Promoting academic success and retention through improved higher education measurement [keynote presentation]. Federal ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) – Conference: Many paths lead to success! A Dialog between research and practitioners about student success and student drop out.
Moeller, J., von Keyserlingk, L., Spengler, M., Gaspard, H., Lee, H.R., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Yu, R., Fischer, C., Arum, R. (2021, April). College students’ emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of emotional stability, mental health, and household resources [conference presentation]. Digital conference of the German association for empirical educational research (GEBF).
von Keyserlingk, L., Yamaguchi-Pedroza, K., Arum, A., & Eccles, J.S. (2021, April). Stress of university students before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic [conference presentation]. Digital conference of the German association for empirical educational research (GEBF).
von Keyserlingk, L. (2021, April). Longitudinal analyses of students‘ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic [symposium]. Digital conference of the German association for empirical educational research (GEBF).
Rubach, C., von Keyserlingk, L., & Eccles, J.S. (2021, April). Motivational beliefs enhancement during COVID-19 in higher education: The person-environment fit approach [presentation]. Digital conference of the German association for empirical educational research (GEBF).
Rubach, C., von Keyserlingk, L., Cooper, M., Simpkins, S. D., & Eccles, J. S. (2021, April). Different strokes for different folks – variability of undergraduates’ learning related needs in online courses [poster presentation]. Annual conference of the 2021 American Educational Research Association.
Rubach, C., Simpkins, S., & Eccles, J.S. (2021, April). Students’ Satisfaction with University Courses Mediates the Association Between Teaching Quality and Mental Health Impairment [presentation]. Digital conference of the German association for empirical educational research (GEBF).
von Keyserlingk, L., Arum, R., & Eccles, J. S. (2021, April). Stress of university students before and after campus closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic [paper presentation]. Annual conference of the 2021 American Educational Research Association.
Arum, R. (2021, March 16). Harnessing the Data Revolution to Enhance Academic Diversity [presentation]. Penn State University.
Arum,R., Baker, R., Lee, H., Li, X., & von Keyserlingk, L. (2021, January 29). Measuring Academic Pathways with Next Generation Undergraduate Success Data [presentation]. Academic Pathways Flash Conference, Stanford University.
Arum, R. (2020, December 17). Reimagining Higher Education [presentation]. Social Science Research Council, New York, NY.
Arum, R. & Dennin, M. (2020, November 16). Structural barriers to student success: Advancing educational equity through improved measurement of undergraduate experiences and outcomes [presentation]. Reinvention Collaborative – Strengthening Undergraduate Education in Research Universities. Colorado State, Fort Collins, CO.
Arum, R., Eccles, J. S., & von Keyserlingk, L. (2020, October 23). The Value of Liberal Arts Education: Lessons from COVID-19 [presentation]. University of Michigan’s College & Beyond II Colloquium Series.
Arum, R. (2020, September 16). Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project and COVID-19 [presentation]. UC Regents ASAC Meeting.
Arum. R., Orona, G., & von Keyserlingk, L. (2020, July 22). Measuring College Value [presentation]. Postsecondary Value Commission Meeting, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington, D.C
Arum, R. (2020, March 3). Divergent pathways: New measurements of undergraduate success [presentation]. UC Berkeley Center for Studies of Higher Education.
Arum, R. & Eccles, J.S. (2020, January 31). Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project [presentation]. Mellon Research Forum, U.C. Irvine.
Press
McMurtrie.B. (2021, March 7). Good Grades, Stressed Students. The Chronicle of Higher Education.http://education.uci.edu/uploads/7/2/7/6/72769947/good_grades_stressed_students.pdf
UCI School of Education. (2020, Fall). Understanding & supporting students in the era of COVID-19. Advancing. http://education.uci.edu/uploads/7/2/7/6/72769947/advancing_2020.pdf
Sreenivasan, H., & Wise, C. (2020, July 28). As the pandemic upends higher education, is residential college worth the cost? PBS NewsHour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7iuN04FyyI
IHE Staff. (2020, May 29). Live updates: Latest news on coronavirus and higher education. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/05/29/live-updates-latest-news-coronavirus-and-higher-education
Blumenstyk, G. (2019, October 2). An author of ‘Academically Adrift’ strikes again. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/the-edge/2019-10-02
Schaffhauser, D. (2019, September 30). UCI launches 2-year study on value of college education. Campus Technology. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/09/30/uci-launches-2-year-study-on-value-of-college-education.aspx
Burke, L. (2019, September 27). Assessing the value of an undergrad degree. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/27/richard-arum-and-uc-irvine-study-student-experiences-and-outcomes
UCI School of Education. (2019, Fall). The Value of College. Advancing, 3-9. http://education.uci.edu/uploads/7/2/7/6/72769947/magazine.pdf#page=5
Rivenburg, R. (2019, Winter). Studying the students: UCI to pilot a national survey on undergraduate life and learning – With an eye to improving both. UCI Magazine, 22-25. https://issuu.com/ucimagazine/docs/uci19_winter_mag?e=32797984/67548935Lindsey, C. (2018, December 10). UCI gets $1.1-million grant to pilot study on value of a liberal arts education. Daily Pilot. Retrieved from https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-mellon-grant-20181210-story.html
Johnson, S. (2018, November 27). Dean at UC-Irvine Seeks to Solve Higher Ed’s Existential Crisis With Data — Lots of It. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/dean-at-uc-irvine-seeks-to-solve-higher-eds-existential-crisis-with-data-lots-of-it/
Endorsements
ASUCI Student Senate Endorsement. (2020, January 23). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oJ0awdDskTJY2rmyB87jVJf7-r6zhnSE/view?usp=sharing