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Students in Correctional Education: Developmental Education's Forgotten Population
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Lollar, Jonathan; Mueller, Carol Leah; Anthony, Wes – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
The Office of Correctional Education was created through an Act of Congress in 1991 to oversee and coordinate prison education programs as a way to reduce recidivism (Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, 1990). However, correctional education completion rates are extremely low. Therefore, we used secondary data from the…
Descriptors: Students, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Student Needs
Increasing Community College Basic Skills English Instructors' Use of Autonomy Supportive Instruction to Impact Students' Perceptions of Autonomy and Engagement
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Clabaugh, Dionne Janice – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There is concern in California community colleges about student success because persistence rates have decreased and graduation rates have declined. Basic skills students are underserved and underprepared, and their success rates are lower than traditional students. Nine California Community College Student Success Task Force recommendations were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Basic Skills, Quasiexperimental Design, English Instruction
An Exploration of Leadership and Campus Cultural Orientation in a California Community College
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Cervantes, Eduardo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There is concern in California community colleges about student success because persistence rates have decreased and graduation rates have declined. Basic skills students are underserved and underprepared, and their success rates are lower than traditional students. Nine California Community College Student Success Task Force recommendations were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Cultural Influences, English Teachers
Increase in Counselling Communication Skills after Basic and Advanced Microskills Training
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Kuntze, Jeroen; van der Molen, Henk T.; Born, Marise P. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Mastering counselling communication skills is one of the requirements that lead to the diploma of a registered European psychologist. The microcounseling method proves to be effective in training these skills. Aim: Research into the effectiveness of the microcounseling method often reports overall effect sizes only. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Psychologists, Communication Skills, Microcounseling