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Arnaud, Velda – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community college graduation rates are low, and community colleges have been tasked with producing more graduates to meet workforce needs. Research has determined that engaged students remain at their institutions and complete their degrees. Service learning has been identified as a high-impact practice that engages students with their learning…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Service Learning, Learner Engagement, Qualitative Research
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Butler, Alison; Christofili, Monica – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This case study tracks the application of project-based learning (PBL) during four separate college terms at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. Each term follows a different learning community of first-term college students enrolled in a program of developmental education (DE), reading, writing, math, and college survival and success…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Active Learning, Student Projects, Case Studies