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Keith, Barbara J. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of first-year seminar (FYS) course modality on first-semester GPA and second-semester retention of community college students' system-wide. For many student's community colleges serve as an affordable option for higher education. The first-year seminar course connects students to the college to…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Freshmen, Community College Students, Academic Achievement
Whatley, Melissa – Community College Review, 2021
Objective: The purpose of this study is twofold. First, this study explores individual student characteristics, specifically those related to demographics, financial need, academic characteristics, and social and cultural capitals, related to study abroad participation among community college students. Second, this study identifies when over the…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Study Abroad, Student Characteristics
LaShure, Faith; Randall, Stacey; Hinkle, Henry – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2019
This article follows a small piece of one community college's SEM [strategic enrollment management] journey in using its student retention data to identify opportunities to deploy re-enrollment strategies. The re-enrollment rates of new students who did not return following their first semester served as the starting point of the investigation;…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Enrollment Management, School Holding Power
Hector Vicente Ramos – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Latinx student enrollment in college has dramatically increased in recent years, yet they are more likely than other racial groups to enroll at open access and public two-year institutions (Rodriguez, 2015). While public-two-year sector provides an encouraging postsecondary pathway for Latinx students, only 13% of all community college students…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Self Concept, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics
Mitchell, Yolanda F.; Hughes, Gail D. – Journal of Research in Education, 2014
The classroom is the main point of contact for community college students due to their part-time status, employment, family responsibilities, and limited campus involvement. To examine the relationship between community college students' demographics and instructor interactions as they relate to intention to persist in college, researchers…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Teacher Student Relationship, College Students, Learner Engagement
Shelley, Jeffrey Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to expand the literature on student persistence in community colleges through three research innovations. First, the literature on student persistence in community colleges was expanded by applying theory to the identification and testing of predictors. Second, it was expanded by validating retention prediction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, School Effectiveness, Predictor Variables
McKinney, Lyle; Novak, Heather – Community College Review, 2013
In 2007-2008, approximately 42% of community college students who were eligible to receive Pell grant funding did not file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Using data from the Beginning Postsecondary Student Study, this study examined the relationship between FAFSA filing status and persistence from the fall to spring…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Financial Aid, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Paulson, Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Community colleges provide access to higher education for a broad range of students. The majority require "remedial" coursework in reading, writing and, especially, math. Most students who begin with this remedial coursework do not go on to earn a certificate or degree. Low levels of college graduation have high direct cost, adversely…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, College Preparation, College Transfer Students
Forman, Scheherazade West – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this quantitative study was to find predictors of student success. Using a predictive correlational design, the intent of the study was to find the relationships between the dichotomous dependent variable with the categories, degree recipients and non-degree recipients, and the independent variables, student characteristics and risk…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Dependents, Success
Clery, Sue; Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2008
Nearly one-quarter of students in community colleges leave school during the first year of enrollment for reasons other than transfer or credential completion. Generally, nontraditional community college students drop out within their first year at higher rates than do traditional students. Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credits, Dropouts, Nontraditional Students