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Annabah B. Conn – ProQuest LLC, 2021
According to American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) data, 13.8% of American Indians 25 years and older have a bachelor's degree. The single most important barrier to student success remains preparation (Adelman, 2006). Underprepared students are disproportionately students of color, students of low socioeconomic status, and students…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Indigenous Populations
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2019
This report provides an annual update on metrics related to the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) Governing Board Outcomes for University and Transfer Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Developmental Education, and Community Development and Global and Civic Engagement. While this report necessarily looks back in time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2018
This Governing Board Monitoring Report utilizes the Board outcome metrics to gauge institutional effectiveness in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). Outcomes for University Transfer Education and General Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Developmental Education, and Community Development and Global and Civic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2017
This Governing Board Monitoring Report utilizes the Board outcome metrics to gauge institutional effectiveness in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). It examines outcomes in the areas of university and transfer education, workforce and economic development, developmental education, community development, and civic and global…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2016
This report presents the results of the Fall 2015 Developmental Education Report for the Maricopa County Community College District. Section 1 of the report provides numbers of students enrolled in one or more developmental courses in the Fall 2015 Term. Section 2 Deals with placement. The placement and performance sections of this report…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Reading, Remedial Mathematics
Kruse, Heather L. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The researcher for this evaluative study investigated the efficacy and impact of the iStartSmart college success course by examining the first-term retention, fall-to-fall persistence, and three-year completion rates of community college students who enrolled in the one- or three-credit course at a community college in Arizona and the rates of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Improvement Programs, Success
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Marsh, Josephine Peyton – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2013
This commentary is based on two of the lessons the author learned as the professor in residence at ASU Preparatory Academy-Phoenix (ASU Prep), a Title I school operated in partnership with the Phoenix Elementary School District. Her role as a university professor on special assignment as a literacy coach, staff developer, and co-researcher. The…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Instructional Improvement, Literacy
O'Meara, Daniel J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study is an ethnographic inquiry into the beliefs and perceptions of first-generation/low-income Mexican American students in a rural community college located near the U.S.-Mexico border. It explored their experiences as TRiO Student Support Services participants. TRiO Student Support Services plays an increasingly vital role helping…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, Community Colleges
Puyear, Don – 1998
This report addresses the issue of developmental education. Among the data presented is the number of high school graduates who were placed in developmental courses in English, reading, and mathematics. Included are abstracts of information submitted upon request by the following community colleges: Cochise, Cococino, Eastern Arizona, Maricopa,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Community College Survey of Student Engagement, 2004
Each year, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement ("CCSSE") presents the results of its annual survey. These survey results help community colleges assess their educational practices so they can improve student outcomes in one of the most challenging and least understood sectors of American higher education. There are several…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Educational Practices