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William Vega – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Though online course offerings have expanded to meet the needs of student access in the context of funding constraints, research has shown worse student outcomes in online classes, with significant inequities by race and ethnicity. Consequently, the proliferation of online course offerings could have vast implications for equity in the California…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Community College Students, Academic Persistence, Time to Degree
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Evan M. Pucillo; Gabriela Perez – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2023
An understanding of student learning strategies is an important component of supporting academic success and avoiding difficulty. Prior inquiry has demonstrated certain learning strategies are more closely related to academic performance than others. The purpose of this study was to describe predictive relationships between the Metacognitive…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Metacognition
Jackson, Jacob – Public Policy Institute of California, 2020
These technical appendixes accompany the study, "Getting to Graduation on Time at California State University." The study uses a combination of campus-wide and student-level data from the California State University (CSU) system to examine the relationship between course-taking and on-time graduation. The first appendix provides…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Academic Persistence, College Credits, Courses
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Ngo, Federick; Chi, W. Edward; Park, Elizabeth So Yun – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: Most community colleges across the country use a placement test to determine students' readiness for college-level coursework, yet these tests are admittedly imperfect instruments. Researchers have documented significant problems stemming from overreliance on placement testing, including placement error and misdiagnosis of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Mathematics, Student Placement
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Gurantz, Oded – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
In California, the combination of budget cuts and high unemployment from the Great Recession has resulted in "overcrowded" conditions, with more students attempting to enroll in fewer available classes. State-level policy recommendations have focused on altering registration priorities to mitigate the impact of overcrowding, but it is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Registration, Enrollment, Economic Climate
Gurantz, Oded – Grantee Submission, 2015
In California, the combination of budget cuts and high unemployment from the Great Recession has resulted in "overcrowded" conditions, with more students attempting to enroll in fewer available classes. State-level policy recommendations have focused on altering registration priorities to mitigate the impact of overcrowding, but it is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Registration, Enrollment, Economic Climate
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Denson, Cameron D.; Austin Stallworth, Chandra; Hailey, Christine; Householder, Daniel L. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2015
This paper examines STEM-based informal learning environments for underrepresented students and reports on the aspects of these programs that are beneficial to students. This qualitative study provides a nuanced look into informal learning environments and determines what is unique about these experiences and makes them beneficial for students. We…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Educational Environment, STEM Education, Qualitative Research
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Dauter, Luke; Fuller, Bruce – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Higher rates of school switching by students contribute to achievement disparities and are typically theorized as driven by attributes of individual pupils or families. In contrast the neoclassical-economic account postulates that switching is necessary for competition among schools. We argue that both frames fail to capture social-referential and…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Social Environment, Ecological Factors, Peer Influence
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Brint, Steven; Cantwell, Alison M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
We theorize 5 dimensions of academic disengagement based on students' values, motivations, study behaviors, academic interactions, and competing involvements. Using 2010 survey data from the University of California, we find support for this conceptualization. The size of disengaged populations varied between 5% and 25%, depending on the measure…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students, Measures (Individuals), Student Characteristics
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Jones, Loring; Hohman, Melinda; Mathiesen, Sally; Finnegan, Daniel – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
An anonymous Web-based survey was used to gather the perceptions and experiences from 114 faculty members teaching in 16 social work programs in the California State University system about the effect of severe budget cuts on their educational activities. Most respondents reported they worked on their furlough days and maintained the same or…
Descriptors: Job Layoff, College Faculty, Time Management, Online Surveys
McGinley, Patricia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Second degree learners are attending associate (ADN), accelerated baccalaureate (BSN), and entry level masters (ELM) degree nursing programs. There is limited data related to the socio-demographic characteristics and graduation success rates of students attending accelerated BSN or ELM programs and no data related to second-degree learners…
Descriptors: Nursing, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Academic Degrees
Gaston, Sean Maurice – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The role of the "principal" in encouraging and supporting parent involvement has not received as much research attention as it would seem to merit. While the recent literature on parent involvement is extensive, virtually none are devoted to investigating the impact of school leadership, particularly the function of the principal on…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Parent Participation, Secondary Schools
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Madsen, Kristine A.; Hicks, Katherine; Thompson, Hannah – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Protective factors associated with positive youth development predict health and education outcomes. This study explored trends in these protective factors and in physical activity among low-income students, and determined the impact of a school-based youth development program on these trends. Methods: This study used a…
Descriptors: Caring, Physical Activities, Problem Solving, Adolescents
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Hayward, Craig – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2011
The 1999-2000 Transfer Velocity Project (TVP) cohort of 147,207 community college students is used to develop both a college-level endogenous model, appropriate for applied research and guidance for campus action, and a student-level model. Survival analysis (Cox regression) is employed to evaluate the relative contribution of 53 student-level…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), College Transfer Students, Student Characteristics
Frisby, Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe, measure, compare, and contrast the perceptions of elementary teachers and principals regarding the degree to which the schools in which they are employed have implemented learning organizations conforming to Senge's (1990) 5 disciplines: mental models, personal mastery, shared vision, team…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Principals, Elementary School Teachers
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