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English Proficiency and the Pandemic: How Texas English Learner Students Fared during the COVID-19 Pandemic. REL 2023-144
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Hsin, Lisa; Rapaport, Amie; Osman, David; Kilborn, Mitchell; Pierson, Ashley; Garrett, Rachel – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
This study examined levels of English proficiency before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among English learner students in grades 3-12 in Texas. In 2020-2021, nearly 750,000 students in grades 3-12--approximately one in five Texas students--were English learner students. In accordance with Texas state law and the Every Student Succeeds Act,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, COVID-19, Pandemics, English (Second Language)
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science: 25 Years of Early College STEM Opportunities
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Sayler, Michael F. – Roeper Review, 2015
The University of North Texas's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science began admitting students to its 2-year early college entrance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program in the fall of 1988. This program provided accelerated entry for top students in Texas in the areas of mathematics and science. Approximately 200…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Development, Career Academies
"Do I Have to Take This Class?" Nontraditional Students' Attitudes toward and Perceptions of a Required Effective Learning Course
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Gordon, Evelyn J. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2014
This study involves nontraditional students attending a community college in west Texas. The purpose of this study was to report initial attitudes of nontraditional students required to enroll in an Effective Learning/Student Success course. Participants included four nontraditional students from the researchers' Effective Learning/Student Success…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Student Attitudes, Required Courses, Community Colleges
Successful Community College Transfer Students Speak Out
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Ellis, Martha M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The community college as the entranceway into the baccalaureate degree is becoming a prevalent choice for students. This study was a qualitative approach to understanding attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge acquisition by successful community college transfer students. University students who transferred from a community college and were making…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, College Transfer Students, Student Attitudes
Breaking Down Cultural Barriers to Military Entry into Higher Education
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Hollis, Michael J. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this paper was to identify a problem in higher education that needed a new solution and draft a viable proposal for how to resolve it. I chose the problem of cultural barriers that veterans often face when attempting to return to many universities following military service. The method used was a combination of existing literature…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Military Service, Cultural Differences, Social Mobility
The Impact of Dual and Articulated Credit on College Readiness and Retention in Four Community Colleges
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Kim, JoHyun; Bragg, Debra D. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2008
Using Astin's I-E-O model, relationships among the input (I) variables of gender, high school percentile rank, Tech Prep participation, and high school course-taking; environmental (E) variables of academic, career and technical education (CTE), and total dual credit and articulated credit; and output (O) variables of college readiness and total…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Regression (Statistics), Predictor Variables, Dual Enrollment