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Walker, Doris Kay Parker – 1988
A study was conducted to determine the strategies used by 145 community colleges in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to meet the educational needs of Hispanic students and to investigate the relationship between these strategies and Hispanic student retention rate. Questionnaires were sent to the presidents of Southwestern community…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Download full textRendon, Laura I.; And Others – 1988
The study described in this report examines both the positive and negative influences on student retention and transfer at six community colleges located along the U.S.-Mexico border. Chapter I reviews the literature on retention and transfer and establishes the conceptual framework and research objectives of the study. Chapter II offers baseline…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
