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Tynisha Nicole McGee – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore constituent perspectives of the California Community Colleges Historically Black Colleges and Universities Transfer Guarantee Program. The researcher queried representatives from participating community colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities regarding their perspectives of the program.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Black Colleges, Transfer Programs, Transfer Policy
Venus Monique Glass – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how the staff of campus-based programs that support foster youth describe the program interventions as they influence student competency, autonomy, and relatedness at a community college. This study employed the self-determination theory (SDT) as a lens to better understand the needs…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Needs, Foster Care, Integrated Services
Stone, Emily – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The goal of this comparative study was to examine the investment in faculty who were trained in culturally relevant pedagogy through the Unity Community Education Foundation Summer Learning Institute and the Garden Community College's homegrown Unity Mini-Summer Learning Institute. The study explored instructor development and institutional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Development, Culturally Relevant Education
Deal, Denise Diane – ProQuest LLC, 2019
To the extent that community college leadership seeks to provide access and equity to traditionally underrepresented groups, summer science bridge programs attempt to provide access to underrepresented science students. The problem addressed by the researcher is the impact of grade point average or science degree attainment of community college…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Science Instruction, Disproportionate Representation, Grade Point Average
Brown, Lenis Colton – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to illuminate the prevalence and configurations of peer mentoring programs at Central California Community Colleges with emphasis on how the programs impacted student retention. The study's sample was drawn from ten campuses and five centers that operate within five California Community…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Groups, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Proper, Sheryle A. Westfall – ProQuest LLC, 2019
College enrollment and completion rates among low-income and historically underserved students are lower than those of their middle- and upper-income counterparts. "Promise scholarships," also known as "last dollar" scholarships, are becoming an increasingly popular way for states throughout the U.S. to incentivize…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Graduation Rate, Tuition, Academic Persistence
Murúa, Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This paper discusses a collaborative inquiry (CI) that explored a California community college program known as Puente. The purpose of the inquiry was to bring together different stakeholders involved with Puente---students, mentors, counselors, and instructors---to engage in group dialogue and share their perceptions about the functions of the…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Community Colleges, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Capeles, Tina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative phenomenological study examined the lived experiences of community college instructors teaching dual enrollment courses to qualified junior and senior high school students to understand how dual enrollment affects high school students' academic skills and noncognitive learning as a transition to college. Based on Tinto's theory of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment, Phenomenology, Interviews
Krug, Jessica Marion Michele – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Based on the presumptions that faculty are critical to student success and that faculty in the community college sector are largely underprepared to serve the diversity of students they encounter, this study sought to examine how community colleges create and sustain their faculty development programs. The faculty development programs selected for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Low Income
Timlin, Kevin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine which factors influence the achievement of program objectives for Kyrgyz Republic alumni of the U.S. governmentally sponsored UGRAD program. The UGRAD program was designed to provide university students from the former Soviet Union an opportunity to study at an institute of higher education in the United…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Educational Objectives, Program Descriptions, Alumni
Henderson, Cecial Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Remediation has become one of the greatest barriers to student success and disproportionately affects the persistence and retention rates of African American community college students. Nearly 70% of the African American students at community colleges required remediation, which results in low persistence and graduation rates for these students.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Phenomenology, Two Year College Students, Student Placement
Gaines, Michael L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the unique partnership between Midwest Community College and Urban Public Schools' Urban Career Technical High School. The Urban Technical High School (UTHS) is designed to provide students interested in Tech Prep education a clear pathway from high school to college. Through collaboration, services were provided to assist high…
Descriptors: College Credits, Tech Prep, Urban Schools, High Schools
Ocasio-Jimenez, Priscilla Irma – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The graduation rates for Hispanic students in higher education are the lowest in the nation in comparison to any other subgroups, yet they are the fastest growing population in the nation. Lack of a rigorous curriculum in a K-12 setting and college readiness skills are factors. There needs to be a strong partnership among K-12 school districts and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Holding Power, Student Recruitment, Community Colleges
Debro, Karl G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The topic of this study is a community college mentoring program, connecting small groups of students with a campus employee. The mentoring program was a feature in a pilot AVID student success class. Specifically, this study attempts to answer the following questions: How do AVID College Mentors develop genuine relationships with their Mentees?…
Descriptors: Mentors, Community Colleges, Cultural Capital, Social Capital
Litt, Sheri Diamond – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A baccalaureate education was once limited to an elite population of high school graduates in pursuit of guaranteed career success. Today, more than 70% of high school graduates opt to attend college to earn a baccalaureate degree, due to economic, global, and technological changes. While this percent has significantly risen, employers are…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, College Students, Education Work Relationship, Behavior Change
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