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Janet Lebeda – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The systemic restructuring of community colleges to better align students on pathways to success (guided pathways) is on the rise. Institutions are transforming their practices and systems on a broad scale to enable students to better succeed. However, many of these initiatives are difficult to implement simultaneously and require planning,…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Educational Change, Program Implementation, Guided Pathways
Rebecca G. Childs – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Most Black males envision community colleges as a gateway to higher education and upward mobility. Unfortunately, success metrics from across the United States reveal that community colleges fail to facilitate equitable outcomes for these students. A combination of factors creates campus climates that are not conducive to Black male student sense…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Blacks, Males, African American Students
Christine Marie Daley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative case study was completed at a rural medium-sized Texas community college and sought to understand how advisors and program coordinators made sense of the 60X30TX policy as it was implemented at their institution. The theoretical framework included community college, the Completion Agenda, structure-agency, and sensemaking. Each…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Rural Areas, Government School Relationship, School Policy
Shadiquah Hordge – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Black male community college students have the lowest retention and completion rates among any racial group (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2017). During this dissertation, I examined the root causes of Black male community college students' low graduation rates through a systematic literature review, and then identified mentoring…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Black Colleges, Mentors, Program Effectiveness
Trevor Brackett – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this phenomenology case study was to examine what motivated formerly incarcerated Black males to complete their community college degree and what best supported them on their educational journey. This study offers in-depth insight into a multifaceted situation and informs community college administrators, state policy and statute…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, African American Education, African American Students, African Americans
Timothy Wolsey – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine how positive impacts could be achieved on student's ability to successfully navigate financial aid processes within the Maricopa Community College system and specifically at Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC). By evaluating existing processes and implementing enhanced system protocols (ESP), this…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Access to Education, Community College Students, Professional Personnel
Deborah K. Krajcir – ProQuest LLC, 2020
College students across the nation are encountering stressors from a myriad of sources in addition to the typical stress of academics. These stressors come by way of financial, occupational, social, physical, emotional, environmental, and spiritual challenges in students' lives. While reported incidences of mental health needs among college…
Descriptors: Wellness, Health Promotion, School Counseling, Mental Health
Albert Talley Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The problem that was addressed in this qualitative case study was that student retention and graduation rates at community colleges have been affected by the lack of support provided to students during their academic careers. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to gain an understanding of how administrators perceived they were acting in…
Descriptors: Community College Students, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate, College Administration
Valerie A. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student success inequities in online gateway math courses exacerbate the problematic trend that too few marginalized, community college students complete a degree, especially during the time of COVID-19 in which this study was situated. This critical participatory action research study examined the experiences and perspectives of the on-the-ground…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Mathematics, Minority Group Students
Gohar Momjian – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The study focused on institutional efforts to retain and support racially minoritized students in higher education. The purpose of the study was to explore the experience of faculty and staff implementing California Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705), a legislative mandate intended to increase student achievement and close equity gaps among Black and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Minority Group Students, Race, School Holding Power