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Download full textPenner, Audrey J. – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify differences in performance if any, between learners with a high school diploma, and those with a GED credential, at two postsecondary institutions, Holland College on Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Nova Scotia Community College in Nova Scotia (NS). Of interest is how these adults perform in a postsecondary…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Human Capital, High School Students, Community Colleges
Direct linkCulligan, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The rise in the enrollment of persons with disabilities in post-secondary institutions has introduced a need for the identification of services and/or pre-entry variables that assist in the elevation of retention rates. There is a growing substantiation that connects support service usage with a successful academic experience. However, there is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Academic Persistence, Student Personnel Services
PDF pending restorationStorey, Eileen – 1989
The report describes a 2-year project at Marymount Manhattan College (New York) to develop and implement a community service program which provides student participants with tuition credits. Students served in either a shelter for homeless women or with a tutorial program for adults preparing for the high-school equivalency examination. The report…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Credits, College Students, Community Organizations
McElroy, Claire – 1990
A study was done to investigate the relative success in higher education of students who had a high school diploma as compared to those who had not graduated from high school but rather completed a General Educational Development (GED) certification. A review of the literature on research of this question indicated that either there was no…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedConniff, Brian; Youngkin, Betty Rogers – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1995
The Dayton Literacy Project (Ohio) uses a University of Dayton service-learning course to bring together undergraduates and local high school-equivalency-program students. The course's intellectual rationale, organization, and work with welfare mothers are discussed. The project's success suggests ways in which the discipline of English can be…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, English Departments, High School Equivalency Programs
Reder, Stephen – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
In this chapter, the author explores the overlap between adult literacy programs and community colleges by examining the literacy skills of postsecondary education students, the remedial/developmental programs that serve them, and the effectiveness of these programs and adult basic education in helping students succeed. As he notes, to obtain…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2009
The Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) collaborates with Wyoming's seven community colleges to provide educational experiences that strengthen, support and enrich communities and prepare students to successfully meet life's challenges and recognize and profit from opportunities. Wyoming's seven community colleges provide affordable,…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Lifelong Learning, Community Colleges, Job Skills
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies. – 1982
Data on the high school status of first-time credit course students at the State University of New York for fall 1979 and 1980 are presented. In addition, comparative information is provided for students who graduated from high school in the 1970s, the 1960s, and 1959 or earlier, and data are provided for those holding a General Equivalency…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Community Colleges, Early Admission
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2008
The Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) collaborates with Wyoming's seven community colleges to provide educational experiences that strengthen, support and enrich communities and prepare students to successfully meet life's challenges and recognize and profit from opportunities. Wyoming's seven community colleges provide affordable,…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Lifelong Learning, Community Colleges, Job Skills
