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Download full textTopper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2011
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" investigates the number of attempts it takes students to complete all developmental education courses to which they are referred. Subsequent gateway course completion and overall persistence are also examined. Three-year outcomes were analyzed and…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Correlation
Topper, Amy; Lee, John – Achieving the Dream, 2010
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue of "Data Notes" looks at three-year enrollment and attainment outcomes of students who persist through their first year. Additionally, first-year persisters (FYPs) were grouped based on the interaction of several student characteristics; analysis was conducted to…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Academic Persistence, Interaction, Enrollment
Peer reviewedDavies, Timothy Gray; Harbour, Clifford P.; Banning, James H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Describes the goal of this publication as addressing previous research that will be important in future research by publishing revolutionary articles done during the 1990s decade. Gives examples of topics that will be discussed in the articles: meta-study approach, meta method, and meta findings. (Contains 19 references.) (MZ)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Literature Reviews
PDF pending restorationBoese, Larry; Birdsall, Les – 1993
The Diablo Valley College (California) Research Office assessed the variation of grades in multiple-section courses and its impact on the ability to predict student success. All classes selected for the study were general education offerings applicable for the Associate of Arts degree and/or transfer, and were taught by more than one instructor. A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Correlation, Grade Prediction
Gold, Ben K. – 1974
A summary is provided of a computer printout of grade point average of all first-time freshmen entering Los Angeles City College in fall 1973. High schools in California (public and private) are included if the number of students entering L. A. C. C. totaled six or more; all other states and foreign countries with two or more students entering the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Correlation
Clery, Sue; Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2008
Nearly one-quarter of students in community colleges leave school during the first year of enrollment for reasons other than transfer or credential completion. Generally, nontraditional community college students drop out within their first year at higher rates than do traditional students. Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credits, Dropouts, Nontraditional Students
