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Alvarado, Joel; Toppin, Sheila – Online Submission, 2017
This study provides a policy network analysis on the implications of HB 792 and HB 280 at urban two-year open campuses, with specific attention to Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC), a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). Georgia state legislators passed House Bills 792 and 280, which authorized any person 18 years of age…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Policy, Urban Schools, Weapons
Qin, Laura D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Recent studies suggest that using multiple measures can potentially reduce misplacement and improve student success in college (Bracco et al., 2014; Ngo, Kwon, Melguizo, Prather, & Bos, 2013; Scott-Clayton, 2012). Minimal research, however, describes the multiple-measures placement in community colleges, at the institutional level. An embedded…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Placement
Bernasconi, Bethany – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Despite years of attention, gender inequity persists in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Female STEM faculty, positive social interactions, and enrollment in advanced STEM secondary coursework are supportive factors in promoting female students' persistence in STEM fields. To address the gap in understanding these factors,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Advanced Courses, STEM Education, Females
Gardenhire, Alissa; Diamond, John; Headlam, Camielle; Weiss, Michael J. – MDRC, 2016
Community colleges nationwide are looking for solutions to help students complete developmental (remedial) math--a known barrier to graduation. Some are offering computer-assisted, modular developmental math courses that allow students to earn credits incrementally and move through the curriculum at their own pace. One of these modularized…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Community Colleges, Computer Software, Control Groups
Di Maria, David L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting views of campus services for international students among student affairs administrators. Factors identified during the literature review were examined using a multiple perspectives framework, which combined concepts related to student affairs administration, strategic planning for…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Employee Attitudes, Foreign Students
Haley, Katrina A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study provides an in-depth analysis of whether students who take dual enrollment and/or AP classes have higher ACT test scores compared to a group of their peers that did not take dual enrollment or AP courses. The study also identified the demographic characteristics (ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status) of students with a 3.0 or…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Student Placement, Advanced Placement Programs
Jackson, Tammi Dionne – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The disparity in funding between low-income and affluent school districts has stirred much discussion among educators and policymakers. Low-funded schools, which generally educate the greatest number of minority and low-income students, also tend to have lower test results on standardized exams, lower graduation rates, higher dropout rates, and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Poverty, College Admission
Diggs, Gwendolyn Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In Texas, there is an increase in the enrollment of men of various ethnicities in nursing schools, especially Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs. As these men strive to complete the nursing education, they face many concerns that center on barriers that are encountered in what is still a predominately Caucasian and female environment. In…
Descriptors: Coping, Nurses, Nursing, Nursing Education