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Predictors of Persistence for Developmental Math Students in a Community and Technical College System
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Davidson, J. Cody; Petrosko, Joseph M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
At two-year public community colleges, the 2011 three-year persistence rate was 23.9%. From 1988 to 2006, between 40% and 60% of all first-time community college students were referred to and enrolled in at least one developmental education course. More students begin college underprepared in mathematics than any other subject area, and only about…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Predictor Variables, Technical Education, Academic Persistence
Superintendent Tenure and Student Achievement
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Simpson, Jennifer – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2013
A correlational research design was used to examine the influence of superintendent tenure on student achievement in rural Appalachian Kentucky school districts. Superintendent tenure was compared to aggregated student achievement scores for 2011 and to changes in students' learning outcomes over the course of the superintendents' tenure. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tenure, Achievement Tests, Superintendents
Learning Leadership Matters: The Influence of Innovative School Leadership Preparation on Teachers' Experiences and Outcomes
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Orphanos, Stelios; Orr, Margaret Terry – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
School leadership has been shown to exert a positive but mostly indirect influence on school and student outcomes. Currently, there is great interest in how quality leadership preparation is related to leadership practice and improved teacher outcomes. The purpose of the study was to understand the moderating influence of leadership preparation on…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Teacher Collaboration, Principals
Perceptions and Needs of Agricultural Teachers on Classroom Diversity and Inclusion
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Vommi, Hari K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Classrooms in the United States are more diverse than ever. It is predicted that nearly half of the public education students in the United States will be other than White by 2019. Teachers should have positive attitudes towards classroom diversity and inclusion. They should be well prepared to teach effectively in a diverse classroom. The purpose…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teacher Attitudes, Student Diversity, Inclusion
Appalachian Bridges to the Baccalaureate: Mattering Perceptions and Transfer Persistence of Low-Income, First-Generation Community College Students
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Dykes, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Too few community college students who intend to transfer and earn a baccalaureate degree actually do. Further, low-income and first-generation college students are overrepresented at community colleges. Education is considered a means of social and economic mobility for low-income, first-generation students; therefore, retaining this population…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, First Generation College Students, Student Attitudes, Transfer Students
The Relationship between Academic Integration and Student Success in Distance Learning in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System
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Johnson, Robert White – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation is a study of factors that contribute to dropout from distance learning classes in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It is divided into five chapters. Chapter One gives a history of distance learning through in KCTCS. It includes the background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Dropouts