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Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Alkan, Ersan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This study examined the initial implementation process of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) in a northern California community college. Focus groups of students, faculty, and administrators were conducted in the spring of 2008, as well as observations of several planning meetings in the spring and summer of 2008. The community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Focus Groups, Case Studies, Academic Achievement
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Ganzert, Bart – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This causal-comparative study researched the effects of dual enrollment and Huskins Bill course experience on traditional-age North Carolina community college students. The study examined course effects on academic success and graduation rate using quantitative statistical measures including parametric and nonparametric means comparisons. The…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Readiness, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis
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Fuentes, Juanita; Rael, George; Duncan, Catherine – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
Pueblo Community College has 13 correctional facilities within its service area. Former offenders are faced with numerous challenges that may prevent them from successfully redirecting their lives. The current three-year recidivism rate in Colorado is 53.2%. Data collected at the end of the first year of the HOPE Bridge Program indicates that…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Community Colleges
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Kallison, James M., Jr.; Stader, David L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
An alarmingly high percentage of recent high school graduates are not prepared to succeed in college-level courses, and the impact of this educational shortcoming is substantial. Underprepared college students incur a monetary cost of enrolling in remedial courses, and states and taxpayers subsidize much of the overall cost of developmental…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Community Colleges, Bus Transportation, Achievement Gains