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Nagano, Tomonori; Fernandez, Hector – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This article describes the development process of a project for heritage language speakers of Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and Japanese at a high-enrollment community college in the northeast United States. This pilot project, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, aimed to empower minority group students through active reinforcement of students'…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Japanese
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Dabkowska, Ewa; Sosnovski, Bianca – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
About half of students attending community colleges leave school before finishing their intended goals. To increase students' retention and to prevent the multiple-repeater problem, Queensborough Community College (QCC) offered a short-term workshop for remedial-mathematics students. This was another chance to exit remediation instead of repeating…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Workshops, Remedial Mathematics, Two Year College Students
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Donovan, Elizabeth; Hernandez, Jack; Chiauzzi, Emil; DasMahapatra, Pronabesh; Achilles, Tyler; Hemm, Amanda – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Health is associated with academic success. Universal, web-based interventions to reduce risks associated with alcohol and other drug use have been found to be effective at changing four-year college students' health behaviors. An online health program may also be well-suited to a community college population, as it can reach students off campus…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Health Programs, Health Behavior, At Risk Students