NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Kuznetsova, Inna – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2016
Community colleges have been challenged to increase their graduation, transfer, and general success rates. Because they serve the largest proportion of nontraditional students and students of color, their participation in programs to enhance the number of college graduates contributes to social equity and justice. One of the biggest obstacles has…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Graduates, Developmental Programs, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Lester, Jaime – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
Like baseball, community colleges are an American invention. This article employs a baseball metaphor to analyze and to explain success of Latino students in the Los Angeles Community College District. Specifically, a sample of 5,000 students were participants in the Transfer Game, where progress was measured by passing the courses specified by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Ethnicity
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Moon, Hye Sun; Cypers, Scott; Maxwell, William E.; Lester, Jaime – 2003
This document discusses the American sport baseball as a metaphor to help describe a way to measure, comprehend and visualize student progression through the American community college. This analysis is based on data from the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) study. TRUCCS is a longitudinal study of 5,000…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Attendance, Community Colleges, Reverse Transfer Students