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McKinney, Lyle; Novak, Heather; Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Luna-Torres, Maria – Research in Higher Education, 2019
Excessive course dropping is costly to students and institutions. Using longitudinal transcript data, this study investigated course withdrawal patterns among 5900 students at a large, racially/ethnically diverse community college district in Texas. Two-thirds of the students dropped at least one course, and 13.5% of the total course enrollments…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Education), Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Behavior
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Maxwell, Bill – 2002
This is a report on the Los Angeles Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) Project, which tracks approximately 5,000 community college students from nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District in order to gather information on retention and persistence. The project also investigates urban community…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Role, College Transfer Students
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Maxwell, William B.; Cypers, Scott; Moon, Hye Sun; Lester, Jaime – 2003
This study examines the course shopping behaviors of approximately 5,000 community college students enrolled across the nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District in spring 2001. The sample students are representative of the district. For the purpose of this analysis, the authors define course shopping as: (1) cyclic shopping, the…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Budgets, Community Colleges