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Retention of First-Year Community College Students
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Windham, Melissa H.; Rehfuss, Mark C.; Williams, Cyrus R.; Pugh, Jason V.; Tincher-Ladner, Lynn – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Close to half of all community college students leave before obtaining their stated goals. In order to determine what student characteristics increase community college student retention, with a heightened interest on the predictive nature of taking a student success course, a post-facto quasi-experimental study was conducted to determine whether…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Student Characteristics
The Role of Faculty, Counselors, and Support Programs on Latino/a Community College Students' Success and Intent to Persist
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Tovar, Esau – Community College Review, 2015
This study examines how interactions with institutional agents (faculty and academic counselors) and select student support programs influence success (i.e., grade point average) and intentions to persist to degree completion for Latino/a community college students. Using social capital theory and college impact models, the study controls for the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Role, School Counselors
Improving Student Outcomes via Comprehensive Supports: Three-Year Outcomes from CUNY's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP)
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Kolenovic, Zineta; Linderman, Donna; Karp, Melinda Mechur – Community College Review, 2013
Community colleges are grappling with low rates of degree completion and transfer. The City University of New York's (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) aims to improve graduation rates by providing a range of comprehensive support services to community college students in select majors. Using student-unit record data, we…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
The Impact of Participation in Freshman Learning Communities on Student Academic Achievement and Retention at One College
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Roark, Deborah Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research study was specifically designed to examine the relationship of a learning communities program, as a standard treatment effect, on the academic performance and retention of college freshmen during the Fall 2008 through Fall 2011 academic semesters, and specifically for a university comprised of higher levels of underrepresented…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Participation, Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement
Transition to College: Nonacademic Factors That Influence Persistence for Underprepared Community College Students
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Paulson, Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Community colleges provide access to higher education for a broad range of students. The majority require "remedial" coursework in reading, writing and, especially, math. Most students who begin with this remedial coursework do not go on to earn a certificate or degree. Low levels of college graduation have high direct cost, adversely…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, College Preparation, College Transfer Students
The Impact of Curricular Interventions on Intended Second Year Re-Enrollment
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Keup, Jennifer R. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2006
Utilizing data from the national administration of a Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) baseline and follow-up survey of the first-year experience during the 2002-2003 academic year, this study explores the relationship between three curricular interventions--first-year seminars, service-learning, and learning communities--and the…
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Curriculum Evaluation, Research Methodology