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ERIC Number: EJ1037223
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-0579
The First-Year Experience in Community Colleges
Bers, Trudy; Younger, Donna
New Directions for Institutional Research, n160 p77-93 2014
This chapter will examine characteristics of first-year experience programs in community colleges, with specific attention to the extant research about their effectiveness, the ways in which research and program delivery can be integrated, and the unique challenges of delivering FYE programs and conducting research about them in community colleges.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Freshmen, Student Experience, College Programs, Educational Research, Program Effectiveness, Theory Practice Relationship, Delivery Systems, Barriers, Program Descriptions, Research Problems, Program Implementation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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