ERIC Number: EJ1256403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
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C4 Scholar Program: Promoting Success through Accountability for At-Risk Students
Cavner Williams, Lauren; Conley, Kristin; Pavletic, Heather; Weller, Kirk
Innovative Higher Education, v45 n3 p221-235 Jun 2020
The C4 Scholar Program (Cross Curricular Career Community) is an interdisciplinary, multi-semester learning community for first-year developmental students at a comprehensive midwestern state university. Faculty members from two units, Retention & Student Success and Arts and Sciences, created the program to address a persistent gap in retention between developmental and non-developmental first-year students. This article provides a description of the pilot phase and an explanation of how the ensuing comparative analysis led to adoption of a program framework based on business management literature. The framework, which was implemented with the next two cohorts, contributed to strong comparative gains in performance and retention.
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Accountability, At Risk Students, School Holding Power, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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