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Cynthia M. Finley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Barriers to education and training can have a generational impact on socioeconomic status and economic development. Post-traditional students have been shown to experience a variety of barriers to education and family-sustaining employment. Social capital has been shown to help alleviate some of the barriers for students, resulting in stronger…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Evaluation, Access to Education, Barriers
Michael G. McBride – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Retention is a continuing concern for institutions of higher education, especially rural community colleges. Students are often not prepared for the rigor of college-level coursework, encounter academic and/or life obstacles, or do not possess the soft skills needed to succeed in college life. Research has shown that college-preparation courses…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Educational Planning, Student Development, Rural Education
Dwyer, Lori Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Student attrition has been a significant challenge facing higher education for decades and is particularly pronounced within community colleges. Specifically, first-time postsecondary students only experienced a 59.3 percent retention rate between Fall 2013 and Fall 2014; at two-year colleges, less than half (46.9 percent) of students were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Corbin, Stephen Tyler – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between first-semester mathematics performance and fall-to-fall retention for first-time-in-college, degree-seeking community college students. The study further refined the investigation by seeking to determine if the significance of this relationship was affected by student readiness…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement
Hayes, Anne Carrington – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With approximately 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Of those incarcerated, 95% will be released. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that over two thirds of prisoners released from state and federal prisons will be arrested again within three years. Prison-based educational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education