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Direct linkLesk, Cherish Christina Clark – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Active learning methodologies (ALM) are associated with student success, but little research on this topic has been pursued at the community college level. At a local community college, students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses exhibited lower than average grades. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, STEM Education
Guzman, Sergio A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation investigated community college students' perceptions about educational counseling, its value, and its relationship with academic and social integration into the college environment. In an attempt to explore students' perceptions, a quantitative study was conducted at four California community colleges. The survey was distributed…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Student Attitudes
Taylor-Mendoza, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify instructional strategies and support services of five learning community programs that focus on the retention of African American students at California Community Colleges. Empirical research indicates that colleges and universities have historically structured their curricula, student services programs,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, African American Students, Mentors, Community Colleges
Download full textMoraine Valley Community College., Palos Hills, IL. Office of Institutional Research. – 1996
In spring 1995, Illinois' Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) conducted a two-part survey of a random sample of 800 new students to determine their activities, satisfaction with college services, problems at the college, and sources of help. In addition, variables associated with the student retention and attrition through 1995-96 were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Participant Satisfaction, Predictor Variables
McClenney, Kay M.; Marti, C. Nathan – Community College Survey of Student Engagement, 2006
In 2004, the Lumina Foundation for Education approved a generous grant to support validation research to explore and document the validity of the Community College Student Report (CCSR), add to the higher education field's understanding of student engagement, and help to identify research or institutional practices that require further attention.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Records, Student Behavior, Grade Point Average
Tronvig, Jill; And Others – 1991
In 1990, a study was conducted at Mt. San Antonio College to examine the relationship between students' successful completion of English and Learning Resources Network (LERN) courses and the completion of other college courses during the same semester. The study population included all students who were enrolled in either English 1A, 68, 67, or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Reassessing Curriculum and Transfer Rates: A Delicate Balance for the Mission of Community Colleges.
Chang, Mitchell J. – 1993
A study was conducted to identify the curricular factors that contribute to variations in transfer rates. The study used data on community college liberal arts and non-liberal arts course offerings drawn from the Center for the Study of Community Colleges' (CSCC's) National Community College Curriculum Study and data on transfer rates from the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
