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Online Advising Pilot at the Community College of Vermont
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Nolan, Kimberly – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
As more colleges add online courses and fully online programs, the need to offer online supports to students becomes more apparent. The connection to an adviser is critical for all students, but for online students it can serve as their primary connection to the institution. In Fall 2011 a pilot study was conducted at the Community College of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Cohort Analysis, Academic Persistence
Gateway to Healthcare Careers for Vulnerable Students: A New Approach to the Teaching of Anatomy and Physiology
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DeCiccio, Albert; Kenny, Tammy; Lippacher, Linda; Flanary, Barry – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2011
At Southern Vermont College (SVC) and at the nation's other colleges and universities, Anatomy and Physiology I (A&PI) is the gateway course into healthcare careers. Disturbingly, at SVC and elsewhere, many first-year students interested in healthcare careers do not succeed in this course. They withdraw from the course or the institution, or…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Freshmen, Physiology, Anatomy
Designing a Virtual Social Space for Language Acquisition
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Woolson, Maria Alessandra – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2012
Middleverse de Español (MdE) is an evolving platform for foreign language (FL) study, aligned to the goals of ACTFL's National Standards and 2007 MLA report. The project simulates an immersive environment in a virtual 3-D space for the acquisition of translingual and transcultural competence in Spanish meant to support content-based and…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Virtual Classrooms, Computer System Design, Computer Simulation
Gateway to Healthcare Careers for Vulnerable Students: A New Approach to the Teaching of Anatomy and Physiology
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DeCiccio, Albert; Kenny, Tammy; Lippacher, Linda; Flanary, Barry – Online Submission, 2011
Many first-year students interested in healthcare careers do not succeed in Anatomy and Physiology I (A&PI), which they take in their first semester. These first-year students withdraw from the course or the institution, or their final grade may be below the identified threshold for progressing in their programs. A&PI has become a…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, College Freshmen, Physiology, Anatomy
First-Generation, Low-Income Students: Strategies for Success at Lyndon State College
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Dalton, Donna; Moore, Carol A.; Whittaker, Robert – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2009
Lyndon State College is a small, four-year public college in the rural Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. In an effort to improve its first-year retention rate, two years ago the authors began to analyze which students return to Lyndon for their second year of college. They found that more than 60% of the students were first-generation college students…
Descriptors: State Schools, First Generation College Students, State Colleges, Low Income Groups
Southern Vermont College (SVC) and Wheelock College (WC): 2010 Urban and Rural Healthcare Academy Program (HAP) for College Progress and Workforce Development
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DeCiccio, Albert C. – Online Submission, 2010
(Purpose) This is a report about the Urban and Rural Healthcare Academy Pilot Program (HAP) that launched at Southern Vermont College (SVC) and Wheelock College (WC) in summer 2010. HAP enabled 18 vulnerable high school students to learn about how to progress to college, how to transition when they arrive on a college campus, and how to prepare…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Access to Health Care, Health Services, At Risk Students