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Direct linkShannon Bennett Hausinger – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Higher education persistence and retention rates have been scrutinized more than ever before, at both the state and national levels. Student success and completion rates are central to funding formulas, and this is specifically true for community colleges in Texas. This study examined the role of library instruction on community college student…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Information Literacy, English, English Curriculum
Paul S. Mills – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research study focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of improvement efforts made for ENG 111 online courses at Brunswick Community College (BCC). The primary goal is to enhance student satisfaction, increase course completion rates, and improve course success rates. The study assesses the strategic redesign of ENG 111 courses and aims to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, English Curriculum, Rural Areas, Student Satisfaction
Julie Tovar – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this action research study was to investigate the perceived status of adjunct faculty and improve their sense of belonging and organizational inclusion in a community college English department. Adjunct faculty are the majority in public two-year campuses, yet they are not fully included in college activities or organizational…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Community Colleges, Departments, English Curriculum
Erin Christine Feld – ProQuest LLC, 2021
California Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705) began full implementation in fall of 2020 for California community college English departments. This Bill requires schools to reconsider developmental education saying that students can no longer be required to take classes below transfer-level in English unless the school can show a student would not be able…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Academic Achievement, State Legislation
Akst, Leslie Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation is a qualitative study of a curriculum I designed for composition students in the Fall of 2012. The curriculum I created is informed by the Freirean edict that a self-generated desire to "create knowledge" is far more likely to result in meaningful, holistic learning than simply "banking" information. In the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Ethnography, College Faculty, College English
Johnson, Robert White – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation is a study of factors that contribute to dropout from distance learning classes in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It is divided into five chapters. Chapter One gives a history of distance learning through in KCTCS. It includes the background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Dropouts
