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Lauritsen, Jessica; Favela Naca, Elena; Gilgen, Rebecca; Lui, Ivan; Vargas-Essex, Julio – About Campus, 2023
Student persistence remains an important focus for higher education professionals. National conferences and other professional development opportunities regularly highlight information on resources, supports, and programmatic efforts that are most effective at helping college students persist. Retention is a key performance indicator for…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, College Enrollment
Ward, Steven Jerome – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the course design decisions and pedagogical practices of American literature teachers at three rural community colleges of varying size in North Alabama. Fink's (2003) Integrated Course Design (ICD) model provided a framework for this study, and the researcher attempted to determine if and to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Curriculum Design, Literature, Rural Schools
Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2013
As colleges increasingly understand the importance of intentionally engaging students, the field must turn to the game-changing challenge: "bringing high-impact practices to scale as part of a concerted effort to increase college completion rates." In an era of growing demand, shrinking budgets, and greater accountability, meeting this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Learner Engagement, Educational Practices
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Nownes, Nicholas; Stebleton, Michael – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2010
This essay recounts the authors' experiences as community college faculty members in a learning community (LC) linking first-year composition with a class in life-career planning and development. The authors begin with a learning community story shared recently over drinks with a group of community college English teachers. They use the story to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, College English, English Teachers
Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2012
Community colleges across the country have created innovative, data-informed programs that are models for educating underprepared students, engaging traditionally underserved students, and helping students from all backgrounds succeed. However, because most of these programs have limited scope, the field now has pockets of success rather than…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, Focus Groups
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Petrides, Lisa A. – Community College Journal, 2003
New information technologies enable community colleges to develop a better understanding of the needs and desires of their students, as well as to deploy traditional services to students that include new interactive components. Information technology (IT) has not only enhanced and made more efficient traditional functions of educational planning…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Community Colleges, Information Technology, Student Personnel Services