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Mechur Karp, Melinda; Raufman, Julia; Efthimiou, Chris; Ritze, Nancy – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2015
Many community colleges offer a "student success" course--also known as College 101 or Introduction to College--as a means to help incoming students transition to college and become successful. The typical course is meant to provide key information and address important non-cognitive skills and behavioral expectations with the goal of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, First Year Seminars, Outcomes of Education, Curriculum Development
Garza, Edgar Benjamin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study focused on the impact of a Student Development Course (SDEV 0170), a part of an overall First Year Experience program at the college of interest, on the achievement and retention of participants. It examined the effect of the relationship of achievement (GPA) and retention (enrollment in a subsequent semester) to (a) the successful…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correlation, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence