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Andrea B. Burridge; Lyle McKinney; Gerald V. Bourdeau; Mimi M. Lee; Yolanda M. Barnes – Journal of Higher Education, 2024
Establishing early academic momentum via credit accumulation is strongly associated with community college student success. Using data from one of the nation's largest and most racially diverse community college systems, our quasi-experimental study examined how different first-semester credit loads influenced persistence. For part-time students…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Community College Students, College Credits, Student Diversity
Erin Mulligan-Nguyen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The interest and participation in dual credit programs and courses has grown over the past several decades, especially within Texas; however, there is a lack of research that shows how the participation in dual credit programs and courses has impacted leading and lagging student success metrics once they enroll at a post-secondary institution. The…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Graduation Rate, Credits, Public Colleges
McKinney, Lyle; Burridge, Andrea Backscheider; Lee, Mimi Miyoung; Bourdeau, Gerald V.; Miller-Waters, Melissa – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: Students' enrollment intensity during their first academic semester and year are highly influential in their success and decisions to persist in community college. Limited research, however, has focused on understanding how students navigate the decision-making process of determining their credit load or how institutional support…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Enrollment, Full Time Students
Alisa M. McLendon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which the rates of students who did not persist or graduate had changed from the 2014-2015 academic year through the 2019-2020 academic year for first-time in college students by their ethnicity/race (i.e., Hispanic, Black, White, and Asian) and enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate, Ethnicity, Race
Unegbu, Ijeoma C. Osuagwu – ProQuest LLC, 2018
There is a national push for college completion. For some students, graduation may be stymied by financial status, in addition to other factors. The current study was conducted through secondary analysis of matching archival datasets from select East Texas institutions on full-time, first-time-in-college students with no previous college…
Descriptors: Graduation, College Graduates, College Freshmen, Full Time Students
Ryan, Sean; Razo, Demesia; Taylor, Barrett – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
According to the US Department of Education, adult learners make up 45% of all part-time enrollment in community colleges, compared to only 27% of full-time students. As the enrollment of adult learners in post-secondary education increases across the US, accountability efforts among higher education institutions has prioritized full-time…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Tuition, Postsecondary Education, Paying for College
Schwarz, Jay Glen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were differences in satisfaction levels for students, based on enrollment status groups within a hybrid course and to examine the relationship between student satisfaction and student-instructor interaction within a hybrid course and. This was addressed through a quantitative correlational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Satisfaction, Blended Learning
Hanes, Carol Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Over 40% of undergraduates in the United States attend a community college; however, fewer than 50% complete a degree or certificate within 6 years. As a result, national and state leaders have endorsed completion agenda initiatives, including performance-based funding (PBF). Texas implemented a form of PBF for the 2014-2015 Academic Year (AY)…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Lebron, Juan Carlos – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to examine the degree to which changes had occurred in the ethnic/racial diversity of first-time in college students who were enrolled full-time in Texas community colleges. Specifically, the ethnic/racial diversity changes (i.e., Asian, White, Hispanic, and Black) of first-time in…
Descriptors: Ethnic Diversity, Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Enrollment
Park, Toby J. – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: Recent developments in state-level policy have begun to require, incentivize, and/or encourage students at community colleges to enroll full time in an effort to increase the likelihood that students will persist and transfer to four-year institution where they will be able to complete their bachelor's degree. Often, these…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Full Time Students, Academic Persistence
Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2015
In 2001, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) was created to provide information about student engagement, a key indicator of learning and, therefore, of the quality of community colleges. The focus was helping colleges use survey data to guide efforts to improve student learning and retention. In 2003, to further assist…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Surveys, Two Year College Students, Learner Engagement
Staklis, Sandra; Horn, Laura – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This Statistics in Brief describes the undergraduate experiences of students who immigrated to the United States or who had at least one immigrant parent (second-generation Americans). The analysis compares these two groups with all undergraduates (excluding foreign students) and with third-or higher generation American undergraduates whose…
Descriptors: Asians, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid
Cazabon, Maria M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine students' levels of engagement in educational practices by enrollment status, time of enrollment, and size of college in community colleges. Specifically, this study assessed the quality of the undergraduate education through students' self-reported data about their academic and nonacademic activities. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Extracurricular Activities, Community Colleges, Evening Programs