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González Canché, Manuel S.; D'Amico, Mark M.; Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Salas, Spencer – Community College Enterprise, 2014
There is increasing concern that community college student success should not only consider how many students earn degrees, but also how and to what extent the degrees enhance individuals' professional livelihoods. Whether that happens depends on students' ability to make strategic and well-informed choices. Looking through the lens of a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Social Networks, Network Analysis
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Powell, Nichole L.; Harmon, Brenda B. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
Oxford College is a small liberal-arts intensive 2-year undergraduate division of Emory University, where inquiry-based courses are a required part of the general education program. We have developed an authentic research experience for undergraduates that mimics--as much as possible--a real undergraduate research experience. Our program provides…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Learning Experience, Student Research
Scott, Ophelia Turner – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if student background variables (age, gender, race, academic preparation); student status (part/full-time student), and student circumstances (commuting distance, independent/dependent financial student status) could predict fall-to-spring attrition (2006-2007) in a sample of 542 first-time,…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Discovery Processes, College Freshmen, Community Colleges