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Davidson, J. Cody; Petrosko, Joseph M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
At two-year public community colleges, the 2011 three-year persistence rate was 23.9%. From 1988 to 2006, between 40% and 60% of all first-time community college students were referred to and enrolled in at least one developmental education course. More students begin college underprepared in mathematics than any other subject area, and only about…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Predictor Variables, Technical Education, Academic Persistence
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Orphanos, Stelios; Orr, Margaret Terry – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
School leadership has been shown to exert a positive but mostly indirect influence on school and student outcomes. Currently, there is great interest in how quality leadership preparation is related to leadership practice and improved teacher outcomes. The purpose of the study was to understand the moderating influence of leadership preparation on…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Teacher Collaboration, Principals
Vommi, Hari K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Classrooms in the United States are more diverse than ever. It is predicted that nearly half of the public education students in the United States will be other than White by 2019. Teachers should have positive attitudes towards classroom diversity and inclusion. They should be well prepared to teach effectively in a diverse classroom. The purpose…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teacher Attitudes, Student Diversity, Inclusion