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Download full textPledger, Carrie – Inquiry, 2016
As a disciplinary program, dance falls between the arts and physical education. As a result, it can often be overlooked or sidelined by either program, to the determent of its great value for community college students. Dance and its attention to movement, mental focus, and physical control provide important neurological benefits that affect both…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Physical Health
Henley, Lisa; Roberts, Phyllis – Inquiry, 2016
This case study examined the perceptions of scholarship recipients participating in Southwest Virginia Community College's (SWCC's) S-STEM scholarship program which examined whether the program helped remove barriers to students' educational goals and STEM career aspirations. The study used a focus group and a survey to elicit responses from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Barriers, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
Simpson, Earl – Inquiry, 2003
Simpson argues that in dual enrollment all the advantages appear to be on the side of the community college.
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Community Colleges, Program Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Waycaster, Pansy – Inquiry, 2004
The purpose of this study was to assess how well the ASSET, COMPASS, and in-house readiness tests actually do in their placement of students into the algebra developmental courses. Specifically, the author collected and analyzed student data from these placement tools and the core final exams for MTH 03 and MTH 04 to determine how well these…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Developmental Programs, Algebra, Remedial Mathematics
Peer reviewedHintz, Suzanne S. – Inquiry, 1997
Presents the results of two surveys conducted to evaluate distance education courses offered at a community college: one of students who enrolled in, but did not complete, a distance education course; and one of the faculty and administrators involved in telecourse planning and delivery. Describes how the results were used to improve the programs.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Assessment
