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Direct linkMichell Ivey – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of adult learners in a first-year seminar course at Columbia State Community College, located in middle Tennessee, to determine if the content of the course has an impact on the learners' adjustment to college. With the statewide initiative to reach a goal of 55% of the state's population…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Adult Students, Student Experience, First Year Seminars
Peer reviewedRachel Baker; Eric Bettinger; Madison Dell; Gus Gluek; Kaylee Matheny; Hidahis Mesa; Alex Monday – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Condensed courses, as opposed to semester-long courses, are an increasingly popular strategy to improve equity in higher education. With condensed courses, students focus on a smaller number of courses during seven- to ten-week terms (Gullatt, 2006; Zepeda & Mayers, 2006). Historically marginalized students may benefit because the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, College Faculty, Minicourses
Rolynda Potter – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore the difference participating in career and technical (CTE) dual enrollment courses made on the college and career readiness of recent high school graduates. The research also explored if CTE dual enrollment participation changed high school students' perceptions about education. Participants in this…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Dual Enrollment, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Monaghan, David B.; Attewell, Paul A. – Sociology of Education, 2023
Since the Tennessee Promise's 2014 launch, "free college" or "Promise" programs have proliferated rapidly and converged on design features: a "last-dollar" award and community college applicability. Researchers who study these programs' effects generally presume they are tuition-reducing endeavors. In contrast, we…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Tuition, Student Costs, Politics of Education
Jennifer L. Mayes – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify the perceptions of how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) impacts motivation in first-year community college students in rural East Tennessee. This study investigated the effects of UDL on motivation of first-year community college students in East Tennessee. This involved multiple sections…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen
Donna Sue M. Shellman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this nonexperimental, quantitative study was to analyze relationships between three learning mindset dimensions (growth mindset; purpose and value; and sense of belonging) to retention and persistence to graduation among first-time, full-time Tennessee community college student graduates and nongraduates who attended one of 13…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Learning, World Views, Student Attitudes
