ERIC Number: EJ995845
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jan
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0091-5521
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Student Success Courses in the Community College: Early Enrollment and Educational Outcomes
Cho, Sung-Woo; Karp, Melinda Mechur
Community College Review, v41 n1 p86-103 Jan 2013
Using data from the Virginia Community College System and building upon prior Florida-based research, this study examines whether student success course enrollment, as well as student and institutional characteristics, has positive associations with shorter-term student outcomes, including earning any college credits within the first year and persistence into the second year. The present study finds that students who enrolled in a student success course in the first semester were more likely to earn any college-level credits within the first year and were more likely to persist to the second year. The study also finds that students who were referred to developmental education were more likely to earn any college-level credits within the first year if they enrolled in a student success course in their first term. (Contains 6 tables, 2 figures and 11 notes.)
Descriptors: College Credits, Outcomes of Education, Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Objectives, Enrollment, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Developmental Studies Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Virginia
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