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Karen Josiah – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Suburban Boulevard Community College (SBCC), a pseudonym, has been experiencing a low persistence rate among first-year full-time students. Further, a gap in practice exists where college administrators at the SBCC were not assessing first-year students' level of college readiness as a likely predictor of low persistence. The study was…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Community College Students, Academic Persistence, Low Achievement
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Goitse B. Ookeditse; Neo J. Molemane – Cogent Education, 2024
Postsecondary education participation is crucial for successful transition to employment, consequently leading to self-reliant and productive lives especially for students with disabilities (SWDs). This study was conducted to examine teachers' perceptions of pertinent transition components and the significance of the curriculum in promoting a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Transitional Programs
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Ashley Taconet; Shannon Langdon; Christopher Esposito; Valerie L. Mazzotti; Mary E. Morningstar; Allison Lombardi – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
College and career readiness is crucial to success in postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. The College and Career Readiness for Transition (CCR4T) assessment is valid and reliable and can assist in transition planning for students with disabilities. The CCR4T assessment was designed for planning with students with and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Individualized Education Programs
Samuel Frankhouser – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As a required part of the Individuals with Disabilities Act, students with disabilities within the United States are required to receive transitional services to help support their exit from school and ascension to adulthood. A common transitional service revolves around preparing students for the college setting, at either a university, community…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, College Readiness, Educational Legislation
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Perante, Wenceslao – Asian Journal of University Education, 2022
This study assessed the mathematical and analytical readiness of the incoming first-year college engineering students (K-12 2020 graduates) in Eastern Visayas in the Philippines. First-year engineering students (n=177) participated in the College Math Readiness Test (CMRT), a questionnaire on mathematics subjects that covered Precalculus,…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Darius A. Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study assesses the impact of cognitive and noncognitive pre-characteristics on college graduation in Tennessee. The State of Tennessee has applied multiple campus-based interventions at the Tennessee Board of Regents and the University System of Tennessee to increase graduation rates. This study is driven by three concepts and investigated by…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Graduation Rate, Cognitive Processes, Public Colleges
LaTrenda R. Watson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Professional School Counselors have been utilized in different ways within the K-12 school system. Administrators may assign the school counselor tasks that may not coincide with the laws and standards. The purpose of this descriptive study was to understand educators' differences about the role of the school counselor. The school counselor's role…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
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Genia M. Bettencourt; Chrystal A. George Mwangi; Keisha L. Green; Daniel Morales Morales – Innovative Higher Education, 2022
Career and technical education (CTE) and college preparation curriculum in high school are often treated as mutually exclusive options rather than integrated, symbiotic tracks. However, increasingly career fields require some postsecondary education, and access to four-year college degrees are important for long-term earnings and mobility. In this…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Suneal Kolluri – Urban Education, 2025
Young Black and Latino men face profound academic obstacles in transitioning to college. Few studies have interrogated college readiness practices in urban schools through the lens of masculinity. Drawing on a yearlong ethnography, this study investigated how young men respond to college-readiness practices while enacting masculinity. Many young…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Noncollege Bound Students, African American Students, Latin Americans
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Evangelisto, Christa – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
This qualitative research study aimed to discover what obstacles and supports community college teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) face when teaching critical-thinking skills in their courses. The research was conducted using a basic qualitative research design that employed interviews to learn about the…
Descriptors: Barriers, Critical Thinking, STEM Education, Community Colleges
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Bott-Lyons, Tobe Cullen; Guillaume, René O. – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2023
This qualitative case study examined the role of peer support in the college success of high school equivalency (HSE) students. While many students complete HSE credentials with postsecondary hopes and intentions, few studies have investigated how to effectively support HSE students on their pathways to and through postsecondary education. This…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Continuation Students, College Readiness, Postsecondary Education
Blaire Hodge-Woodring – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many students enter postsecondary institutions looking to further their educational endeavors. These students enter at various levels of preparedness, which can affect their learning experiences, with not all first-semester college students entering postsecondary education prepared to face the challenges of college-level work. Students come to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, World Literature
Anthony, Joseph J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The context surrounding today's college-going youth is different from when their parents pursued higher education in the late 1980s to early 2000s. I sought to understand how these parents, now as adults with children on the doorstep of their own college-going process, form knowledge about 21st century college-going and what sources these parents…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Students, Parents, College Attendance
Rios, Johanna – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This phenomenological study examined students' experiences with the academic support services provided during their enrollment at an Early College High School (ECHS) in South Texas. The participants in this study earned an associate degree from a community college while enrolled in an ECHS. Semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, High School Students, Dual Enrollment, Associate Degrees
Hodge, Johnesa Norrese – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The increased number of college credits earned in dual enrollment programs initiated concern by educators, researchers, and policymakers regarding college readiness. However, data are scarce and inconsistent across governing states and community colleges to measure college readiness and dual enrollment's effectiveness. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, College Freshmen
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