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ERIC Number: ED608922
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 65
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The Ethic of Love: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of How Umoja Supports Its Students' Academic and Life Success
Purnell, Rogéair D.; Cooper, Darla M.; Nguyen, Alyssa; Kretz, Andrew; Wesley, Tymika
RP Group
In response to the educational equity gaps for students of African descent on California Community College campuses, the Umoja Community Education Foundation (Umoja Community) seeks "to transform, enrich and advance the lives of students by infusing culturally-relevant pedagogy and practices." The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) was funded by the Umoja Community Education Foundation to conduct a two-phase evaluation to explore the program landscape, determine the effectiveness of support that the Umoja Community offered to the Umoja program coordinators, and highlight the experiences and academic outcomes for Umoja students. Building on the first phase of the evaluation, this report summarizes the results from Phase II of the study, which included quantitative and qualitative research designed to explore the impact of Umoja programs on students. Overall, students who participated in Umoja outperformed their non-Umoja peers on a number of academic outcomes. Umoja participation appeared to positively affect students' performance on several first-year outcomes (leading indicators of success such as unit attainment, persistence, and transfer-level English completion), as well as certain long-term outcomes (lagging indicators of success such as three-year math and English completion, transfer-readiness, and degree completion). [The Umoja Community Education Foundation provided financial support to conduct this evaluation. For the report from Phase 1 of the evaluation, see "Umoja Community: Insights and Feedback from Program Coordinators on Available Supports and Resources" (ED608939).]
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: RP Group
Identifiers - Location: California
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