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Juana Savall Ceres – Cogent Education, 2024
The so-called 'short-cycle' tertiary education (level 5 of the International Standard Classification of Education ISCED 2011) is an area of education which has been inadequately researched, where a number of questions remain regarding its true definition and uneven social recognition across Europe. Although it has gain visibility in recent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Vocational Education, Community College Students
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Hannah G. Mitchell; Shelby A. King; Meredith K. Ginley; Kelly N. Foster; Nicholas E. Hagemeier; Rajkumar J. Sevak – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The present study identified common motives for nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (NMUS) among community college (CC) students and examined behavioral and demographic correlates of certain motives. Participants: The survey was completed by 3,113 CC students (72.4% female; 81.7% White). Methods: Survey results from 10 CCs were…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Stimulants, Student Motivation, Gender Differences
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Jia Jian Tin; Victoria Williams; Geni Perryment; Samuel Montano – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
The authors sought to identify the prevalence of food insecurity in a community college district during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team also investigated the association food insecurity had with academic performance. A sample of 238 individuals completed the survey, including a demographic questionnaire and the Adult Food Security Survey Module, a…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Grade Point Average, Community College Students
Cyrus J. Vance – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While community colleges benefit from an increase in African American (AA) male students enrolling at their institutions, a disproportionate number of AA males enroll in college and do not complete a certificate or degree compared to those who earn a certificate or degree. This qualitative study explored how AA male students at community colleges…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Males
Jill Marie Beccaris-Pescatore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The student retention behavior of stopping-out is widely misunderstood and yet very important in explaining community college student enrollment patterns. Stopping-out remains understudied in higher education literature as it is challenging to collect data from students who discontinued their enrollment, and since these students are not retained,…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Reentry Students, Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes
Linda Patricia Dart-Kathios – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A disproportionate number of preservice elementary teachers exhibit high levels of math anxiety (Reid et al., 2018). Not only does this inhibit their ability to understand mathematical concepts, but it also negatively impacts their pedagogical approach to math (Beilock & Maloney, 2015; Reid et al., 2018). Teachers who experience math anxiety…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Mathematics Anxiety
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Michael Goemans; Brian Kapinos – NACADA Journal, 2024
This study aimed to assess the impact of increased student interactions with academic advisors on several student success metrics. Conducted at a large, multicampus, community college with more than 34,000 students, it categorized students into three groups based on the frequency of completed advising appointments. Using fall 2022 to spring 2023…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Faculty Advisers, Teacher Student Relationship, Academic Achievement
Robert Jason Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative research study was to determine if differences exist in academic achievement based on student SES as measured by grade point average (GPA), credit hours earned, and completion of the academic year for rural community college students enrolled during the 2018-19 academic year. The study used existing data from a…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Rural Schools, Outcomes of Education, Rural Education
Nancy Severe-Barnett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There was a recognized high rate of students enrolled in technology programs who did not graduate college. Scholars who had studied predictors of college completion surmised there were several behavioral traits associated with a student achieving their college objectives through graduation; one of those factors was persistence. Persistence, the…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Academic Persistence, Majors (Students), Community College Students
Anitha Akkal – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how science students described their experiences of collaboration in a virtual learning environment at a community college in the Midwestern United States between 2020 - 2022. The literature review indicated the need to understand how science students described their experience of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Instruction, Community College Students, Educational Technology
Eatman-Skinner, Pamela V. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Post-Traditional Remedial Learner in higher education is a student constituency that has historically been "Hidden in Plain Sight" and strikingly absent from substantive discussions that foreground their lived experiences, relevance, and success in post-secondary education. Though physically present on campus and numerically…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Community Colleges, Community College Students
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Jankowski, Natasha A.; Baker, Gianina R. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2023
According to the authors, to infuse equity truly in assessment requires that students be actively involved in the process of assessing their own learning. Equitable assessment argues that students can demonstrate attainment of learning outcomes in many ways, and in any particular instance of assessment, students can be offered multiple ways to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Assessment
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Simpson, Jenelle; Bista, Krishna – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
In this cross-sectional survey study, we examined the experiences of minority students' involvement and their experiences in cultural clubs and organizations at community colleges. From two community colleges, 204 participants were invited to complete an online survey "Experience with diversity index". The findings indicated a…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Educational Experience, Clubs, Community College Students
Hill, Colin; Sommo, Colleen; Warner, Kayla – MDRC, 2023
This report provides supplementary information for the report "From Degrees to Dollars: Six-Year Findings from the ASAP Ohio Demonstration." The report includes the following tables and figures: (1) Baseline Characteristics; (2) Academic Outcomes by Semester; (3) Degree or Certificate Receipt Six Years after Random Assignment, by…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, Community College Students, Educational Attainment
Ryan P. Newton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
How do students perceive alternative approaches to grading? Do those perceptions change over time? This mixed methods study addressed these questions for three alternative grading approaches - democratic contract grading, specifications grading, and "ungrading" - in a community college context. While alternative grading models in higher…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Grading, Alternative Assessment, Educational Change
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