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Travis White – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to gain insight into the experience of low SES community college students in intensive courses. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data from one community college, the researcher conducted this study of if, how, and to what extent, intensive courses contribute to low SES student success. Three…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Low Income Students, Socioeconomic Status
Lisa L. Haberman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative multi-case study explored the experiences of nine women serving as presidents of community and technical colleges in seven different Midwestern states to understand how they serve students with an increasingly diverse background and ultimately work to close the education opportunity gap. The data collection process consisted of…
Descriptors: Whites, Females, Leadership, Equal Education
Sepanik, Susan; Barman, Sukanya – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2023
Following up on an individual-level randomized controlled trial of a Dana Center Math Pathways (DCMP) model, this study assessed longer-term impacts on students' math completion, academic progress, and academic attainment. The version of the DCMP that was assessed in this study diversified the developmental and college-level math course content…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, College Mathematics, Community College Students, Vocational Interests
Mathieu, Laura Satterfield – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study examines educators' perspectives on how a small learning community impacted the academic achievement of African American males. This study examined a long-standing small learning community (XYZ) located in a suburb in northern New Jersey. This study identified common themes among the perceptions of educators employed at XYZ,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement, African American Students
Callahan, Caroline M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this action research study was to understand and strengthen staff and administrators' sense of workplace belonging in a small, private, family-founded college. In Cycle 1 the researcher aimed to understand factors that contributed to participants sense of belonging. Cycle 1 participants responded to a survey to provide insight on…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Administrators, Sense of Community, Work Environment
Stafford, Nanci – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study represents North Carolina community college student experience with food insecurity. Two-year students have a wide variety of challenges as they make their way to finishing a credential. One such challenge, hunger, has always been a component; awareness and discourse have not. The purpose of the research is to understand the narratives…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Hunger, Food, Student Experience
Azar, Madelyn – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite rising enrollment for first generation college students (FGCS) and Hispanic FGCS, there is a disparity in college graduation rates across the United State compared to other groups. FGCS and Hispanic FGCS have historically been faced with more factors that disrupt higher education success. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
Lapetino, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2023
When examining career pathways, post-secondary institutions such as community colleges align education and training to career success, aiming to connect students to gainful employment. Career pathways support the skill needs of industries and incorporate competencies in an occupation or field represented by certificates and degrees awarded by the…
Descriptors: Industry, Credentials, Community College Students, Educational Certificates
Perdue, Derrick Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study was conducted to determine if there were significant differences between the self-efficacy and responsibility beliefs among those who had received instructional coaching and those who had not. This mixed-methods study used the Teacher Responsibility Scale (TRS) to measure both self-efficacy and responsibility beliefs as well as…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Self Efficacy, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Attitudes
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Oliver, Daniel M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2023
The role of racial diversity at colleges has been debated for over more than a half a century with limited quasi-experimental evidence from classrooms. To fill this void, I estimate the extent that classmate racial compositions affect Hispanic and African American students at a large and oversubscribed California community college where they are…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Peer Relationship, Diversity
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Cureton, Ashley – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2023
After-school programs can provide important contexts for youths' development and well-being. While these programs have the potential to serve as an anchor for refugee youth, previous research cites challenges with their access and engagement with them. Drawing on the Positive Youth Development Framework, which offers a lens on how after-school…
Descriptors: Refugees, After School Programs, Student Participation, Adolescents
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Keegan, Patrick – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
In the context of heightened worldwide migration, emotion-based discourses portraying migrants as fearsome and dangerous continue to regulate nation-state boundaries. This paper reports on a critical visual research study in which migrant youth living in New York City were given digital cameras and asked to take pictures of places they thought…
Descriptors: Migrants, Youth, Photography, Educational Technology
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Cohen, Etan; Hod, Yotam – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Knowledge Building Communities (KBCs) are principled-based, interactive learning environments designed to scaffold higher levels of student agency and the formulation of goals and questions stemming from students' knowledge-building needs. The design of KBCs is guided by a set of 12 principles that have been examined across hundreds of studies.…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Principles
Jennifer Torgerson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There is a nursing shortage in the United States which has become even more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite qualified applicants, thousands of students are turned away from educational programs each year as programs reach capacity limits. The rejection may have social, psychological, and economic consequences for the student.…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, College Applicants, Community Colleges, Selective Admission
Dominique S. Austin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation examines the troubling underrepresentation of staff of color in Pacific Northwest community colleges. Despite the proven benefits of racial staff diversity in promoting student success, community colleges face challenges in recruiting and retaining staff of color. Existing literature concerning non-teaching staff at community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers, Diversity (Faculty)
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