COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLACEMENT: HOW EMERGING POLICY AND PRACTICE RELATE TO SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE

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Helget, D. (2017). COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLACEMENT: HOW EMERGING POLICY AND PRACTICE RELATE TO SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Helget, Donna

Title

COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLACEMENT: HOW EMERGING POLICY AND PRACTICE RELATE TO SUCCESS AND PERSISTENCE

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1 online resource (157 pages) : PDF

Date

2017

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether the method of course placement for the first attempted English and mathematics courses was independent of the student demographic variables of gender, race/ethnicity, and Pell Grant eligibility. The study also analyzed if course success and semester-to-semester persistence were dependent upon the method of course placement into the first attempted English and mathematics college-level courses for all students in the study and among demographic groups identified as interdependent. The population for this study were community college students ages 18 to 25-years old who were enrolled in gateway mathematics and English courses during the Fall 2013, Fall 2014, and Fall 2015 semesters. A Chi-Square analysis was utilized to accept or reject the null hypothesis that no relationship existed between the independent and dependent variables. The results of the study found dependence between method of course placement and student demographic variables of race/ethnicity and Pell Grant eligibility. The study also found dependence between method of course placement and course success, as well course placement and semester-to-semester persistence.

Genre

doctoral dissertations

Subjects--Topics

Education, Higher

Degree

D.Ed.

Keywords

Course Placement
Course Success
Persistence

Subject Area

Educational Leadership

Advisor(s)

D'Amico, Mark

Committee Members

Dika, Sandra
Merriweather, Lisa
Silas, Spencer

Degree Note

Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017.

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