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Title: But Is it Service-learning?
Author: Steele, Lucy
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Rhetoric, Education
Description: Two-year schools serve a high population of traditionally marginalized students, including students of color, first-generation college students, older students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (Ma & Baum, 2016). Historically, two-y...

Title: COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY PERCEPTION OF PREPAREDNESS TO TEACH ONLINE
Author: Vang, Kao
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Community colleges--Study and teaching, Instructional systems--Design
Description: Faculty competencies required to teach online have been examined in university settings but there is limited research focusing on community colleges. This study examined 101 community college faculty’s perceptions on their preparedness to teach on...

Title: Civic learning in online courses: The experience of emerging adults at the community college
Author: Ritter, Gary Paul
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: Civic learning is an important part of the mission of higher learning. The community college is a unique and integral part of the system of higher education in the United States. Digital technology has increased the options for students to take cl...

Title: DIFFERENT APPROACH, DIFFERENT RESULTS: A STUDY OF MASTERY LEARNING INSTRUCTION IN A DEVELOPMENTAL READING CLASS AT AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Author: Hill-Miller, Patricia
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Reading, Adult education
Description: ABSTRACTPATRICIA L. HILL-MILLER. Different approach, different results: A study of mastery learning instruction in a developmental reading class at an urban community college. (Under the direction of DR. ROBERT RICKELMAN) Mastery learning is an in...

Title: Delivery of Remedial Community College Mathematics Instruction in an Emporium Learning Environment: Predicting Academic Success, Persistence, Retention, and Completion
Author: Little, Mark
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching, Community colleges--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this study was to find predictors of academic success, persistence, retention, and completion for students enrolled in community college developmental education mathematics courses utilizing an accelerated emporium model learning en...

Title: FACULTY ADVISORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACT OF AN ACADEMIC ADVISING QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN ON ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Author: Stewart, Makena
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education
Description: Student success initiatives identify comprehensive academic advising as a key strategy in promoting student retention while also ushering in cultural change within an organization. A qualitative intrinsic case study was conducted to examine the im...

Title: Investigation of a Nursing Career Counseling Program in a Community College
Author: Hedgpeth, Ruth
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Nursing, Health education
Description: ABSTRACT Balancing the demands of heavy academics with everyday adult responsibilities often proves overwhelming for nontraditional nursing students in a community college nursing program. Too often, nontraditional students elect to leave school a...

Title: Motivators of Adult Women Enrolled in a Community College
Author: Johnston, Connie
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education
Description: The goal of this study was to describe what motivates adult women enrolled in a community college to pursue higher education. Utilizing profile analysis and multiple regression analyses, this study investigated the extent to which gender, English ...

Title: Perceptions of Resiliency and Success in an American Community College: A Case Study of Five Transnational Students
Author: Classens, Nachette
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Adult education
Description: This dissertation examines five transnational students' views of their academic experiences in an American community college. The investigation contributes to the existing literature that illuminates the trends and conditions in which transnationa...