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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...

Title: The Community College: Access to Opportunity or Barrier to Success
Author: Grubbs, Samuel
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Social structure, Government policy, Education, Higher
Description: The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate some of the contradictory outcomes for community college students. I investigated whether community colleges lower their students’ aspirations and make students less likely to be socially involve...

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: 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: 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: The Association of Frequency of Utilizing Student Services with Student Success at a Community College
Author: Kendra-Dill, Zachary
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher
Description: As colleges work to meet performance standards, staff have been placed in key service areas to help students be successful. With the majority of the seven million community college students attending part-time, needing developmental education, and...

Title: Investigation of the Relationships Among Online Community College Students' Characteristics and Instructional Delivery Model Preferences
Author: Lander, Maria
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Educational technology
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between age, gender, program of study, and number of online courses previously taken and instructional delivery preferences related to students' control of their own learning, interaction,...

Title: Perception or Reality? A Frame Analysis of Leadership Behavior, Style, and Effectiveness Among Selected Community College Administrators
Author: Little, Susan
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Community colleges--Study and teaching, Education, Higher
Description: ABSTRACTSUSAN DIANNE LITTLE. Perception or reality? A frame analysis of leadership behavior, style, and effectiveness among selected community college administrators. (Under the direction of Dr. JOHN GRETES) The American community college has reac...

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: EXPLORING FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN ONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Author: Moore, Stacy
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Social sciences
Description: Behavioral and Social Science (BSS) classes provide students with understandings of human behaviors, motivations, and actions that are crucial to confronting both social and personal problems. Moreover, most community college degrees require that ...

Title: A Qualitative Interview-Based Study of the Experiences of Community College Disability Services Providers
Author: Nichols, Jennifer
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Education, Higher, Disability studies
Description: The purpose of this study is to explore and capture the experiences of disability services providers (DSP) within the community college setting as it relates to facilitating and coordinating accommodations for students with disabilities, collabora...

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: A Qualitative Interview-based Study of the Lived Experiences of North Carolina Community College Students Who Report Food Insecurity
Author: Stafford, Nanci
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Community colleges--Study and teaching, Adult education, Education, Higher
Description: AbstractA Qualitative Interview-Based Study of the Lived Experiences of North Carolina Community College Students Who Report Food Insecurity (Under the direction of Dr. Alan Mabe)This study represents North Carolina community college student exper...

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: 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: 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...