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Journal articles on the topic "Community college retention"

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Burstein, Matthew. "RETENTION AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 21, no. 7 (October 1997): 677–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1066892970210707.

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Phillips, Demetrice, and Karina Kasztelnik. "The International Descriptive Study of Effective Methods for the Recruitment and the Retention of Faculty in the United States." Business Ethics and Leadership 5, no. 2 (2021): 21–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/bel.5(2).21-58.2021.

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This qualitative descriptive study explored what community college administrators and faculty described as being effective recruitment and retention methods for faculty at community colleges in the Northeastern United States. This study answered two research questions: what recruitment methods do administrators and American faculty at community colleges describe as being effective in the recruitment of American faculty? Also, what retention methods do administrators and American faculty at community colleges describe as being effective in the retention of American faculty? The researcher applied critical race theory to form a framework for best practices in recruiting and retaining American faculty. Data were obtained by interviewing six American faculty and surveying seven community college administrators employed at Massachusetts community colleges who were selected using purposive sampling and community college online staff directories. Using MAXQDA data analysis software, the researcher initiated data analysis using thematic analysis. Data were organized and analyzed to identify codes, categories, and themes. Data analysis resulted in six themes: hiring processes, faculty diversity, recruitment strategies, work environment, student and faculty relationships, and retention strategies. The findings of this study can benefit community college personnel by recommending recruitment and retention strategies to effectively recruit and retain American faculty. There was limited research and data available related to the recruitment and retention of African American male faculty at community colleges. The faculty and administrator participants of this study provided rich data on effective recruitment and retention methods for African American male faculty at community colleges. The critical race theory theoretical framework was summarized. Theoretical and practical implications emerged. Based on the data and new insights, implications for future research were discussed.
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Mendoza, Pilar, David Horton, Jr., and Jesse P. Mendez. "Retention Among Community College Student-Athletes." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 36, no. 3 (January 9, 2012): 201–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10668921003677183.

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Windham, Melissa H., Mark C. Rehfuss, Cyrus R. Williams, Jason V. Pugh, and Lynn Tincher-Ladner. "Retention of First-Year Community College Students." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 38, no. 5 (February 10, 2014): 466–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2012.743867.

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Luke, Chad, Frederick Redekop, and Chris Burgin. "Psychological Factors in Community College Student Retention." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 39, no. 3 (August 15, 2014): 222–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2013.803940.

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Derby, Dustin C., and Thomas Smith. "AN ORIENTATION COURSE AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE RETENTION." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 28, no. 9 (October 2004): 763–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10668920390254771.

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Stebleton, Michael J., and LeAnne Schmidt. "Building Bridges: Community College Practitioners as Retention Leaders." Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice 47, no. 1 (January 2010): 78–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1949-6605.6018.

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Cutright, Marc. "A Consortium Project to Improve Retention and the First Year of College: Results and Recommendations." Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice 7, no. 3 (November 2005): 189–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/a2fg-f58g-mywx-p5q0.

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This article examines the operation and perceived effectiveness of a short-term, nine-community-college consortium, a consortium dedicated to the improvement of student retention and first-year education at each of the colleges in the consortium. The consortium was composed of Alabama community colleges, essentially during calendar year 2002. Its formal title was the Alabama Community College consortium on the First College Year. The effectiveness of the consortium is considered at the conclusion of its one-year duration based on the final reports submitted by the consortium members, and on the evaluation of an external consultant who gathered information from the participating institutions on a confidential basis. Finally, the consortium's effectiveness is considered based on interviews with campus coordinators one year after the consortium's conclusion. The article concludes with recommendations for improved practices in such improvement-directed exercises.
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Hagedorn, Linda Serra, William Maxwell, and Preston Hampton. "Correlates of Retention for African-American Males in Community Colleges." Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice 3, no. 3 (November 2001): 243–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/mj6a-tfac-mrpg-xdkl.

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The retention rates of African-American men in community colleges are among the lowest of all ethnic groups nationally. This study analyzes organizational data for three cohorts of men in a longitudinal design for three semesters ( N = 202), and uses logistic regression to identify the factors that best predict retention. The importance of high school grades, age, number of courses, a positive view of personal skills, clear high goals, and the early identification of a college major appear to be salient for this group and offer implications for practice.
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Gentry, Bobbi, Christopher Lawrence, and Erin Richards. "The Tie That Binds: Exploring Community College Curriculum Design." PS: Political Science & Politics 49, no. 03 (July 2016): 535–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096516000937.

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ABSTRACTMore students are beginning their college careers at community colleges before completing degrees at four-year institutions. As enrollments swell at these two-year institutions, issues surrounding transfer and articulation agreements are increasingly important, and two- and four-year institutions must work together on the recruitment, retention, and transition of political science majors. Central to this collaboration is the curriculum. Building on conclusions from the 2011 Leadership Collaborative Core Curriculum and General Education track regarding a common curriculum in the discipline, this article examines the political science curriculum using data from 47 two-year colleges with separate political science departments. We examined similarities and differences among these programs and found sufficient commonality in curriculum to allow students to transfer credits to four-year institutions. The article also offers community colleges an indication of common curricular features and informs the wider profession about community college curriculum design.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Community college retention"

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Culligan, Michael. "Disability and community college retention rates." Tallahassee, Florida : Florida State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11102009-130632/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2009.
Advisor: Deborah Ebener , Florida State University, College of Education, School of Teacher Education. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed on Mar. 24, 2010). Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 89 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Jacobs-Biden, Jill. "Student retention at the community college meeting students' needs /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 136 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=1251897961&Fmt=7&clientId=79356&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Biden, Jill. "Student retention at the community college : meeting students' needs /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 136 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=1251897961&Fmt=7&clientId=79356&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Young, Robert Joseph. "An examination of factors influencing retention of developmental education students at selected Texas community colleges /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Umoh, Udoudo J. (Udoudo Jimmy). "Factors Related to Student Retention in Community College Developmental Education Mathematics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279110/.

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This study investigated the factors related to student retention in a comprehensive community college developmental education mathematics program. The purpose was to identify and describe these factors and to develop strategies for improving retention in the community college developmental education mathematics program. Tinto's 1975 model of institutional departure was employed to examine different factors relating to retention in developmental education mathematics courses. In accordance with established criteria, data were collected using the Institutional Integration Scale (IIS) and Students Existing Records (SER). The IIS survey instrument questionnaire was completed by 41 students from a sample of 56 developmental education students enrolled in college level mathematics, and the data thus collected were used for analysis. Data were analyzed using frequency count, percentage, and the chi-square statistical analysis with a significant level of 0.05. The analysis of the data showed that the responding sample was primarily white, females aged 18 to 45. Most of the respondents had high grade point averages, did not miss any developmental education mathematics classes, and attended extra curricular activities infrequently. More fathers than mothers of the sample population had received a college education. Academic goal commitment, institutional experience, academic involvement, and placement grades were not statistically significant factors influencing retention. Among the major findings were: Development education instructors appeared to make the difference, institutional experience, academic goal commitment, and placement grades did not appear to play a major role; the students' academic involvement beyond classes appeared negligible; age, gender, grade point average, and parental educational levels were not significant factors for student retention in developmental education mathematics courses. Although statistical evidence did not support reversal of the proposed null hypotheses, pertinent issues for further research were raised.
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Francis, Valrey Dawn. "Mentoring and Retention of First Year College Students at Brown Community College." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7001.

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Retention of first year college students has been problematic in many U.S. colleges, and different mentoring frameworks have been explored to help resolve the issue. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to examine how the mentoring program at Brown Community College (BCC; pseudonym) positively increased retention of first year college students. BCC is a community college located in a metropolitan urban area in a southern state. Tinto's model of social integration and academic success was used to undergird the study. Research questions were developed to understand how BCC's mentoring program was supporting first year students' retention and what these students perceived as integral in order to persist throughout their program of study. Another question sought faculty's perceptions of how their mentoring program influenced retention at the college. Data collection included structured face-to-face interviews with a purposeful sample of 10 first year college students and two faculty mentors who provided mentorship at BCC. Content analyses were used to identify and isolate the themes through axial coding. The results showed that mentoring may be the catalyst needed to ensure that students stay in college and increase retention and graduation rates. The findings provide useful data for developing curriculum policies that may improve service delivery opportunities for at-risk students. The findings also showed that having qualified college graduates may increase productivity in the workforce and help the college graduates become more successful citizens. Recommendations are offered to improve the existing mentoring program to enable the students to experience social changes in their pursuit of academic success.
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Goltra, Robert Joseph III. "Student Retention Matters| A Study of Community College Student Retention Characteristics, Models, and Programs." Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13806283.

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The purpose of this study was to determine if retention of first-year college students was influenced by specific variables and programs at one Midwest community college. The study was focused on responses from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) (Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2013) and peer mentoring program data. Data and retention were measured using Wald chi-square tests and t-tests, respectively. The CCSSE benchmarks were Academic Challenge, Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Student-Faculty Interactions, and Support for Learners. Benchmarks were analyzed using student variables age, gender, working for pay, student loans, and race/ethnicity. Benchmarks titled Student Effort and Support for Learners had a significant impact on retention. The relevance of this finding became clear through analyzing specific student variables to determine their impact on each specific benchmark. Also investigated were the retention rates of first-time students who participated in the college’s peer mentoring program and first-time students who did not participate in the college’s peer mentoring program. Following analysis of the data, there was a statistical difference in the retention rates of first-year, peer-mentored students and non-peer mentored, first-year students. The peer mentoring program was also studied by analyzing the effects peer mentoring had on students who were on academic probation. No statistically significant difference was found in retention rates of students who remained on academic probation and their peers who had moved off probation. Data for all aspects of peer mentoring suggested program consistency positively affects retention rates of first-year students.

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Dempsey, Merle. "Enrollment management administrators' perceptions of Community College student retention practices." [Huntington, WV : Marshall University Libraries], 2009. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=939.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Marshall University, 2009.
Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains ix, 181 pages. Includes bibliographical references: p. 137-157.
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Bishop, Emily Jo. "Addressing the Completion Agenda by Improving a Community College's Student Retention Rates." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6306.

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A local community college is experiencing low level student retention. . The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of administrators, faculty and students regarding the low student retention rate. The participants for this qualitative case study included 6 former students who withdrew from the local community college before completing their degrees, 2 faculty members, and 2 administrators. The conceptual framework was constructivism. Research questions were designed to elicit perceptions of understanding retention issues in terms of adult learning and documenting the problem of retention. Data were collected in the form of semi-structured interviews and document review to answer the research questions. Interview data were coded, and 10 themes were identified. Themes included lack of socialization, cost of tuition, lack of online options, class scheduling, student self-discipline, quality of faculty, institutional support, high schools not preparing students for college, 2 year degree implications, and parental pressure. Document review showed that minimal efforts were present to track students or educate faculty regarding adult learning through the 2 year degree process. The key results showed that student retention was a problem that needed to be addressed at both the faculty and administrative levels. The themes resulting from data analysis served as the basis for creation of a 3-day professional development training project for faculty and administrators at the college. This study and resulting project might encourage positive social change for the students, faculty, administration, and college by improving retention rates and graduating more students into the workforce.
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Nzeakor, Ambrose Ugochukwu. "Community College Students' Perceptions of and Satisfaction with Factors Affecting Retention in a Major Urban Community College in the Southwestern United States." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278438/.

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The purposes of this study were (a) to analyze whether any significant differences exist in students' satisfaction among the 11 composite scales/satisfaction measures of the SSI (retention programs); (b) to determine whether significant differences exist in satisfaction among students of the institution based on their demographic characteristics of gender, age, ethnicity, class load, and employment; and (c) to record findings, draw conclusions, and make recommendations from the study. The research was conducted using a questionnaire, The Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI), developed by Juillreat and Schreiner in 1994. The instrument measures, among other matters, students' perceptions and satisfaction. The population of the study comprised all students at the institution during the 1996-1997 school year. A total of 312 students was sampled, with 182 (58%) returns received. Statistical treatments used to analyze the collected data included frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviation, multiple analysis of variances (MANOVA), one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Tukey's Post Hoc t-test for multiple comparison.
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Books on the topic "Community college retention"

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Minnesota. State Board for Community Colleges. Quality incentives in the Minnesota community colleges: Retention, graduation, transfer : a proposal to the Minnesota Legislature, Education Division of House Appropriations Committee, Education Division of Senate Finance Committee, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, Section 7, 1991 Omnibus Higher Education Appropriations Act. [St. Paul]: Minnesota Community Colleges, 1991.

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Administration, New York State Archives and Records. Records retention and disposition schedule CC-1, for use by public community colleges. Albany, NY: University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., State Archives and Records Administration, 1988.

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New Jersey. Legislature. Joint Committee on the Public Schools. Committee meeting of Joint Committee on the Public Schools: Education Commissioner Lucille Davy will discuss the issues of long-term substitutes, the recruitment and retention of teachers, and what the department is doing to assist school districts in rectifying these problems; the commission[er] will also discuss the issue of school superintendent contracts in context with the new department regulations; the committee will also hear a presentation regarding the implementation of the 2007 articulation and college credit transfer legislation : [June 10, 2008, Trenton, New Jersey]. Trenton, N.J: New Jersey Office of Legislative Services, Public Information Office, Hearing Unit, 2008.

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A study of the student retention effort in the New Brunswick community college system. 1989.

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McLeod, Christina L. Retention rates of Whatcom Community College students registered for cooperative education credits. 1994.

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The academic success and retention of community college athletes and nonathletes. 1989.

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The academic success and retention of community college athletes and nonathletes. 1989.

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The academic success and retention of community college athletes and nonathletes. 1989.

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The academic success and retention of community college athletes and nonathletes. 1988.

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Rawe, Carl L. A case study to investigate retention efforts at Mt. Hood Community College. 1997.

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Book chapters on the topic "Community college retention"

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Anglin, Pamela D. "Applying Financial Analysis to Student Retention." In Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model, 185–92. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230120006_13.

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Rochford, Regina A. "Service-Learning: A Vehicle for Enhancing Academic Performance and Retention among Community College Developmental Reading and Writing Students." In Service-Learning at the American Community College, 113–24. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137355737_8.

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Neimann, Theresa. "Evaluating Latina Retention." In Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education, 80–98. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5667-1.ch006.

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Latinas are undereducated in rural community colleges. This chapter identifies the positive factors enhancing the college experience for Latinas in rural community colleges. To assess the college going experiences of Latinas attending a rural community college, and note if these experiences conform to or negate Chicana Feminist Theory, one rural community college in Oregon randomly selected 10 Latinas between the ages of 18 and 35 who took at least two terms of credit-bearing classes. Data was analyzed from interview recordings, and responses were transcribed based on a narrative analysis transcription protocol. The major findings were developed relying upon the theoretical framework of Chicana Feminist Theory. Significant themes emerging from this study related to positive factors that enhance retention including social integration and motivational factors to attend a rural community college. The retention of Latinas must embrace change and build on positive changes in the academy such as serving students' needs expressed in intentional opportunities for academic and social engagement and better access to financial and childcare resources.
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White, John Wesley. "Sociolinguistic Challenges to Minority Collegiate Success: Entering the Discourse Community of the College." In Minority Student Retention, 271–95. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315224114-14.

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Neimann, Theresa. "Evaluating Latina Retention." In Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education, 284–309. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5667-1.ch020.

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This chapter explores issues and challenges Latinas face in remote-rural communities and identified key recommendations that are essential in order for Latinas to be successful in remote-rural community colleges. Ten Latina undergraduates who finished at least two terms of three credit-bearing class in a rural community college were the subjects of this qualitative study. The term Latina in this study refers to a female of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The participants named in this study are females regardless of how they self-identify ethnically who have ancestry from either of these countries.
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Raby, Rosalind Latiner, Deborah Budd, Andreea Serban, and Dianne Van Hook. "International Student Mobility at California Community Colleges." In Global Perspectives and Local Challenges Surrounding International Student Mobility, 1–15. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9746-1.ch001.

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The authors in this chapter use a case study of three California community college districts to explore how they are strategically developing, advancing, and assessing the continuous cycle of community college international student recruitment, retention, and student success. These districts show how specifically designed practices can link internationalization to college missions, embrace student experiences that provide cultural and academic benefits for all students, and ensure what critical mass is needed to make these benefits happen. The authors also explore how this cycle is essential in designing a community college internationalization strategy to link student mobility to student success.
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Gonzalez-Martinez, Maricela. "Building a Culture of Inclusiveness That Supports the Latinx Student." In Developing an Intercultural Responsive Leadership Style for Faculty and Administrators, 132–44. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4108-1.ch009.

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Large disparities exist in educational achievement gaps between minority student and other ethnicities. Texas state agencies, funding institutions, policymakers, and educators are strategizing to address these issues. Through retention initiatives, focused on integrating mentoring components, and grant funding, leaders hope to increase minority student retention and completion. Based on the findings from a phenomenological study of Hispanic male students at a community college in South Texas, which incorporates retentions initiatives and mentoring services, it is the author's contention that building a culture of inclusiveness can have positive effects on student success.
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Golubski, Pamela M. "Utilizing Interactive Technologies to Engage, Integrate, Involve, and Increase Community amongst College Students." In Pedagogical and Andragogical Teaching and Learning with Information Communication Technologies, 13–27. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-791-3.ch002.

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Retention in higher education is a forefront goal for most administration, staff, and faculty members. For this goal to be achieved, college professionals must go above and beyond to ensure students are engaged socially, successfully integrated into the campus community, and actively involved during college. When these interactions occur, students are more likely to experience a sense of belonging, as, evident from developmental research theories, an institution could experience an increase in overall retention rates. However, to achieve engagement, integration, involvement, and feelings of belonging, it requires staff and faculty members to offer and encourage continuous interactions with students, both inside and outside the classroom. While these interactions in the past usually happened through face-to-face methods, today, the Web 2.0 and virtual technological tools have extended opportunities for college professionals to interact more often with students. Two such virtual technologies are Google Wave and Wimba Collaboration Suite (Voice, Pronto, and Classroom).
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Perelli, Lisa. "Evaluating Barriers to and Opportunities for Higher Education in the Hispanic Community." In Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development, 107–15. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2177-9.ch008.

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Although the Hispanic population in the United States is growing faster than any other ethnic group, college graduation rates, especially above the associates degree level, remain low, too low for the United States to remain academically and economically competitive in the years to come. Hispanics, on the whole, remain poorer and less educated than other ethnic groups, which could have significant economic impact on the United States, if left un-remediated, as their numbers continue to rise. Some of the questions and issues to be addressed in considering this gap in educating this population include cultural or financial barriers to attending college, bias in K-12 education and college recruitment strategies, retention and graduation issues specific to Hispanics, and high school and community college preparation of immigrant and other Hispanic students for transferring to four-year institutions.
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Penland, Jennifer (Jenny) L., and Dawne Raines Burke. "Successful Transitions From College to Career (C2C)." In Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Models for Next-Generation Teaching and Learning, 325–44. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3873-8.ch018.

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For many minority, first generation, and other under-represented students at two small universities, graduation and a successful career seem almost out of reach. Lack of preparation, lack of confidence, and lack of career-focused experiential learning opportunities leave students feeling frustrated and result often in their early departure from higher education. This newly developed and piloted experiential learning educational program provides opportunities that allow students to grow and develop inside and outside the classroom. Through community building and regional partnerships—enmeshed in a visible number of academic departments campus wide—the researchers endeavored to promote engaged and active learning. Engaged, active learning encourages students' connections with college resources with diversified programming that includes (a) internships, (b) service learning communities, (c) experiential immersions, (d) undergraduate research platforms, and (e) capstone projects, all of which directly correlate with increased retention and persistence in higher education.
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Conference papers on the topic "Community college retention"

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McKay, Larry D., Sally P. Horn, Kathleen A. Affholter, S. Clark Cropper, Stephanie K. Drumheller, Kelsey N. Ellis, Kasey Fristoe, et al. "ENGAGING COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS IN TENNESSEE TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND SUCCESS IN 4-YEAR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMS." In GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016. Geological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2016am-279304.

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Mrofka, David D., and Becca Walker. "DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS: A POTENTIAL PATHWAY FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF A DIVERSE GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE." In GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017. Geological Society of America, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2017am-302226.

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Hilton, Ethan C., Shaunna F. Smith, Robert L. Nagel, Julie S. Linsey, and Kimberly G. Talley. "University Makerspaces: More Than Just Toys." In ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2018-86311.

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University makerspaces are growing increasingly in vogue, especially in Colleges of Engineering, but there is little empirical evidence in the literature that these spaces impact the students. Speculations have been made about these spaces creating a community of practice, improving retention, improving design skills and self-efficacy, teaching manufacturing skills, improving creativity, and providing many other benefits, but this has not been empirically documented. This paper compares student engineering design self-efficacy (i.e., confidence, motivation, expectation of success, and anxiety toward conducting engineering design) to reported usage rates from a makerspace at a large Hispanic-serving university in the Southwestern United States. Not all users of these spaces were engineering students, and as such, responses were examined through the context of student major as well as differences in gender, race/ethnicity, or first-generation college student status. Design self-efficacy is critical because when individuals have high self-efficacy for particular skills they tend to seek more opportunities to apply those skills, and show more perseverance in the face of set-backs. Thus, self-efficacy is often a good predictor of achievement. The results from one year of data at the Hispanic-serving university indicate that female and first-generation college students have significantly lower engineering design self-efficacy scores. The data also shows that being a user of the makerspace correlates to a higher confidence, motivation, and expectation of success toward engineering design. Initial data from two additional schools are also consistent with these same results. These results indicate that, for all students, regardless of race/ethnicity and/or first generation status, being a frequent user of a university-serving makerspace likely positively impacts confidence, motivation, and expectation of success toward engineering design.
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Zhou, Yong, Nazmul Islam, Cheng-Chang (Sam) Pan, and Sanjay Kumar. "Shorten the Math Gap for Pre-Engineering Students With Intensive Summer Bridge Program." In ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2014-40249.

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Engineering Summer Bridge (ESB) program at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) is designed to prepare the engineering freshmen intellectually for an early introduction to the engineering culture and mathematics and science expectation. The program curriculum and content were specifically designed to prepare underrepresented Hispanic students for their success in the coming science and engineering study at UT-Brownsville. More than 92% of the targeted students are underrepresented Hispanic, and English is the second language for 86% of them. Most of these targeted students are academically below the top 10% in their high school graduating classes due to the pre-selection of TOP10 Texas House Bill. The ESB program at UTB cultivates a diverse community of engineering and pre-engineering students and intensively enhances their mathematics preparation in Pre-Calculus and College Algebra. Statistics data from 2012 and 2013 ESB program indicates that more than 81% of the participants in both years did not take Pre-Calculus in high school. Another finding is that 71% of the ESB participants with at least an attendance rate of 50% earned a grade higher than a “B” in their Calculus I class later on, while only 43% from the group with an attendance rate lower than 50% earned a grade higher than a “B” in the Calculus I class. Students seem more successful in their Calculus I study if they attend the classes more frequently. It is also found the early contact with engineering faculty through Summer Bridge Programs, together with an early and longer engineering orientation seminar during the program, are successful ways to assist in the retention of engineering freshman [1–2].
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King-Berry, Arlene, and Carolene Eslyn Charles. "FACULTY & STUDENT RETENTION: KEEPING OUR HBCU-UDC ALIVE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end119.

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There is a national crisis around recruiting and retaining students from HBCUs. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education surveyed 64 of 100 HBCUs and found that only five of the schools surveyed graduated more than 50 percent of their students. The statistics are startling because HBCUs, some of which date to Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War (widely accepted as the period from 1865 to 1877), ostensibly was designed to improve an underserved community. Despite the large number of freshmen admitted each year to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), a low number graduate (Tinto, 1993). It is, therefore, imperative that HBCUs implement strategies most likely to increase retention and persistence rates. When it comes to taking a closer look at pedagogy and practice in teaching, the COVID-19 Pandemic has created innovative environments for faculty to assess the students. The new perspective has many faculties utilizing evidence-based practices regarding performance-based assessment and other innovative techniques to assess students learning. Online teaching & learning and online assessment are likely to occupy a higher percentage of the future curriculum, which can be seen as a positive development for online learning. A correlation assumed that university faculty satisfaction and fair promotion could have a positive effect on student retention and engagement with a comprehensive analysis of these studies. It is paramount to consider that not only was fundamental student engagement found of tremendous relevance, but the literature is evident that student engagement during the entire higher education experience also leads to higher student retention rates and increased institutional commitment (Burke, 2019). This paper defines retention and persistence at HBCUs and presents the results of a systematic literature review that (a) identifies the challenges that impact student retention and persistence at HBCUs during the COVID-19 Pandemic and (b) delineates research-based practices/strategies recommended to address the academic, socio-emotional, and financial and health/wellness challenges of students attending HBCUs.
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Reports on the topic "Community college retention"

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Hollands, Aisha. Fostering Hope and Closing the Academic Gap: An Examination of College Retention for African-American and Latino Students who Participate in the Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Participation Program (Learning Community) While Enrolled in a Predominately White Institution. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.236.

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Kibler, Amanda, René Pyatt, Jason Greenberg Motamedi, and Ozen Guven. Key Competencies in Linguistically and Culturally Sustaining Mentoring and Instruction for Clinically-based Grow-Your-Own Teacher Education Programs. Oregon State University, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5399/osu/1147.

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Grow-Your-Own (GYO) Teacher Education programs that aim to diversify and strengthen the teacher workforce must provide high-quality learning experiences that support the success and retention of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) teacher candidates and bilingual teacher candidates. Such work requires a holistic and systematic approach to conceptualizing instruction and mentoring that is both linguistically and culturally sustaining. To guide this work in the Master of Arts in Teaching in Clinically Based Elementary program at Oregon State University’s College of Education, we conducted a review of relevant literature and frameworks related to linguistically responsive and/or sustaining teaching or mentoring practices. We developed a set of ten mentoring competencies for school-based cooperating/clinical teachers and university supervisors. They are grouped into the domains of: Facilitating Linguistically and Culturally Sustaining Instruction, Engaging with Mentees, Recognizing and Interrupting Inequitable Practices and Policies, and Advocating for Equity. We also developed a set of twelve instructional competencies for teacher candidates as well as the university instructors who teach them. The instructional competencies are grouped into the domains of: Engaging in Self-reflection and Taking Action, Learning About Students and Re-visioning Instruction, Creating Community, and Facilitating Language and Literacy Development in Context. We are currently operationalizing these competencies to develop and conduct surveys and focus groups with various GYO stakeholders for the purposes of ongoing program evaluation and improvement, as well as further refinement of these competencies.
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Tucker-Blackmon, Angelicque. Engagement in Engineering Pathways “E-PATH” An Initiative to Retain Non-Traditional Students in Engineering Year Three Summative External Evaluation Report. Innovative Learning Center, LLC, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.52012/tyob9090.

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The summative external evaluation report described the program's impact on faculty and students participating in recitation sessions and active teaching professional development sessions over two years. Student persistence and retention in engineering courses continue to be a challenge in undergraduate education, especially for students underrepresented in engineering disciplines. The program's goal was to use peer-facilitated instruction in core engineering courses known to have high attrition rates to retain underrepresented students, especially women, in engineering to diversify and broaden engineering participation. Knowledge generated around using peer-facilitated instruction at two-year colleges can improve underrepresented students' success and participation in engineering across a broad range of institutions. Students in the program participated in peer-facilitated recitation sessions linked to fundamental engineering courses, such as engineering analysis, statics, and dynamics. These courses have the highest failure rate among women and underrepresented minority students. As a mixed-methods evaluation study, student engagement was measured as students' comfort with asking questions, collaboration with peers, and applying mathematics concepts. SPSS was used to analyze pre-and post-surveys for statistical significance. Qualitative data were collected through classroom observations and focus group sessions with recitation leaders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with faculty members and students to understand their experiences in the program. Findings revealed that women students had marginalization and intimidation perceptions primarily from courses with significantly more men than women. However, they shared numerous strategies that could support them towards success through the engineering pathway. Women and underrepresented students perceived that they did not have a network of peers and faculty as role models to identify within engineering disciplines. The recitation sessions had a positive social impact on Hispanic women. As opportunities to collaborate increased, Hispanic womens' social engagement was expected to increase. This social engagement level has already been predicted to increase women students' persistence and retention in engineering and result in them not leaving the engineering pathway. An analysis of quantitative survey data from students in the three engineering courses revealed a significant effect of race and ethnicity for comfort in asking questions in class, collaborating with peers outside the classroom, and applying mathematical concepts. Further examination of this effect for comfort with asking questions in class revealed that comfort asking questions was driven by one or two extreme post-test scores of Asian students. A follow-up ANOVA for this item revealed that Asian women reported feeling excluded in the classroom. However, it was difficult to determine whether these differences are stable given the small sample size for students identifying as Asian. Furthermore, gender differences were significant for comfort in communicating with professors and peers. Overall, women reported less comfort communicating with their professors than men. Results from student metrics will inform faculty professional development efforts to increase faculty support and maximize student engagement, persistence, and retention in engineering courses at community colleges. Summative results from this project could inform the national STEM community about recitation support to further improve undergraduate engineering learning and educational research.
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