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Download full textBelfield, Clive; Liu, Vivian Yuen Ting – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2015
This paper examines the returns to math courses relative to courses in other subjects for students in community college. Using matched college transcript and earnings data on over 80,000 students entering community college during the 2000s, we find that college-level math coursework has an indirect positive effect on award completion that is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics
Willett, Terrence – Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group), 2013
Prior research suggests that using high school transcripts may improve English and math placement accuracy at colleges. Between 2012 and 2013, the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) conducted the Student Transcript Enhanced Placement Study (STEPS) in partnership with the California Community Colleges…
Descriptors: Transcripts (Written Records), Student Records, Academic Records, High School Students
Direct linkMitchell, Sarah Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Dual-enrollment programs allow high school students to enroll in college-level classes to gain college and high school credit concurrently. Research on how online, dual-enrolled high school students (DES) construct knowledge when compared with online community college students (CCS) is needed to help administrators determine the design,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment, High School Students, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedWillford, A. Michael – College and University, 2009
College and university admissions offices publish the numbers of "college preparatory" courses they recommend. However, they typically fail to publish how well students should perform in high school courses in order to succeed in college. This study assess the relationship between high school course performance and college performance. A strong…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic)
