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Direct linkWang, Xueli – Research in Higher Education, 2016
This research focuses on course-taking patterns of beginning community college students enrolled in one or more non-remedial science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses during their first year of college, and how these patterns are mapped against upward transfer in STEM fields of study. Drawing upon postsecondary transcript…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Course Selection (Students), STEM Education
Orgnero, M. Carolina – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2013
This is a narrative case study that analyzes Carl's experience as a nontraditional student who enrolls in a transition course after a 15-year hiatus from college. Specifically, the study aims at understanding the perceived impact that the course had on shaping the personal narrative of learning in college of a reentry student. Using a…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Reentry Students, Personal Narratives, Student Experience
Main, Joyce; Ost, Ben – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2011
This research examines the effect of undergraduate course letter grades on future course selection and major choice. Using a Regression-Discontinuity design, we exploit the fact that the probability of earning a particular letter grade jumps discontinuously around letter grade cutoffs. This variation in letter grades allows us to isolate the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Grades (Scholastic), Context Effect, Course Selection (Students)
