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Direct linkFunaro, Janette – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this case study was to examine the role of social capital in the enactment of a faculty-based initiative designed to improve student success and completion at one community college. The concept of social capital--or the actual and potential resources that are embedded in relationships--has been examined in research studies in many…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Capital, Success, Academic Persistence
Peer reviewedZiskin, Mary; Fischer, Mary Ann; Torres, Vasti; Pellicciotti, Beth; Player-Sanders, Jacquelyn – Review of Higher Education, 2014
Based on 22 focus groups conducted at institutions located in a Midwestern metropolitan region, this study explores working, commuting and adult-learner college students' implicit theories about financial aid policy and seeks to understand how students make sense of their own experiences in paying for college. The institutions participating in the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, College Students, Adult Students, Student Employment
Ward, Steven Jerome – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the course design decisions and pedagogical practices of American literature teachers at three rural community colleges of varying size in North Alabama. Fink's (2003) Integrated Course Design (ICD) model provided a framework for this study, and the researcher attempted to determine if and to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Curriculum Design, Literature, Rural Schools
