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Direct linkLorch, Theresa M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Community colleges benefit from a diverse population with various reasons for attending. For example, 23% of Latina/o students that earned a PhD between 1990 and 2000 began their education in a community college (Rivas, Pérez, Alvarez, & Solórzano, 2007). However, there are a number who often do not persist toward their goals. To begin with,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Student Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
O'Dell, Jade J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Developmental education students make up almost half of the community college population in the United States (Bettinger & Long, 2005). Approximately 42% of first-time freshmen at community colleges must enroll in at least one developmental education course in English, reading and/or math (NCES, 2010). Many developmental education students are…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Repetition, Community Colleges, Reading Achievement
