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The Impact of a Summer Bridge Program on Nontraditional Student Development: Teacher Care Matters
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Hoops, Leah D.; Kutrybala, Lindsay – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Summer bridge programs (SBPs) improve the likelihood that students will succeed in postsecondary education. The majority of SBP research has focused on programs designed for underprepared high school graduates rather than nontraditional populations (i.e., older, [General Education Diploma] GED-holders, parents, etc.). This study sought to address…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Community Colleges, Summer Programs, Two Year College Students
Making the Adjustment: A Qualitative Investigation of the Potential of Community College Developmental Summer Bridge Programs in Facilitating Student Adjustment to Four-Year Institutions
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Mitchell, Claire E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study qualitatively examines whether participation in a summer bridge program situated at a community college can help students acquire the academic and college knowledge as well as "social know-how" needed to attend and succeed at a four-year higher education institution. The study's theoretical framework helps to elucidate the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Adjustment (to Environment)
An Evaluation of the Future of Student Affairs: A Guide to Student Development for Tomorrow's Higher Education by Chief Student Personnel Administrators in Texas Community Colleges.
Jolly, Richard Carman – 1978
A survey of the presidents and chief student personnel administrators at 54 Texas community college campuses was conducted in 1977 to determine if the Tomorrow's Higher Education Project (THE) model for student personnel programs could be implemented at the college level and whether such implementation would improve student personnel programs at…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics