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Edmunds, Julie; Gicheva, Dora; Thrift, Beth; Hull, Marie – SERVE Center at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2019
This report presents the findings from an external evaluation of Project COMPASS, an effort by Wake Technical Community College to redesign community college online courses to improve outcomes, particularly for students of color. The evaluation used a randomized controlled trial in which students were randomly assigned to course sections taught by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Evaluation, Online Courses, Curriculum Design
Burn, Helen E.; Mesa, Vilma; Wood, J. Luke; Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2018
Transitioning Learners to Calculus in Community Colleges (TLC3) is a research project aimed at transforming institutional approaches to matriculating underrepresented racial minority (URM) students into and through Calculus II in the nation's 1,023 public associate degree-granting institutions (community colleges). The broader goal of the TLC3…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Department Heads, Mathematics Teachers
Groves, Cecil L.; And Others – 1992
In response to concerns of unnecessary duplication in programs offered by Texas community/junior colleges and the Texas State Technical College (TSTC) system, TSTC conducted a two-phase study to examine curricula, enrollments, and outcomes for both systems. The first phase described differences in technical program curricula and graduate percent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Educational Attainment, Educational Strategies
Stowell, Penelope, Ed. – 1990
The New Mexico Coalition for Literacy conducted a statewide literacy survey in May and June, 1990. Of 78 questionnaires distributed to programs believed to offer some adult literacy service, 34 responses were received, including those from 6 adult basic education programs, 1 adult education program on a reservation, 21 community-based and/or…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
Research funded by the Flexible Learning Advisory Group during 2000-2002 on issues related to online learning and delivery in vocational education and training in Australia was consolidated. Key findings included the following: (1) most students who experienced online learning did so in a conventional class, using face-to-face and other strategies…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education