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How Non-Academic Supports Work: Four Mechanisms for Improving Student Outcomes. CCRC Brief. Number 54
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Karp, Melinda Mechur – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
College success requires more than the ability to master college-level academic skills. Students must learn to navigate an unfamiliar campus, satisfy bureaucratic requirements, meet new expectations (Shields, 2002), and engage in new types of interpersonal relationships (Dickie & Farrell, 1991). Academically vulnerable students--those who are most…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Community Colleges, Commuter Colleges, Academic Achievement