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Gregory Anderson Cross – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the differences in the academic outcomes of first-year academically underprepared TN Promise-eligible college freshmen who participated in a college bridge program. A comparative research design was applied to existing data, including first-semester GPA, first-semester credit completion rate,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Summer Programs, Grade Point Average, Disproportionate Representation
Spellman, Elaine Sabrina – ProQuest LLC, 2019
North Carolina's community colleges redesigned developmental math programs in 2011. The overall effectiveness of the redesign has not yet been evaluated. A concurrent mixed-methods study was conducted at Mid-Atlantic Community College (MACC) for a formative and summative evaluation of the redesigned program. Mezirow's transformative learning…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Design
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2015
This report presents outcomes for students who participated in the Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in 2014-2015. The report compares student outcomes over two years by level of program participation.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Attendance
Sullivan, Colleen Janette – ProQuest LLC, 2010
First-year students experience academic, social, and emotional adjustments as they transition to college. First-year experience courses support students in this transitional phase by helping them integrate into the campus environment and by teaching them college-appropriate learning strategies. This study explored the role that participation in a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Seminars, Grade Point Average, Self Efficacy
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Engle, Crystal C.; Reilly, Nora P.; Levine, Heidi B. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2003
A 12-week retention program designed to assist at-risk students with test-taking, study and career skills through individual and group counseling was examined. Sixty-nine percent of the program participants attained a cumulative GPA [greater than or equal] 2.0 by the end of the intervention compared to 43% of the control group. Further, 55% of the…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Group Counseling, Grade Point Average, Control Groups