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"Cooling out" in the Community College: What Is the Effect of Academic Advising on Students' Chances of Success?
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Bahr, Peter Riley – Research in Higher Education, 2008
Burton Clark's proposition concerning the "cooling out" of underprepared students in community colleges has a controversial history and remains a point of contention. Central to Clark's description of the "cooling out" process is the academic counselor, whose job it is to dissuade underprepared students from goals perceived to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Advising, Hypothesis Testing, Educational Attainment