ERIC Number: ED613547
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
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Focus on Student Success: Components for Effective Summer Bridge Programs
Gonzalez Quiroz, Alicia; Garza, Nora
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
Summer bridge programs support post-secondary success by providing intensive, short-term academic and social resources while introducing college expectations and the cultural contexts of the institution. They typically are offered in the summer between high school graduation and the first term of college and vary in content, program size and timeframe. This paper evaluates the impact of the Title V: Focus on Student Success (FOSS) Summer Bridge Program participation have on student success (academic performance indicators) on first-year, fall-to-fall retention relative to nonprogram participants. The research took place at Laredo (TX) Community College (LCC) with a predominately Hispanic population (96%). [The paper was prepared for the Annual Conference of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (12th, 2017).]
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Success, Best Practices, Focus Groups, Data Analysis, Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges, Intervention, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Statistical Analysis, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Program Development, Academic Achievement, Transitional Programs, College Readiness, School Orientation, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Grant or Contract Numbers: P031S120095
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