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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Achieving the dream"”.
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The Managerial Activities and Leadership Roles of Five Achieving the Dream Leader College Presidents
… to prepare future community college leaders. These efforts have included numerous attempts to identify the competencies, skills, and leadership traits considered essential to performing the president's job. Unfortunately, most of the topics identified in self-reported assessments and personal …
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An exploration of the relationship between levels of the learning organization and student outcomes in public community colleges
As the nation’s primary associate degree-granting institutions, community colleges provide access to higher education to the largest segment of undergraduates in America. However, a key challenge has been community colleges’ struggled to improve completion rates. In recent years, fewer than 40% of …
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Beyond the Dream:Improving College-Readiness of Underprepared Community College Students
<p>The majority of the nation’s first-year college students are not prepared to assume postsecondary level studies. Many are diverted to developmental education programs and most never attain postsecondary credentials. Educational reform is on the national agenda and challenges community colleges …
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The impact of developmental course enrollment on self, identity, and college success of first-generation college students : a phenomenological study.
In this phenomenological study, I investigated the perceptions and experiences of enrollment in developmental coursework for first-generation college students. A Community College Research Center (CCRC) study of more than 250,000 students at 57 community colleges in the Achieving the Dream …
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The Neglected Minority: Interviews with Successful Community College Students from Poverty
<p>Poverty in the US is growing at an alarming rate. The current economic climate demands higher education to embrace the economic diversity of all students and to prepare them, regardless of economic class, for a globally competitive workplace. Unfortunately, the higher education community is not …