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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Texas community colleges"”.
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Assessing the Efficacy of Learning Communities at Four North Texas Community Colleges.
… examined learning communities at four North Texas Community Colleges. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in cathectic learning climate, inimical ambiance, academic rigor, affiliation and structure among students in learning communities and …
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Windows to literature: The computer as context in north central Texas community colleges
… literature classes in the North Central Texas community colleges and an analysis of the survey results. Concerns and advantages of studying literature with computer technology are also addressed. Although the study of literature is a complex undertaking, computer technology opens the …
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Texas Hispanic students attending Texas community colleges : institutional characteristics influencing enrollment and graduation.
… (PERHENR) and graduating (HISPGRPER) from a Texas community college. The population for this quantitative study was the 66 Texas public community colleges selected from the IPEDS Data Center online search tool. Institutions selected for this analysis were only those whose Carnegie …
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Validation of the Simple Activity Measure (SAM) in a College Physical Activity Class
Background: Community Colleges in Texas have experienced budget cuts. Additionally, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently voted to eliminate physical activity classes as part of the core curriculum in Texas effective the Fall semester of 2014. Further, many counties in South Texas …
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The silent tsunami: addressing community college food insecurity in Texas
… explores the issue of food insecurity within community colleges in Texas and highlights administrator’s responses toward best and most promising practices and challenges in addressing food insecurity. The research was guided by complex adaptive systems theory and cynefin. Food insecurity among …
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Performance-based funding: Perspectives of community college leaders’ in Texas on its influence on student success initiatives
ABSTRACT The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reported that in 2010, community and technical colleges would receive 90% of their funding based on enrollment and the other 10% of formula funding based on student success points that students achieve after completing each of the …
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The financing of public junior colleges in Texas
… of financial support in the public junior colleges included in this study? 2. What were the current educational expenditures for the different phases of the school program? 3. What was the cost per student semester-credit hour of general control, instruction, and current educational …