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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"college credit"”.
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A Seven Year Analysis of Early College Programs in Ohio: A Cost Efficient Way to Improve Degree Attainment
… economy. One cost effective way to improve the college degree attainment rate for recent high school graduates is early college programs, which enable high school students to experience college-level courses and earn college credit prior to high school graduation. Students who earned college …
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A Comparative Study of High School Academic Paths, Grade Point Averages, and ACT Composite Scores as Predictors of Success at Walters State Community College.
… number of students attempting to enter college after high school, the competitive nature of college admissions continues to grow. Colleges and universities are attempting to find the appropriate means to adequately predict collegiate success. Common methods of this prediction have come …
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The Pinnacle of College Readiness Initiatives: An Examination of the Impact Early College High Schools have on Students from Underrepresented Minority Populations in Texas
… populations are less likely to be college-ready high school graduates. Research indicates only 20% of Black students are college ready at graduation, and less than that—only 16%—of Hispanic students are college ready at the time of graduation. Early College High Schools (ECHS) …
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Illuminating liminal spaces : a phenomenological investigation of Hispanic students' first-year experiences at a four-year university with prior dual credits
… students of color gain access to four-year colleges and universities is the creation of dual enrollment high school programs (Hoffman, 2003). Proponents of this model believe that by changing the structure of high schools, from the current K-12 system to a K-16 system, educators would be …
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Graduation rates: a comparison of college graduation success rates of dual enrollment versus non-dual enrollment students in the community college
… to offer students academic opportunities and college access, along with the potential to decrease the amount of time it takes to complete a college degree and to lower the cost of college. This study was a comparison of college success rates for dual enrolled and non-dual enrolled students at …
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Standardized Testing Placement And High School Gpa As Predictors Of Success In Remedial Math
… GPA. Relationships for intermediate algebra and college credit accumulation over three semesters were also examined with COMPASS score and high school GPA as predictor variables. The study was conducted in a multi-campus regional rural community college in the southeast United States. The sample …
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The Propel Program: A Exploratory Study of an Inclusive Higher Education Model
… an accessible higher education option to earn college credit and work experience. The purpose of this study is to provide quality improvement data to the Propel Program concerning their admissions process. This study seeks to understand what demographic variables were associated with …
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The Necessity of Fundamental Math in College
… education settings, particularly community colleges, which are designed to increase the likelihood of student success in credit math classes. Non-credit remedial mathematics courses have a long curricular history in community college and university settings. The following discussion will …
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A Study of Attrition in a Respiratory Care Associate Degree Program in a Northeast Tennessee Community College.
<p>The Walters State Community College's Respiratory Care (WSCC RC) Program had a 33% attrition rate during a five-year period from 1999 through 2003. This study analyzed demographic, pre-admission, and academic variables to identify reasons for attrition within the WSCC RC program. The population …
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A Study of Teacher Opinion Regarding Some of the Means by Which Elementary School Science Instruction Can Be Made More Effective
… books and films available in the school, and college credit offered to teachers to keep them up to date with the latest advancements in science. Teachers generally opposed ideas of allowing other people to come in and teach specific subject materials. All suggestions of inviting others to …
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Dual Enrollment Programs: Advising Policies And Practices For High School Students In Post-Secondary Institutions
… that allow secondary students to enroll in college credit bearing courses while still in high school. Research questions were as follows: (1) What advising policies and practices are in place for those that advise high school students at post-secondary institutions that host dual enrollment …
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Dual Enrollment And Its Impact on College Freshman Persistence: A Modification of Tinto's Model of Student Departure
… broadly refers to high school students who take college courses for college credit. The second purpose was to explore the underlying processes whereby dual enrollments programs serve as a transition bridge for matriculating students. This study employed a longitudinal case study using two survey …
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Advanced Placement English and First-Year Composition : An Analysis Using Activity Theory with Implications for Transfer
… education today is students' ability to earn college credit while still in high school. Currently, there are four main ways for students to earn this early credit: the Advanced Placement (AP) Program, an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma, dual enrollment, or early college. The AP …
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Exploring students' decisions to attend an early college high school
… to attend one Northern California Early College High School (NCECHS). It also examines how students perceive their experiences of their decision after they have enrolled. The history of the public education has long been marked by an achievement gap between White and Asian students and …
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Perceptions regarding the Michigan merit curriculum reform policy and its impact on CTE and dual enrollment in a southeastern Michigan high school
… in the high school and offering (MMC) academic credit in CTE classes. Other recommendations included expansion of articulated and escrowed college credit offered in CTE courses, communicating the criteria to all stakeholders, expanding the advancedplacement course offerings to students, and …
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Understanding the experience of being a peer advisor in the freshman interest groups program at the University of Missouri
… of teaching a university course for college credit. Adding to the complexity of this position is that the students with whom the PAs live are also their students in the classroom. While previous studies have looked at the impact similar transition programs have had on participants, …
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Finishing on-time: A qualitative examination of contributors to timely undergraduate degree completion
… high school and continues throughout a student’s college career. First, high school students who develop ‘academic self-esteem’ by participating in an honors courses or an early college credit program in high school enter college with the belief, or personal vision, that they can complete their …
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A Study of Web-Based Distance Learning Perceptions and Concerns of Superintendents and High School Prinicipals in Iowa
… Students are taking courses predominately for college credit. Administrators' main concern focused on studen/teacher interactions. School administrators are overwhelmingly in the stage of awareness. Conclusions: School administrators are unaware of the implications specific to Web-based …
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Identification of high risk telecourse students utilizing locus of control and learning style
… review of the literature regarding telecourses, college attrition, Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI), and Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (RIELC). Examined were students' locus of control as measured by the RIELC, learning style as measured by Kolb's LSI, and demographic …
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