Equitizing the Noncredit divisions of southern California community colleges: Identifying significant predictors of attrition and persistence for noncredit students

<p>Nationally, noncredit community college students account for forty-seven percent of the community college population yet very little is known about this group of adult learners. This investigation quantitatively analyzes noncredit student data from two California community colleges to understand who is enrolling in noncredit courses and what factors contribute to their decision to persist towards program completion or withdraw from their studies. Several quantitative examinations involving Chi Square and Cramer’s V analysis, ANOVA, andwere conducted to confirm that, like other highly nontraditional higher education students, a collection of independent variables is impacting attrition.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Psychology, PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Restricted to Claremont Colleges Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Educational Studies

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Williams, Rhonda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Linda Perkins
• David Drew

• adult learners
• attrition
• community colleges
• noncredit education
• nontraditional students
• persistence

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/309

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1267