Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Education
Career-Focused Course Sequencing And Retention To Graduation In A Tennessee Community College, Samuel S. Rowell
Career-Focused Course Sequencing And Retention To Graduation In A Tennessee Community College, Samuel S. Rowell
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to identify course sequencing associated with Industrial Technology Associate of Applied Science students who persisted to graduation at Northeast State Community College (NSCC) in Blountville, TN. The participants in this study were first-time full-time freshman Advanced Technology students whose 3-year program of study at NSCC happened during the years of 2009-2012, 2010-2013, and 2011-2014. Participants were divided into 2 groups, students who graduated (completers) and students who did not graduate (noncompleters). The researcher examined student persistence to graduation. Data for this study were obtained from the college’s information database.
The predictive variables used included …