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Online Textbook Use And Online Student Success Rates In Community College, Diane M. Hilbert
Online Textbook Use And Online Student Success Rates In Community College, Diane M. Hilbert
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Online student success rates in community colleges have continued to fall below student success rates for their on-campus counterparts. The purpose of this causal-comparative quantitative study was to determine the difference in student success between students who used a hardcopy textbook for an online U.S. history course and students who used an online textbook at an urban community college in Texas while also investigating the influence of gender and ethnicity. Secondary data collected included final course grades from the course over a 10-year period with 9,115 students. The theoretical foundation focused on the deliberate construction of online course design and …
Minority Student Growth And Development In A Rural 4-Year College, Aisha Hall
Minority Student Growth And Development In A Rural 4-Year College, Aisha Hall
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
At a Mid-Atlantic, 4-year, rural, higher education institution, the minority student population, 25%, is growing compared to the 9% of minority faculty representation. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of minority faculty and students regarding student learning associated with minority students’ relationships to minority faculty. Critical race theory was used as part of the conceptual framework which provides a narrative on the perspectives of race and dispels myths, racial beliefs, and misrepresentations of the truth. Social learning theory was also used as part of the conceptual framework because it explains how social influences impact the beliefs …