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Race For Completion: Success Courses Components Fostering Successful Community College Completion, Brenda Roland
Race For Completion: Success Courses Components Fostering Successful Community College Completion, Brenda Roland
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The purpose of this research was to identify the components of first-year first semester college success courses specifically designed to foster student success in single campus Illinois community colleges. The study provides a historical background of community colleges as it develops a context for the need for college success courses. A qualitative case study approach was used. The research conceptual framework encompassed Alexander Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement (IEO), Stufflebeam’s Theory of Course and Program Evaluation (CIPP), and The Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) seven key principles for student success to analyze the findings.
To generate qualitative data …