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"Breaking Barriers In Teaching And Learning"- About The Authors, Richard Badenhausen, Hanne Ten Berge, Meg Case, Milton D. Cox, Susan E. Dinan, James Ford, Annmarie Guzy, Matthew Carey Jordan, Leslie G. Kaplan, Barbara J. Millis, Ken R. Mulliken, Dahliani Reynold, Becky L. Spritz, Janina Tosic, Rob Van Der Vaart, Todd Zakrajsek, John Zubizarreta, Jeffrey A. Portnoy

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs: Chapters

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Best Laid Plans: How Community College Student Success Courses Work, Deryl K. Hatch, Naomi Mardock-Uman, Crystal E. Garcia, Mary Johnson

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

Objective: Beyond understanding whether first-year student success interventions in community colleges are effective—for which there is mixed evidence in the literature—this study’s purpose was to uncover how they work to realize observed outcomes, including at times unanticipated undesirable outcomes.

Method: This qualitative multiple case study used cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) to unpack interactions and tensions among programmatic-level features and individual-level experiences and actions. We conducted classroom observation, document analysis, and interviews with instructors and students in four student success courses across diverse contexts.

Results: Regardless of particular designs and course emphases, we found in all cases a blurring of …

Socialization And Mentoring Of Community And Technical College Faculty, Brad Maurice Gilbert

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This case study research examined the socialization and mentoring processes at a community and technical college based on the perspectives of new college faculty members transitioning from career professions. Three main areas were the focus of examination: perceptions of institutional socialization structures and processes; perceived impact of processes on providing discipline content and pedagogical knowledge during integration to institutional norms and culture; and perceived impact of processes on classroom pedagogy and student learning. Interviews with sample faculty members having approximately three to five years experience at a community and technical college, located in the Mid-Atlantic Region, provide representative data for …