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Out on a limb : Serving students at one community college branch campus

Creator:

Norby, Paula

Abstract:

More than any other single factor, access to community college education depends on proximity. The advent of the community college branch campus has opened higher education to broader segments of the population. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to discover services that students who attend a branch campus...

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Dissertation

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Paula Norby for the degree
The influence of participating in a mandatory mixed-format student success seminar on persistence in an urban community college

Creator:

Mendoza, James A.

Abstract:

Over the past twenty years, the national three-year graduation rate for community college students has ranged from 44% to roughly 31% in 2013 (NCES, 2013). As a way to address such low graduation rates, colleges have implemented a myriad of services and programs (i.e., tutoring, mentoring, etc.). Another intervention is...

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Dissertation

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research. I am grateful to Dr. Alex Sanchez, Dr. Carol Mallory-Smith, Dr. Paula Norby, and Dr. Janet