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Chunking professional-technical programs to create pathways to degree completion in community colleges

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Dins, Kate

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The purpose of this study was to explore the phenomenon of community colleges creating pathways to degree completion in professional-technical programs by breaking degree programs into smaller portions, referred to as "chunks." The purpose or possible advantage of chunking was that it would improve the rate of degree completion among...

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in 1995 were 10.8%, compared to 28.4% for Caucasian students (Bailey, Jacobs, Jenkins, & Leinback
Relationships and Expectations for Educational Achievement of Foster Youth

Creator:

Calvert, Robert C. (Robert Christian)

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Youth in foster care often perform at lower levels academically than those not in foster care. Prior research on the nature of the relationships that affect former foster youth's educational path has been inconclusive. Though it is widely believed that positive relationships with faculty, staff and peers is beneficial for...

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& Hauser, 2011). Jacob and Wilder suggested that the gap between educational expectations and achievement