Community College Review articles from September 1999

Community College Review archives from September 1999

The Relationship between Environmental Conditions and Transfer Rates of Selected Rural Community Colleges: A Pilot Study.
September 22, 1999... Defining external and internal environmental conditions as independent variables and institutional transfer rate as the dependent variable, the authors investigate the relationship between transfer rates and conditions that are beyond an...

Forces that Influence Late-Admitted Students.
September 22, 1999... The author used orientational qualitative inquiry to capture advisors' perceptions of students who register late when they enroll in community college. The resulting profile of late-admits developed from semi-structured one-hour interviews with...

Remedial Education and Student Attrition.
September 22, 1999... Data from entering student surveys for the fall 1993, 1994, and 1995 freshmen cohorts at Utah Valley State College and 1998 outcomes data from the college's student information system were analyzed to determine student attrition rates and their...

Underprepared Community College Students: Implications of Attitudinal and Experiential Differences.
September 22, 1999... Data from a freshman survey instrument (CIRP) completed by the 1992 entering cohort of 500 freshmen at a Florida community college and three-year outcomes data from the college's database were analyzed to define differences in college-ready and...

ERIC Review: Effective Elements of Developmental Reading and Writing Programs.
September 22, 1999... The author summarizes the literature on developmental reading and writing programs by discussing strategies for addressing remedial needs and obstacles to remediation. Based on the review, the author defines 16 strategies used by community...

Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges.(Review)
September 22, 1999... Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges by W. Norton Grubb and Associates. Routledge, New York. 1999, 392 pages, $24.99 (Paper) ISBN 0-415-92165-1, $75.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-415-92164. If I don't know I...