Research Guides: Student Success at Community Colleges: Pathfinder

Assignment

Against the Odds
This is the assignment from Dean Nasse.

Write a documented argument that will persuade the reader that you will overcome the statistical realities of attending a community college and succed in accomplishing your stated academic goal(s). The purpose of this essay is for you to write a documented argument that convinces the audience, that, despite the low rates of success, you will earn your desired college credential within 6 or 4 years depending on the goal.

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Keywords

Academic Achievement

Accountability

Academic Persistence

African American Students

At Risk Students

Barriers

Community Colleges

Educational Strategies

Graduation Rates

Hispanic American Students

Minority Groups

Student Attitudes

Student Characteristics

Student Motivation

Student Success

Two year Schools

Remember that you can combine two

or more of these keywords to narrow

your search, like:

Minority Groups and Graduation Rates.

Research Topics

What specific barriers do students encounter to succeed in their educational goals and how can they overcome them?

What characterisitcs do successful students have that could be used to overcome obstacles to succeed at educational goals?

What obstacles do at risk or minority students face to succeed at college and how can they overcome them?

What educational strategies can a student develop to become successful with their classes and goals?

What barriers do students face who are the first in their families to attend college and how can they overcome them?

How does motivation effect student success and how can a student develop more motivation?

Are there differences between students at two and four year colleges that effect student success?

Are there difference between two and four year colleges that effect student success?

Are there programs at Broward College and what do they provide that could help students succeed at their educational goals?

Are there programs at other educational institutions that help students to succeed at their educational goals?

Books at your Library

College success guaranteed : 5 rules to make it happen by Gauld, Malcolm
Call Number: 378.198 GA
ISBN: 1610480422
Publication Date: 2011
The community college advantage : your guide to a low-cost, high-reward college experience by Melville, Diane
Call Number: 378.154309 ME
ISBN: 1402279825
Publication Date: May 7, 2013
At-risk students : transforming student behavior by Beach, Charisse
Call Number: 371.93 BE
ISBN: 1475807074
Publication Date: 2014

eBooks

Getting Straight 'A's by Richard Palmer
ISBN: 9780415356237
Publication Date: 2005-10-19

Packed full of invaluable and practical advice, tips, quizzes and self-assessment exercises for fifteen to eighteen year olds, this guide, written with the keenest and most ambitious students in mind, will help you to maximise your academic potenitial and achieve the results you need. Written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this study guide will help you to: assess your own strengths and weaknesses make the best use of available resources effectively manage your time and prioritise your workload develop essay-writing and note-taking skills excel in exams and coursework. Considered a natural companion to the author's highly successful Brain Train, this book maximises academic potential both in coursework and exams amongst GCSE and AS/A-level students, effectively, simply, and without exhausting and counter-productive effort.
How Minority Students Experience College by Lemuel W. Watson
ISBN: 9781579220488
Publication Date: 2002-01-01

"I feel like they act like they're so diverse and multicultural.This is not a representation of how it is for people who go here.""I know of several occasions, if it weren't for several faculty of color, I don't know how I would have made it from one day to the next." -- from student interviewsHave three decades of integration and multicultural initiatives in higher education delivered a better education to all students? Are majority and minority students reaping similar benefits, specifically in predominantly white colleges? Do we know what a multicultural campus should look like, and how to design one that is welcoming to all students and promotes a learning environment?Through a unique qualitative study involving seven colleges and universities considered national models of commitment to diversity, this book presents the views and voices of minority students on what has been achieved and what remains to be done. The direct quotations that form the core of this book give voice to Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American and bi-racial students. They offer in their own words their perceptions of their campus cultures and practices, the tensions they encounter and what works for them.Rather than elaborating or recommending specific models or solutions, this book aims to provide insights that will enable the reader better to understand and articulate the issues that need to be addressed to achieve a well-adapted multicultural campus.Presidents, academic affairs professionals, student affairs personnel and faculty concerned with equity and diversity will find this book helpful and enlightening.
Reversing Underachievement among Gifted Black Students by Donna Y. Ford
ISBN: 9780807735350
Publication Date: 1996-06-01

Suggested Databases

ERIC (EBSCO)
ERIC is a guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, with information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). ERIC records now include full-text documents, theses and dissertations from the ERIC Digest at no extra charge.
Education Source
Education Full Text™ provides full-text articles from more than 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete provides full-text for more than 4,650 publications, including full-text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue each week, ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science. Forty-four reports produced each year, including four expanded reports. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles.

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