Fulfilling the Promise of the Community College : Increasing First-year Student Engagement and Success

Brown, Thomas (EDT); King, Margaret C. (EDT); Stanley, Patricia (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1889271748 / ISBN 13: 9781889271743

Published by National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fulfilling the Promise of the Community College : Increasing First-year Student Engagement and Success
• Publisher: National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889271748
• ISBN 13: 9781889271743
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Published in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges

For the past three decades, American higher education has paid increasing attention to the beginning college experience -- to ensuring that entering students make a successful transition to college. Yet, much of the extant research and practice literature focuses on the experience of first-year students entering four-year colleges and universities. Fulfilling the Promise of the Community College is one of the first volumes to take a comprehensive look at the first-year experience in the community college, examining the unique characteristics of these institutions and the students they serve, barriers to success, and strategies for ensuring that students achieve their higher education goals. Authors describe successful adaptations of faculty development initiatives, first-year seminars, common reading programs, academic and career advising, learning communities, and STEM initiatives in the community college setting.

About the Author

Margaret C. King