التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
ACT 101 SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM: AN ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT SUCCESS FOLLOWING ONE YEAR OF PARTICIPATION |
| المؤلفون: |
Homel, Sandy M. |
| المساهمون: |
Caldwell, Corrinne A., Partlow, Michelle Chaplin, Schifter, Catherine, Ducette, Joseph P., Jordan, Will J. |
| بيانات النشر: |
Temple University Libraries |
| سنة النشر: |
2013 |
| المجموعة: |
Temple University Digital Collections |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Community college education, developmental education, remediation, social mobility, summer bridge program |
| الوصف: |
Educational Administration ; Ed.D. ; This quantitative study assessed student success by examining the academic progress of Act 101 summer bridge program subjects who completed two semesters in a suburban mid-Atlantic community college. The study compared qualified students who participated in the Act 101 program to Act 101 students who did not participate in the seven week academic experience in order to determine whether the program made a significant difference in the academic progress of these first year participants by reviewing the number of developmental courses required, assessing their semester one and semester two grade point averages, end of year credits, and retention rate over a five year period of time. A third group of students who did not qualify for the Act 101 program but met the admission requirements because of similar socio-economic and academic demographics were included for comparison purposes. The study also determined whether there were any significant differences in the level of success among the three groups based on student demographics including age, gender, ethnicity, and educational attainment of both the mother and the father. The outcomes of the study provide insight and infer policy implications: whether Act 101 students are likely to increase or reduce the prevailing pattern of proclivity for social reproduction. Act 101 summer bridge programs, targeted at college-bound freshman who are not college-ready, has a long history. Over forty years ago Honorable K. Leroy Irvis, then majority leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, recognized that many residents of the Commonwealth were unable to pursue higher education due to prevailing social conditions. With the support of the State Black Conference on Higher Education, he created the 1971 Higher Education Equal Opportunity Act, frequently referred to as Act 101, to provide additional assistance. The summer experience is focused on academics including writing, reading, mathematics, study skills, time management, ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
thesis |
| وصف الملف: |
Application/PDF; 508451 Bytes |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
11482; http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/216522Test |
| الإتاحة: |
http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/216522Test |
| حقوق: |
The author has granted Temple University a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce his or her dissertation, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. This permission is granted in addition to rights granted to ProQuest. The author retains all other rights. |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.3BB5B475 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
