Factors promoting academic success among African American and white male community college students

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (142) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athena I. Perrakis
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
African American ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
White Male

“Helping Me Learn New Things Every Day”: The Power of Community College Students’ Writing Across Genres

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-76
Author(s):  
Tanzina Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Linguistically Diverse Students ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Genre Knowledge

Although community colleges are important entry points into higher education for many American students, few studies have investigated how community college students engage with different genres or develop genre knowledge. Even fewer have connected students’ genre knowledge to their academic performance. The present article discusses how 104 ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse students reported on classroom genre experiences and wrote stories about college across three narrative genres (Letter, Best Experience, Worst Experience). Findings suggest that students’ engagement with classroom genres in community college helped them develop rhetorical reading and writing skills. When students wrote about their college lives across narrative genres, they reflected on higher education in varied ways to achieve differing sociocultural goals with distinct audiences. Finally, students’ experience with classroom and narrative genres predicted their GPA, implying that students’ genre knowledge signals and influences their academic success. These findings demonstrate how diverse students attending community college can use genres as resources to further their social and academic development.

scholarly journals Student Perceptions of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Academic Success: A Comparison between University and Community College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. p16
Author(s):  
Rose, Stephanie F. ◽  
Christian, Samantha A. ◽  
Sego, Anita ◽  
Demers, Denise
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
University Students ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
College And University

Very little evidence addresses college students’ perceptions of mental health and supportive services available to assist them with being academically successful since the COVID-19 pandemic began. This is also true for comparing community college students and university students. This study examines the concepts of how COVID-19 has impacted overall student-perceptions of their mental health. Data on perceptions was collected from both community college and university students. A total of 932 students completed a survey regarding their views of mental health, academic success and supportive services Relationships between perceived mental health and supportive services rendered significant findings. Perceived differences between perceived mental health and supportive services were also significantly significant in the data. Recommendations for future research is also explored.

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