Reducing community college dropout through comprehensive supports

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
College Dropout ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Key Driver

Providing community college students with a wide range of comprehensive supports, such as counseling, tutoring, and financial assistance, can improve low rates of persistence and graduation. These support programs address many simultaneous barriers that students face, which may be a key driver behind their effectiveness.

Kegan’s Theory of Development Applied to Community College Students

2011 ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Sally Gabb ◽  
Howard Tinberg ◽  
Ron Weisberger
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Developmental Learning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Problem Solvers ◽  
Incoming Students ◽  
Robert Kegan

The current study applies the developmental learning theory of Robert Kegan to the community college classroom. In focusing on the work of community college students, the authors will reflect on the observed cognitive abilities of incoming students and proceed to chart their growth as learners. While acknowledging that community college students represent an extremely wide range of age and experience, the authors chose to study “emerging adults,” those students who, in their late teens, are just at the cusp of achieving a complex view of themselves and others. The authors hope to show that such learners stand a much better chance of evolving into complex thinkers and effective problem-solvers when given a support structure (a bridge) to smooth their way.

Assessing the Efficacy of an Online Stress Management Intervention for Community College Students

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liza N. Meredith ◽  
Patricia A. Frazier ◽  
Jacob A. Paulsen ◽  
Christiaan S. Greer ◽  
Kelli G. Howard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Management Intervention ◽  
Stress Management Intervention

Behavioural Intention to Use Building Information Modelling (BIM) among Community College Students in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-17
Author(s):  
Nor Akmal Mohamad ◽  
Madihah Khalid
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Behavioural Intention ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information

Building information modelling (BIM) is one of the new technologies being used in architectural and constructions projects. At present, BIM curricula are being taught in many Malaysian higher learning institutions, including at the certificate level in community colleges. Even though many studies have investigated behavioural intention to adopt BIM in the industrial setting, studies on the intention to use BIM among students during their training or learning have not received the same level of attention. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which community college students are willing to accept and use BIM. Factors that influenced their behavioural intention to use BIM, as well as the relationship between the factors and intention to use were also examined. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used as the theoretical framework to guide the research, where students’ behavioural intention to use BIM was explained through their perceptions of its usefulness and ease of use, as well as their attitude towards BIM utilization in the classroom. A total of 144 community college students enrolled in the architecture programmes in Malaysia were selected as the sample using convenience sampling. The findings show that the students’ behavioural intention to adopt BIM is high. They also perceive BIM as useful and easy to use, and their attitude towards BIM usage appears to be positive. The regression model produced an adjusted R-squared value of 0.790 indicating that 79% of the total variance in the students’ intention to use BIM can be explained by the three independent variables, i.e., perceived usefulness, ease of use, and attitude. Keywords: Building information modelling, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude, intention to use, behavioural intention, Technology Acceptance Model

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