Examining the Retention of Nontraditional Latino(a) Students in a Career-Based Learning Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12774179 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Sandoval-Lucero (0000-0002-6010-2055, Community College of Aurora, corresponding author), Johanna B Maes (University of Colorado Boulder), Ritu V Chopra (0009-0006-4678-042X, University of Colorado Denver) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 299-316 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Hispanic Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1538-1927 • E-ISSN: 1552-5716 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1538192711414909 |
| OpenAlex | W2100337133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Learning communities are designed to increase student persistence and academic achievement and are a retention strategy to increase these outcomes for 1st-year college students. This article examines the educational outcomes for a learning community specifically designed for nontraditional Latina(o) students enrolled in a grant-funded program to become bilingual teachers. The learning community model was a grant objective. Student evaluations, retention, and graduation rates were analyzed to examine the effectiveness of the learning community
Academic achievement · Community college · Graduation (instrument · Learning community · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Persistence (discontinuity · Retention rate · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology
Latino student transition to college
Research design
Latino Educational Outcomes and the Campus Climate
Building a Latina/o Student Transfer Culture
Study of Successful Latina/o Students
Cultural Adaptation to a University Campus
Organizational Collaboration to Promote College Access
Effectively Educating Latino/a Students
"Mexican Americans Don't Value Education!" On the Basis of the Myth, Mythmaking, and Debunking
Economic Analysis and the Design of Alternative-Route Teacher Education Programs
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |