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PERSISTENCE AMONG LOW INCOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
by
Arvid E. Spor
________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Arvid E. Spor
Object Description
| Title | Persistence among low income community college students |
| Author | Spor, Arvid E. |
| Author email | aspor@elcamino.edu; spor@roadrunner.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-09-05 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-08-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hocevar, Dennis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sundt, Melora Hagedorn, Linda |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study is to determine if academic and social integration of low income urban community college students leads to significantly higher grade point averages, levels of intention to transfer and transfer readiness of these integrated students. Data was mined from a 2001 study known as the Transfer of Urban and Community College Students (TRUCCS) project. The TRUCCS project collected data on over 5,000 community college students from the Los Angeles Community College District in 2001.; This study examines the retention theories of Vincent Tinto, Ernest Pascarella, and John Bean as a framework to conducting the research and findings in this dissertation. The results of this study show that academically and socially integrated students of all socio-economic backgrounds do obtain higher average GPAs, intend to transfer to a university at a higher rate, and complete more transferable courses than community college students who are not academically and socially integrated. |
| Keyword | student persistence; community college; low income |
| Geographic subject | school districts: Los Angeles Community College District |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1573 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Spor, Arvid E. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Spor-2102 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Spor-2102.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | PERSISTENCE AMONG LOW INCOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS by Arvid E. Spor ________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2008 Copyright 2008 Arvid E. Spor |
