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THE ACADEMIC GOALS, COURSE REPETITION, AND COMPLETION
RATIOS OF ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
IN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
by
Elton Ken-Ing Hom
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
May 2007
Copyright 2007 Elton Ken-Ing Hom
Object Description
| Title | The academic goals, course repetition, and completion |
| Author | Hom, Elton Ken-Ing |
| Author email | ehom8@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-09-07 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-02-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Maxwell, William E. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rideout, William M., Jr. Gothold, Stuart E. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the Asian and Latino international student population within the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Through the use of academic transcripts and the Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students (TRUCCS) survey questionnaire, this study examined international students and the effect of race, gender, academic goals, and marital status on course completion ratio. The study also sought to find the top three courses repeated by international students in the LACCD.; The study found that, in terms of course completion ratio and academic goals, the Asian and Latino groups were very similar despite the slight and statistically insignificant differences. However, when looking exclusively within the Asian population, gender yielded statistically significant correlations with course completion ratio. Within the Latino population, the same independent variables yielded no statistically significant correlations with course completion ratio. The study also found that the three most repeated courses were lower-level English courses: English 021 and English 028 (both remedial level), and English 101 (the first in the English course sequence to count for transfer credit).; This study was significant because it specifically examined international students enrolled in community colleges, a student population rarely studied. The findings of this study were based on students' academic transcripts. This study also provided information on the characteristics of Asian and Latino international students with several public and educational policy implications regarding the capacity of all institutions of higher education to: accommodate the impact of course repetition; offer remedial coursework; develop a new system of identifying national origins; and assess student academic preparedness.; This study's research design consisted of a paper questionnaire developed by the TRUCCS project, a three-year, longitudinal study of 5000 community college students at nine campuses in a large metropolitan district. The study began in the academic year of 2000 and lasted until 2003 (including winter and summer sessions) with the intent to study the goals, success and academic patterns of students across 241 classrooms in the LACCD. |
| Keyword | Two-year colleges; International students; Course completion ratio |
| 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 |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m242 |
| Rights | Hom, Elton Ken-Ing |
| 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-Hom-20070207 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume17/etd-Hom-20070207.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | THE ACADEMIC GOALS, COURSE REPETITION, AND COMPLETION RATIOS OF ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES by Elton Ken-Ing Hom 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 May 2007 Copyright 2007 Elton Ken-Ing Hom |
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