Engaging Students in Community College: Learning Communities and Student Groups
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Authors
Davis, Judith R.
Issue Date
2024
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Issue
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Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Academic Self-Efficacy , Learning Community , Voluntary Student Groups
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Abstract
Completion rates in higher education have historically been low. Colleges and universities have tried many different programs, offerings, degrees, schedules, and more to encourage their students to stay enrolled, complete their programs, and graduate. One such offering is the learning community, a grouping of incoming students into cohorts with specialized schedules and services. Another offering is Voluntary Student Groups. This study examined how group membership, in either LCs or VSGs, affected academic self-efficacy. Academic self-efficacy is a predictor of retention and completion and was thus a logical variable for this study. The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare the academic self-efficacy in students participating in Learning Communities and Voluntary Student Groups. This study found that membership in Learning Communities was correlated with aspects of academic self-efficacy such as connection to the college and connection to peers while membership in Voluntary Student Groups is weakly correlated with connection to peers but no other areas of self-efficacy. Keywords: Learning Community, Voluntary Student Groups, academic self-efficacy
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2024
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Creighton University
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