The Identification of Motivational Factors Influencing Community College Enrollment Based on Student Gender, Age at Time of Enrollment, and Familial Level of Educational Attainment

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Patrice R. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community College ◽  
New York ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
College Recruitment ◽  
Student Gender ◽  
City Community ◽  
Academic Motivation Scale

Prospective college students have many options to choose from when deciding which type of higher education institution to attend. What compels potential students to enroll in a community college as opposed to other higher education institutions is unknown. The purpose of the study was to explore the academic motivation of students currently enrolled in a New York City community college using the Academic Motivation Scale College Version. In addition, the study examined the relations between academic motivation and student gender, age at time of enrollment, and familial level of educational attainment. Results from the present study may provide justification for incorporating dimensions of motivation into community college campus life for future students as well as benefit community college recruitment, retention, and completion efforts.

scholarly journals Ecology and Geology of the Greater Yellowstone Area

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 243-244
Author(s):  
Anthony Stancampiano
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community College ◽  
Education System ◽  
National Park ◽  
Oklahoma City ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
City Area ◽  
City Community ◽  
Greater Yellowstone Area ◽  
Greater Yellowstone

Each spring, near the end of May, students enrolled in BIO 2004- Special Topics in Ecology- at Oklahoma City Community College, are honored to experience 5-6 days at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) is a metropolitan 2-year college serving the greater Oklahoma City area. OCCC is the 5th largest campus in terms of FTE in the Oklahoma higher education system. The college serves a diversity of students including a traditional and nontraditional enrollment.

scholarly journals Cultural Self-Identification within the Millennial Market: A Qualitative Examination

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Lori M. Thanos, D.B.A. ◽  
Sylvia D. Clark, Ph.D.
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Cultural Pluralism ◽  
City Community ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Original Family ◽  
Cultural Self

The goal of this study was to examine the degree of cultural self-identification among a sample of U.S. Millennials attending a New York City community college. A case study technique using personal interviews was employed, based on input from twelve Millennials in attendance at a large, public community college in New York City. The object was to explore participants’ knowledge regarding their cultural affiliations’ effects on ethnic food purchases and consumption. Results showed Millennials’ cultural self-identification with cultures differing from their original family background, as well as their knowledge of cultural pluralism. Participants tended to select ethnic foods from one culture above all other cultures. Findings from the present study buttress cultural pluralism as a segmentation method and can assist in development of marketing stratagem, while also furnishing an invaluable contribution to current literature.

“Free College:” A New and Improved State Approach to Increasing Educational Attainment?

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (14) ◽  
pp. 1740-1756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura W. Perna ◽  
Elaine W. Leigh ◽  
Stephanie Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
New York ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Education Finance ◽  
Higher Education Finance ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Higher Education Attainment ◽  
State Context

“Free college” has emerged in some states as a new approach for increasing educational attainment. But, these and other states have long had initiatives designed to improve college affordability. To inform how state free tuition programs may improve affordability, increase attainment, and close gaps across groups in attainment, this article begins by providing an overview of the role of state policy in promoting attainment, with particular attention to higher education finance policies. Recognizing the utility of examining free tuition policies within the larger state context, we describe recent initiatives in Tennessee, Oregon, and New York. Given their recent establishment, it is too early to conclude whether state-sponsored free tuition policies improve higher education attainment or close gaps in attainment across groups. We consider emerging and potential outcomes, building on themes drawn from across the three cases and research on other higher education finance policies. We conclude by offering questions to guide policy makers, practitioners, and researchers in further consideration of these policies.

scholarly journals Reading Immigration with The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

2018 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 68-70
Author(s):  
Emily Schnee
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Composition Courses ◽  
Developmental English ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
City Community

This Teaching Note describes using The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez to spark critical inquiry about immigration in developmental English and composition courses at a New York City community college.

scholarly journals SOCIOLOGICAL MEDIA: MAXIMIZING STUDENT INTEREST IN QUANTITATIVE METHODS VIA COLLABORATIVE USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-88
Author(s):  
Frederick T. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
New York ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
City Community ◽  
Industry Standard ◽  
Advance Student ◽  
Chi Square Test

College sociology lecturers are tasked with inspiring student interest in quantitative methods despite widespread student anxiety about the subject, and a tendency for students to relieve classroom anxiety through habitual web browsing. In this paper, the author details the results of a pedagogical program whereby students at a New York City community college used industry-standard software to design, conduct, and analyze sociological surveys of one another, with the aim of inspiring student interest in quantitative methods and enhancing technical literacy. A chi-square test of independence was performed to determine the effect of the pedagogical process on the students’ ability to discuss sociological methods unrelated to their surveys in their final papers, compared with the author’s students from the previous semester who did not undergo the pedagogical program. The relation between these variables was significant, χ 2(3, N=36) = 9.8, p = .02. Findings suggest that community college students, under lecturer supervision, with minimal prior statistical knowledge, and access to digital media can collaborate in small groups to create and conduct sociological surveys, and discuss methods and results in limited classroom time. College sociology lecturers, instead of combatting student desire to use digital media, should harness this desire to advance student mastery of quantitative methods. Key words: community college, digital media, sociological methods, transformative pedagogy.

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