Community and Diversity in Urban Community Colleges: Coursetaking Among Entering Students
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Community College Review
- Vol. 30 (4), 21-46
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009155210303000402
Abstract
Maxwell, Hagedorn, Cypers, Moon, Brocato, Wahl, and Prather (pp. 21-46) This study examines a sample of 15 courses in relation to 4 variables of student characteristics: gender, ethnicity, age, and full-time or part-time status. Transcripts were analyzed for 6,196 first-semester students from 9 urban colleges. The strongest relations found were between curriculum and ethnicity. Findings raise questions about student dispersal and concentration, campus community, and first-semester attrition.Keywords
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