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Browsing by Author "Barnett, Elisabeth A."

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    Can High School Transition Courses Help Students Avoid College Remediation? Estimating the Impact of a Transition Program in a Large Urban District
    Trimble, Medeline Joy; Pheatt, Lara; Papikyan, Tatev; Barnett, Elisabeth A. (Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017-12-01)
    This study examines the effectiveness of math and English transition courses with added supports through the At Home in College program in New York City, which was developed by the City University of New York. Taken together, the findings suggest that offering the program is likely neutral to mildly beneficial and at least not harmful to high school seniors. Yet because the counterfactual circumstance typically includes a college-preparatory course of some kind that is displaced in favor of the treatment, it is important for policymakers and educators implementing transition courses to carefully consider the unintended consequences of removing students from alternative courses.
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    Faculty Validation and Persistence Among Nontraditional Community College Students
    Barnett, Elisabeth A. (Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University, 2008-02-01)
    This article examines the extent to which community college students' experiences with validation by faculty contributed to their sense of academic integration in college and their intent to persist in college. Previous research on persistence has focused on student characteristics, academic preparedness, financial challenges, or out-of-class experiences; until now, faculty's role in influencing student persistence decisions has been largely unstudied.
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    Rethinking Dual Enrollment to Reach More Students
    Zinth, Jennifer; Barnett, Elisabeth A. (Education Commission of the States, 2018-05-01)
    This Promising Practices report discusses state approaches that systematically broaden dual enrollment access and provide pre-collegiate experiences to middle- and lower-achieving students.