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Title: A Good Start: Two-Year Effects of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College
Language: English
Authors: Scrivener, Susan, Bloom, Dan, LeBlanc, Allen, Paxson, Christina, Rouse, Cecilia Elena, Sommo, Colleen, Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.
Source: MDRC. 2008.
Availability: MDRC. 16 East 34th Street 19th Floor, New York, NY 10016-4326. Tel: 212-532-3200; Fax: 212-684-0832; e-mail: publications@mdrc.org; Web site: http://www.mdrc.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 162
Publication Date: 2008
Sponsoring Agency: Robin Hood Foundation, New York, NY.
Ambrose Monell Foundation, New York, NY.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc., New York, NY.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY.
Intended Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers
Document Type: Information Analyses
Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Community Programs, Low Income Groups, College Outcomes Assessment, School Holding Power, Program Implementation, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, College Freshmen, Intervention, Sampling, Student Characteristics
Geographic Terms: New York
Abstract: At Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, freshmen were placed in groups of up to 25 who took three classes together during their first semester: an English class, usually at the developmental level; an academic course, such as health or psychology; and a one-credit orientation course. The program also provided enhanced counseling and tutoring and a textbook voucher. Kingsborough's program is part of MDRC's Opening Doors demonstration, which is testing interventions at six community colleges designed to help low-income students stay in school and succeed. Opening Doors is the first large-scale study of community college programs to use a random assignment design of program evaluation. The report concludes that the jury is still out on whether learning communities improve students' persistence in school. The document includes five appendixes: (1) Supplementary Table for Sample Intake and Characteristics and Data Sources; (2) Survey Response Analysis; (3) Description of Scales Presented in Effects on Educational Outcomes; (4) Supplementary Tables for Effects on Educational Outcomes; and (5) Description of Scales Presented in Social, Psychological, and Health Outcomes. (Contains 5 figures and 25 tables. Individual chapters and appendixes contain footnotes.) [This document was written with: Jenny Au, Jedediah J. Teres, and Susan Yeh. Additional support for the dissemination of MDRC publications was provided by The Starr and Citi Foundations.]
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