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Community colleges continuously look for methods to increase the possibilities of student success and retention. This study examined the success of students in developmental courses and college-level courses while they were taking both levels of courses concurrently. The researcher defined success as students completing both the developmental coursework and general education courses with a 2.0 grade point average or greater on a 4.0 grading scale. Using the same definition of success, the researcher also examined the relationship ethnicity and students’ successful completion of developmental courses as well as the relationship between age and student success in developmental courses. The study included an analysis of data from one community college over a three-year span to determine relationships of success in developmental reading, writing, and math courses and success in general education courses taken concurrently. The results of the study suggested that in 16 of the 24 developmental and general education courses, when students were successful in the developmental courses, they were successful in their general education courses. There was a relationship found between ethnicity and one developmental course, and a relationship between age and one developmental course. |
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