Resources for Further Inquiry

First Year Resources

Acevedo-Gil, Nancy & Desiree Zerquera. (2016). Community College First-Year Experience Programs: Examining Student Access, Experience, and Success from the Student Perspective: Community College First-Year Experience Programs. New Directions for Community Colleges. (175):71-82. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307615490_Community_College_First-Year_Experience_Programs_Examining_Student_Access_Experience_and_Success_from_the_Student_Perspective_Community_College_First-Year_Experience_Programs.

Dadgar, M. et. al. (2017). Bringing Student Voices to Guided Pathways Inquiry and Design Findings From Student Focus Groups at Two California Community Colleges.  Oakland, CA: Career Ladders Project. https://www.careerladdersproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Bringing-Student-Voices-to-Guided-Pathways-Inquiry-and-Design.pdf

Mecur Karp, Melinda et. al. (2016). Redesigning a First Year Seminar for Sustained Impact CCRC Working Paper No. 81 New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.  https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/redesigning-student-success-course-sustained-impact.html 

Mecur Karp, Melinda & Georgia West Stacey. (2013). Student Success Courses for Sustained Impact (2013) New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center. https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/student-success-courses-for-sustained-impact.pdf

Weiss, M., et. al. (2014). A Random Assignment Evaluation of Learning Communities at Kingsborough Community College—Seven Years Later.  Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 8(2):189-217. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276931739_A_Random_Assignment_Evaluation_of_Learning_Communities_at_Kingsborough_Community_College-Seven_Years_Later.