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Prepared by Jason Whittle
AAB 355R • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4043
April 30, 2019
Abstract
This analysis looks at the impacts of Salt Lake Community College’s (SLCC) Promise program on three primary student outcomes: term GPA, term Credits and Fall to Fall retention. The Promise program was designed to encourage Pell qualifying students to act like ‘good’ students. To qualify for SLCC’s Promise in addition to qualifying for Pell, a student needs to maintain a passing GPA, enroll in at least 12 credits in a term, and have a Degreeworks plan on file. Because of Promise’s requirements both term GPA and term Credits will be difficult to assess due to extreme self-selection bias (Promise’s requirements automatically select likely good students).
Prepared by Jessie Winitzky-Stephens, Ph.D.
AAB 335 N • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4584
February 26, 2019
Prepared by Keith Araneo-Yowell
AAB 337 • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4716
December 12, 2018
Abstract
The following paper further contextualizes recent findings of a policy analysis of SLCC's concurrent enrollment (CE) students. We show in this paper that CE students earn better grades on average than their traditional counterparts controlling for age and the course that CE and traditional students enroll in.
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AAB-355R • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4043
August 31, 2018
Abstract
This study originated from a previous study on students who fail multiple attempts of the same course. In the previous study it was found that while there are many students who fail courses multiple times, roughly two thirds of students who failed a course in that study never reattempted the failed course...
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AAB-355Q • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4110
September 21, 2017
Abstract
In summer 2016 the math department revised the main course pathway leading to the Quantitative Literacy (QL) graduation requirement. Previously the main pathway was Math 1010 to Math 1050. For many non-STEM students, however, not only was 1010 difficult but 1050 was unnecessarily advanced. Consequently, a new math course sequence—or "mathway"—was developed...
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AAB 337 • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4716
August 21, 2017
Abstract
Guest Student Overrides (**GSO**) represent an option for students who plan to enroll in courses at SLCC for only a short amount time...
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AAB 355-Q • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4110
July 28, 2017
Abstract
SLCC has been offering tutoring services for a number of years. In January 2017, the college began offering online tutoring as well through Brainfuse, which students accessed through their Canvas course pages...
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AAB 337• 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4716
July 19, 2017
Abstract
“The Mulligan Project,” as it has come to be known, is an experimental intervention offered to students in Math 0980...
MorePrepared by Jessie Winitzky-Stephens
AAB 355P • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4584
and Jeff Webb
AAB 355Q • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4110
May 1, 2017
Abstract
This research explores the phenomenon of program-level early transfer, also known as “leakiness”: the extent to which an academic program loses students to other institutions before awarding a degree or certificate...
Prepared by Jason Whittle
AAB 355R • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4043
April 26, 2017
Abstract
This paper discusses the effects that Fall 2016 Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Promise (Promise) had on student retention, GPA, credits attempted and earned...
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AAB 355-Q • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4110
April 15, 2017
Abstract
The Student Writing Center (SWC) at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) offers peer and faculty writing tutoring for students at a number of locations: Redwood, Jordan, South City, West Valley, Library Square and the Academic Literacy Center (in TB on Redwood campus)...
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AAB 355P • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4584
and
Jason Pickavance
TB-322D-E • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-3832
April 10, 2017
Abstract
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is Utah’s largest open enrollment college and as an institution, is concerned about the expense associated with attaining a degree. All students face challenges in paying for their education, but SLCC students tend to have fewer resources to dedicate to school than students at other institutions in the state...
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AAB 355-Q • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4110
March 10, 2017
Abstract
In spring 2016 IRR discovered that the registration status used to identify first-time students for inclusion in the IPEDS cohort had (among other problems) been systematically excluding former concurrent enrollment students...
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AAB 355-R • 4600 S Redwood Road • 801-957-5106
August, 2019
Abstract
General Studies (GS) is the largest pre-major at SLCC for students who achieve the AA/AS degree. There is suspicion that many students who graduate in this program started in other programs...
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AAB 355-Q • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4110
and Jessie Winitzky-Stephens
AAB-355-P•4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4584
Completed 2017
Abstract
Salt Lake Community College offers a college skills course, "Essentials of College Study"(hereafter referenced as CS). Do students who take this course have higher GPAs and graduate at higher rates compared to students who don't?...
MoreJessie Winitzky-Stevens
AAB 355P • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4584
August 1, 2016
Abstract
Placement testing is used by colleges and universities across the country in an effort to make students aware of their abilities so they may register for the proper course...
Prepared by Jeff Webb
AAB-355Q • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4110
March 3, 2016
Abstract
In earlier research we showed that variation in pass rates between math sections was consistent with a random process (“Draft: Variation in Math Student Pass Rate by Section and Instructor,” October 2, 2015). ...
MorePrepared by Jeffrey Aird
AAB 356 • 4600 S Redwood Road • (801) 957-4090
February 1, 2016
Abstract
This report considers two questions: (1) what percentage of students fail our largest courses, and (2) which courses have the highest failure rates? The answers to these questions can be quite complex due to the large differences between students, sections, and instructors...
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