Isaac Newton and Student College Completion

Autor/in	Tinto, Vincent
Titel	Isaac Newton and Student College Completion
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 15 (2013) 1, S.1-7 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
DOI	10.2190/CS.15.1.a
Schlagwörter	Graduation; Graduation Rate; College Credits; College Students; Physics; Community Colleges; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abschluss; Graduierung; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Collegestudent; Physik; Community college; Community College
Abstract	Success in college is built upon classroom success, but success in the classroom does not in itself ensure college completion. Completion arises from success in a sequence of classes one after another over time. It does so most frequently when students are presented with coherent course pathways to degree completion, are able to gain degree credit momentum in the first year, and are provided support along those pathways. Unfortunately, while many institutions focus their efforts on classroom success, especially during the first year of college, few have paid attention to helping students gain momentum and move quickly through their degree programs. Given the increasing use of measures of student progress in state accountability systems, colleges would be well advised to heed the wisdom of Sir Isaac Newton's observation over three hundred years ago that objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01