Date of Award
Spring 2021
Degree Type
Restricted to Claremont Colleges Dissertation
Degree Name
Psychology, PhD
Program
School of Educational Studies
Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair
June K. Hilton
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Linda Perkins
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
David Drew
Terms of Use & License Information
Rights Information
© Copyright Rhonda Williams, 2021. All rights reserved
Keywords
adult learners, attrition, community colleges, noncredit education, nontraditional students, persistence
Abstract
Nationally, noncredit community college students account for forty-seven percent of the community college population yet very little is known about this group of adult learners. This investigation quantitatively analyzes noncredit student data from two California community colleges to understand who is enrolling in noncredit courses and what factors contribute to their decision to persist towards program completion or withdraw from their studies. Several quantitative examinations involving Chi Square and Cramer’s V analysis, ANOVA, andwere conducted to confirm that, like other highly nontraditional higher education students, a collection of independent variables is impacting attrition.
ISBN
9798759994848
Recommended Citation
Williams, Rhonda. (2021). Equitizing the Noncredit divisions of southern California community colleges: Identifying significant predictors of attrition and persistence for noncredit students. CGU Theses & Dissertations, 309. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/309.
