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PARADISE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Arizona)

PARADISE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (AZ)

Retention Rates for Paradise Valley Community College Students

  Retention of All PVCC Students NOT in
AAA/CPD 115 or CPD 150, the On Course Classes.
Retention of First-Semester
Students in AAA/CPD 115 or CPD 150, the On Course Classes (N=679)
Improved
Retention in the
On Course Classes
Fall 2007 to Spring 2008 57% 74% +17%

[NOTE: Students not in the On Course classes include all other students at the college; thus, many in the non-On Course group have been at the college for multiple semesters and might be expected to have a higher retention rate than first-semester students in the On Course group.]

679 students enrolled in a college success course (AAA/CPD 115 or CPD 150), both of which use the On Course text. 

86% of the students agree or strongly agree that the course has better prepared them for success in college and in life.

88% of the students agree or strongly agree that the course has helped them to improve their self-management skills.

86% of the students agree or strongly agree that the course has helped them to learn how to take charge of their lives.

84% of the students agree or strongly agree that the course has increased their self-motivation.

83% of the students agree or strongly agree that the course has increased their self-awareness. 

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Workshop Testimonials

This workshop should be required for all faculty, staff, and administrators.
Lamar McWaine
Student Life Coordinator
San Jacinto College, TX
Thank you for making me a better teacher.
Gregory Walker
Faculty, Anatomy and Physiology
El Camino College Compton Center, CA
I am going back to campus more empowered and energized.
Tyrone Davidson
Director, Undergraduate Advising
Missouri U of Science & Technology, MO
On a scale of 1-10, I rate the overall value I received from the workshop as a 15.
Deborah Rayner
Faculty, Computer Science
Harford Community College, MD
I told my Dean that if I took every workshop and conference I had ever attended and rolled them into one, it would not equal what I learned and gained from your workshop.
Jan Trollinger
Faculty, English
Paine College, GA
I have never before felt a workshop I attended helped me to teach. This one will!
Lynn Ezzell
Faculty, English
Cape Fear Community College, NC
Since first attending one of the summer retreats in 1997, I’ve held nine On Course workshops for our college, and I plan to offer more.
Philip Rodriquez
Director, Student Affairs
Cerritos College, CA
Our college needs to offer this workshop for all faculty, full and part-time.
John McGill
Associate Dean, Biology
York Technical College, SC
I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
Rodney R. Brooks
Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
This workshop transformed my professional and personal life.
Susan Pitcher
Director, TRIO
Bay College, MI

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