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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. 

Institutional Studies

Read compelling data from twenty seven colleges and universities using the On Course textbook.

 

These studies demonstrate increases in retention, success and persistence rates as high as 27%.

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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
The On Course Workshop was the most productive learning experience I have had in years.
Kelli Rush
Faculty, Business
Campbellsville University, KY
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
You have created a workshop that, in my 25 years of professional development, is by far the best experience I’ve ever had.
Jennifer Meehl
Academic Advisor
Landmark College, VT
My first day back I plunged into using On Course materials and methods with my students, and they LOVED it!! And I LOVED it! Thank you so much on behalf of myself and all of my present and future students!
Stephanie Schwartz
Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA
I have attended a lot of workshops and conferences–On Course is by far the best!
Debbie Alford,
Director, Title III and Success Center
Southwestern Illinois College, IL
Thank you for making me a better teacher.
Gregory Walker
Faculty, Anatomy and Physiology
El Camino College Compton Center, CA
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
Our college needs to offer this workshop for all faculty, full and part-time.
John McGill
Associate Dean, Biology
York Technical College, SC
Ways I think the workshop could be improved? You can’t improve on perfect!
Dan VillaireFaculty, EnglishSaginaw Valley State UniversityMI

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