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Coaching Toward Completion: Academic/Success Coaching Factors Influencing Student Outcomes in 15 Ohio Community Colleges

Pechac, Sharmaine Yvette, Pechac
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1500803170985842

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.
Aligned with the American Association of Community College’s 21st Century Initiative for community college completion, coaching has emerged in higher education as a promising practice in student support services, credited with increasing student progress, retention, and completion. Though a relatively new service compared to such student support services as counseling and advising, hundreds of colleges and universities have implemented coaching programs. However, little is known about the practice of coaching, including the frequency, nature, and modes of contact as they relate to student perseverance and degree or certificate completion. This study fills this gap in the literature using data analysis from 5,808 students from 15 Ohio-based community colleges engaged in the Ohio Association of Community Colleges Coaches Program and framed by Astin’s Theory of Involvement and Bourdieu’s Social Capital Theory. Results of the study found 17 of 52 variables influenced the study’s criterion variable, credit-hour completion. The large sample population and multi-campus nature of this study contributes to the literature and adds significantly to the discussion on the impact of academic success coaching in higher education.
Snejana Slantcheva-Durst (Committee Chair)
Ronald Opp (Committee Member)
Michael Snider (Committee Member)
Julie Fischer-Kinney (Committee Member)
Community College Education; Higher Education

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  • Pechac, Pechac, S. Y. (2017). Coaching Toward Completion: Academic/Success Coaching Factors Influencing Student Outcomes in 15 Ohio Community Colleges [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1500803170985842

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pechac, Pechac, Sharmaine. Coaching Toward Completion: Academic/Success Coaching Factors Influencing Student Outcomes in 15 Ohio Community Colleges. 2017. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1500803170985842.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pechac, Pechac, Sharmaine. "Coaching Toward Completion: Academic/Success Coaching Factors Influencing Student Outcomes in 15 Ohio Community Colleges." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1500803170985842

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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