Nearly half of all college students and the majority of college students of color begin their
studies at 2-year colleges. The educational quality that these students experience will affect …

Success rates in non-majors introductory biology courses tend to be lower than those in
courses for majors. The use of student learning ePortfolios correlates with increased …

Purpose Online resources can be helpful for students and can augment the content
presented in learning environments. A team consisting of four biologists, a graduate student …

Scholars widely agree that community-engaged learning can significantly improve the
learning experience for students while simultaneously having a positive impact on the …

The purpose of this article is to describe a model for teaching introductory biology
coursework within the Vision and Change framework (American Association for the …

The purpose of this study was to investigate four constructs of engagement (affective,
behavioral, cognitive, and social) within an Honors Biology flipped learning environment …

Student engagement plays a central role in educational effectiveness and strong empirical
support relates it to learning achievements. This paper reports an exploratory study on three …

A MIXED METHODS STUDY EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF A REDESIGNED BIOLOGY
COURSE ON STUDENTS AND FACULTY A Dissertation by JASMIN D. F Page 1 A MIXED …

The growth among for-profit colleges reached record numbers over the past 25 years. In
2011, the industry leader reported over 400,000 students enrolled, making it the second …

Completion rates for first-generation community college students continue to be of concern
for higher education leaders. Only one out of five students at community colleges obtain their …