Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Date

2021

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education

Department

Leadership & Policy Studies

Committee Chair

Ronald Platt

Committee Member

Karen Kitchens

Committee Member

Niles Reddick

Committee Member

Stephan Zanskas

Abstract

AbstractThis study examined the impact of the Tennessee Promise program on enrollment, retention, and persistence in three community colleges in Tennessee. The three colleges represented the three major geographical regions of Tennessee. The three community colleges were Jackson State Community College, Motlow State Community College, and Cleveland State Community College. The data collected was census data from the three colleges involved in the study. The three parts of the study focused on enrollment, measured by a trend analysis, retention, measured by a test of proportions, and enrollment, measured by a non-parametric test on the median number of semesters to graduation. The results for all three parts of the study showed mixed results. Enrollment showed an initial increase and then stagnated. Retention showed statistically significant results for some colleges and not statistically significant results for others. The benchmark for persistence showed mixed results. The results for students that were Tennessee Promise eligible or not and the time periods of pre-Tennessee Promise launch, Tennessee Promise launch, and post-Tennessee Promise launch showed no statistically significant results. The results for the number of semesters for graduation did not show statistically significant results.

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Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

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