Abstract
Twenty-one developmental college students speak out about their success or failure in college. Through the use of in-depth interviews, students explain why they feel they were either successful or unsuccessful in obtaining high grades and/or honors in their pursuit of a higher degree.
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JoAnn Yaworski
JoAnn Yaworski, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Reading, Department of Learning Support, at Augusta State University in Augusta, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia 30904-2200, E-mail [email protected]. She teaches college reading and freshman orientation courses and does research on student success and teaching reading with technology. Rose-Marie Weber, Ph.D., is Professor of Reading in the Reading Department at the University at Albany, State University of New York, E-mail [email protected]. She teaches courses on language and literacy in individuals, schools, and society and has published widely on beginning reading, reading in a second language, and reading by adults in historical and contemporary contexts. Nabil Ibrahim, Ph.D., is Professor of Business Administration and holder of the Grover Maxwell Chair of Business Administration at Augusta State University, E-mail [email protected]. He teaches courses in Research Methodology, Applied Statistics, and Strategic Management. He has authored numerous articles in academic and practitioner journals in the areas of business research, management, and marketing.
Rose-Marie Weber
JoAnn Yaworski, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Reading, Department of Learning Support, at Augusta State University in Augusta, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia 30904-2200, E-mail [email protected]. She teaches college reading and freshman orientation courses and does research on student success and teaching reading with technology. Rose-Marie Weber, Ph.D., is Professor of Reading in the Reading Department at the University at Albany, State University of New York, E-mail [email protected]. She teaches courses on language and literacy in individuals, schools, and society and has published widely on beginning reading, reading in a second language, and reading by adults in historical and contemporary contexts. Nabil Ibrahim, Ph.D., is Professor of Business Administration and holder of the Grover Maxwell Chair of Business Administration at Augusta State University, E-mail [email protected]. He teaches courses in Research Methodology, Applied Statistics, and Strategic Management. He has authored numerous articles in academic and practitioner journals in the areas of business research, management, and marketing.
Nabil Ibrahim
JoAnn Yaworski, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Reading, Department of Learning Support, at Augusta State University in Augusta, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia 30904-2200, E-mail [email protected]. She teaches college reading and freshman orientation courses and does research on student success and teaching reading with technology. Rose-Marie Weber, Ph.D., is Professor of Reading in the Reading Department at the University at Albany, State University of New York, E-mail [email protected]. She teaches courses on language and literacy in individuals, schools, and society and has published widely on beginning reading, reading in a second language, and reading by adults in historical and contemporary contexts. Nabil Ibrahim, Ph.D., is Professor of Business Administration and holder of the Grover Maxwell Chair of Business Administration at Augusta State University, E-mail [email protected]. He teaches courses in Research Methodology, Applied Statistics, and Strategic Management. He has authored numerous articles in academic and practitioner journals in the areas of business research, management, and marketing.