CGCC's Linked LCs: A 14-Year Longitudinal Study

11-11:50 a.m.

Location: Warhol B

Type: Informative/panel Facilitated dialogue

Audience: Linked Courses

Presenters: David Finley, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

This session will continue to examine annual student success and student retention data from the last 14 years of Chandler-Gilbert Community College's long-standing 25+ year Learning Communities Program. The focus will include all CGCC LCs with a primary focus on linked LCs, which usually combines two courses: an ENG 101 First-Year Composition course with a second course from either the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, or sciences. This presentation will show the consistency of LC student success and retention compared to the same non-LC courses from 2010-2023, including our largest cohort of ENG 101 LCs, as well as the consistency across three different set of teaching partners for two separate LCs pairing GBS 151 Intro. to General Business and PSY 101 Intro. to Psychology with English.

The session will also show the increased student success and retention for those ENG 101 LC students in the subsequent ENG 102 course compared to students who completed their prerequisite in a non-LC ENG 101 course over the same 14-year period.