Student Retention at the Community College: Meeting Students' Needs
| Author | Jill Jacobs-Biden |
|---|---|
| Published | 2006 |
| Format | Research paper |
TL;DR — Jill Biden’s 2006 University of Delaware Ed.D. dissertation on retaining students in a pre-technical program at Delaware Technical & Community College.
An executive position paper (dissertation) submitted in Fall 2006 to the University of Delaware for the Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership, by Jill Jacobs-Biden — later First Lady of the United States. This copy is the ProQuest/UMI edition (UMI 3247570).
It is structured as three papers after an overview and historical background: a literature review on community-college retention, a methodology section reporting surveys and interviews of students, advisers, faculty and counselors in the college’s pre-technical program, and recommendations for improving retention. The appendices reproduce the questionnaires.
What it is: a professional doctorate dissertation; of interest mainly because of its author. Copyrighted, distributed by ProQuest.
Where this came from
- A copy saved in October 2026.
137 pages. A PDF copy is held in Kyle’s private archive; it is not linked or shared here.