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Community Colleges and English Learners: Perspectives on Transfer, Structure, and Equity

Mon, April 25, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (2:30 to 4:00pm PDT), Manchester Grand Hyatt, Floor: 2nd Level, Harbor Tower, Harbor Ballroom H

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Linguistically diverse students are part of the “New Mainstream” in community colleges, and many are placed into English as a second language courses and/or developmental English courses before they can enroll in college-credit, transferrable English coursework. We refer to these students as community college English learners (CCELs). Creating equitable education systems for CCELs requires understanding the multifaceted nature of their experiences and the structural elements which impact their educational outcomes. This symposium presents five papers which draw from student-level data, faculty/staff perspectives, college catalog data, and state-level policies. They examine CCELs’ curricular pathways into transfer-level English courses, CCEL engagement in community colleges, CCEL four-year-college transfer, as well as investigate how structural elements can negatively impact CCELs’ educational outcomes.

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