Getting Connected Project

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Getting Connected Project

A social media research project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Principal Investigators Regina Deil-Amen & Cecilia Rios-Aguilar.

Beginning in Fall 2011, as part of a grant-funded intervention, nine urban, small town, and rural U.S. community colleges were selected to adopt a Facebook-based application, Uversity's Schools App, for use by invited students, staff, faculty, and administrators. We are the FIRST longitudinal research study to use real-time data generated by the users of the Schools App to examine how commuter-based community colleges attempt to use social media as a mechanism to increase students’ connection to, engagement with, and success in college.

11/16/2015

Some recent reports you might have missed:https://www.coe.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/gcfinancialaidreport.final_2.pdf and https://www.coe.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/gc.nontraditional_age.final_.pdf
Not yet available on our website, gettingconnectedresearch.com

11/07/2015

ASHE 2015 - Our project and related cutting edge research at TODAY'S Presidential Session: Using Data Science to Harness the Big Data Revolution
(Hyatt, Granite ABC 1:45:00 PM-3:00:00 PM)

Chair: Ozan Jaquette/University of Arizona
Regina Deil-Amen/The University of Arizona
William Doyle/Vanderbilt University
Benjamin Skinner/Vanderbilt University
Karina G Salazar/The University of Arizona

01/16/2015

http://gettingconnectedresearch.com/engaging-with-the-schools-app-reduces-college-stop-out/

These reports, publications, and presentations show the success outcomes related to use of social media. For example, students who engage using this social media app are more likely to return to co...

11/21/2014

Today's ASHE presentations today!

FRIDAY
Jefferson East 2:45:00 PM-4:00:00 PM - Punitive Policies: Unintended Consequences of Financial Aid Policy for Community College Students
Courtney Campbell & Regina Deil-Amen/The University of Arizona

Lincoln West 4:15:00 PM-5:30:00 PM - The ‘Geography of Opportunity’ in Community Colleges: The Role of the Local Labor Market in Students’ Decisions to Persist and Succeed
Maria E Reyes & Cecilia Rios-Aguilar/Claremont Graduate University; Regina Deil-Amen/The University of Arizona

11/12/2014

American Association of Community Colleges reported on our research. http://www.aacc21stcenturycenter.org/article/social-media-boosts-engagement/

Study shows that community college students who used social media to connect with their college were more successful than those who didn’t.

10/24/2014

Report on Use of Schools App and Student Success
http://www.league.org/gettingconnected/files/GettingConnectedReportFinal.pdf

09/15/2014

Our article published in partnership with an Institutional Researcher at one of our partner colleges - Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Cleveland.http://gettingconnectedresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/How-Much-Economic-Value-Does-My-Credential-Have.CCR-proofs.pdf

08/23/2014

Our now updated website has all the research reports, presentations, and publications generated from our project. Check it out! We will be adding new material periodically.

http://gettingconnectedresearch.com/

06/05/2012

View our reports: http://www.league.org/gettingconnected/

The League for Innovation in the Community College (League) has partnered with a group of researchers from the University of Arizona and Claremont Graduate University and a team of Schools App developers at Inigral, Inc. in a research project designed to increase understanding of issues relevant to ...

03/27/2012

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http://gettingconnectedresearch.com/

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