Prior studies reviewed report that summer bridge participants persist to the second year and earn higher GPAs than non-participants¶

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Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Studies the authors review found bridge participants more likely to persist to the second year with higher GPAs, and several reported significantly higher retention, persistence, and graduation rates. → Gonzalez Quiroz 2018

Evidence¶

Gonzalez Quiroz 2018¶

Gonzalez Quiroz, A., & Garza, N. R. (2018). Focus on Student Success: Components for Effective Summer Bridge Programs. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 17(2), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192717753988

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Narrative literature review attributing this finding to Pascarella and Terenzini (2005) and Walpole et al. (2008); the review also cites Cabrera et al. (2013) reporting retention (p < .05) and persistence (p < .001) significantly higher for participants, and Douglas and Attewell (2014) reporting higher graduation and second-year retention for bridge students in a cohort of more than 10,000.

"Both studies found that summer bridge participants were more likely to persist to the second year and had a higher grade point average (GPA) than those who did not participate in a summer bridge program."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Summer Bridge participants in cohorts 2014 and 2015 had significantly higher gatekeeper pass rates, semester GPA, and earned credit hours than controls — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Students in ePortfolio-based Personal Development Plan sections had significantly higher first-year GPAs and retention than non-ePDP peers, but gains were not sustained without intensive professional development — related
• First year experience courses show potentially positive effects on credit accumulation, with two of three qualifying studies showing statistically significant positive retention effects and one showing no significant effect — related
• Fall-to-fall retention was significantly higher for the 2015 Summer Bridge cohort than for controls — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Summer Bridge participants at a Hispanic-serving community college outperformed non-participants in gatekeeper course pass rates, with gains growing across cohorts — a narrower finding that bears on this claim