Summer Bridge participants in cohorts 2014 and 2015 had significantly higher gatekeeper pass rates, semester GPA, and earned credit hours than controls¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Cohort 2014 and 2015 participants had significantly higher pass rates in all three gatekeeper courses, higher semester GPA, and greater earned credit hours than controls. → 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

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Second-stage analysis comparing intervention and control groups using t tests and propensity-matched models with α < .05. Table 3 prints, for example, term GPA of 2.67 versus 1.68 for cohort 2014 and credit hours earned of 11.2 versus 8.07 for cohort 2015. The article reports "significantly higher pass rates" and GPA differences.

"Cohort 2014 and 2015 had significantly higher pass rates for English 1301, Math 1314, and History 1301, higher semester GPA, and greater earned credit hours."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Prior studies reviewed report that summer bridge participants persist to the second year and earn higher GPAs than non-participants — a broader claim this one bears on
• Fall-to-fall retention was significantly higher for the 2015 Summer Bridge cohort than for controls — related
• Summer Bridge participants at a Hispanic-serving community college outperformed non-participants in gatekeeper course pass rates, with gains growing across cohorts — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• In one NVCC summer bridge cohort, 100 percent of students continued to the next semester, described as much higher than normal retention rates — related