%0 Journal Article
%T Focus on Student Success: Components for Effective Summer Bridge Programs
%A Alicia Gonzalez Quiroz
%A Nora R. Garza
%J Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
%@ 1552-5716
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1538192717753988
%X Using research focused on best practices, focus group information, and data analytics, the Title V: Focus on Student Success (FOSS) Grant created a model for the development, implementation, and evaluation of a summer bridge program. Results included increased academic performance indicators in first-year Hispanic college students. Validation for this work is based on 4 years of data at Laredo Community College, a 2-year public Hispanic Serving Community College along the Texas (United States)¨CM¨¦xico border
%K Community college
%K summer bridge
%K engagement
%K student success
%K Hispanic students
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1538192717753988