Community College Student Success During Covid-19 Pandemic Based on Class Modality

The purpose of this non-experimental, quantitative, comparative study was to determine whether there were significant differences in Introduction to Education grades as measured by GPA among community college students between 2018-23 with the change of class modality due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This study examined differences in Introduction to Education grades as measured by GPA at three community colleges from 2018-23. Archival data were used for this study. The population for this study consisted of all students enrolled in the Introduction to Education course at three institutions. Both in-person and online classes were examined during the time before, during, and after Covid-19 pandemic. There were no significant differences in Introduction to Education grades as measured by GPA among in-person or online students during 2018-23. Research indicated no significant difference in Introduction to Education grades as measured by GPA between students who took the course in-person and students who took the course online in each separate academic year: 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. Research found a significant difference in Introduction to Education grades as measured by GPA. There is a greater significant difference for the mean of students’ grades measured by GPA in in-person than online in the Introduction to Education course in 2022-23.