Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 59 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 534 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 1671 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 3700 |
Descriptor
| Community Colleges | 3700 |
| Program Effectiveness | 1078 |
| Two Year College Students | 1014 |
| Academic Persistence | 541 |
| Developmental Studies Programs | 526 |
| Academic Achievement | 491 |
| College Faculty | 475 |
| Outcomes of Education | 439 |
| College Students | 427 |
| Program Implementation | 410 |
| Higher Education | 377 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Jenkins, Davis | 48 |
| Weiss, Michael J. | 25 |
| Bragg, Debra D. | 22 |
| Weissman, Evan | 22 |
| Cullinan, Dan | 21 |
| Rodriguez, Olga | 20 |
| Sommo, Colleen | 19 |
| Hu, Shouping | 18 |
| Cerna, Oscar | 17 |
| Visher, Mary G. | 17 |
| Bailey, Thomas | 16 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 94 |
| Administrators | 58 |
| Practitioners | 41 |
| Teachers | 34 |
| Researchers | 25 |
| Students | 9 |
| Community | 4 |
| Counselors | 4 |
| Media Staff | 4 |
| Parents | 4 |
| Support Staff | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Location
| California | 580 |
| Texas | 279 |
| Florida | 188 |
| New York | 166 |
| North Carolina | 150 |
| Washington | 144 |
| Illinois | 117 |
| Virginia | 117 |
| Ohio | 112 |
| Tennessee | 112 |
| Maryland | 106 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 36 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 44 |
| Does not meet standards | 25 |
Direct linkTynisha Nicole McGee – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore constituent perspectives of the California Community Colleges Historically Black Colleges and Universities Transfer Guarantee Program. The researcher queried representatives from participating community colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities regarding their perspectives of the program.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Black Colleges, Transfer Programs, Transfer Policy
Peer reviewedXiaodan Hu; Benjamin Creed – Innovative Higher Education, 2025
In 2016, Illinois initiated a statewide transitional math program to support students to be academically ready in college-level math before graduating from high school. This qualitative study focuses on the perspective of community college faculty and administrators on the statewide implementation of transitional math programs. We find that a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Readiness, Transitional Programs, College Mathematics
Biniam Tesfamariam; Charlotte C. Gullick; Wendy Maragh Taylor; Christopher Bjork; Elizabeth H. Bradley – Community College Review, 2025
Objective: Although most community college students intend to transfer to a 4-year college, few ultimately do. We sought to assess how student experiences of the Exploring Transfer (ET) program influenced transfer rates. The ET program was offered by a private, 4-year liberal arts college. Methods: We used data from a cross-sectional survey of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Transfer of Training, Transfer Policy
Jonathan T. Pryor; Brett Ranon Nachman – Innovative Higher Education, 2025
As community colleges continue to face challenges in serving an ever-changing student population and a wave of presidential retirements, the next generation of senior community college leaders is surfacing. To prepare these top-level administrators, doctoral-level community college leadership (CCL) programs often serve as a viable mechanism for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Doctoral Programs, Curriculum, Needs Assessment
Download full textCyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Austin Slaughter; Noor Amanullah; Sukanya Barman; Cynthia Miller; Colleen Sommo; Erick Alonzo, Contributor; Osvaldo Avila, Contributor; Katie Beal, Contributor; Parker Cellura, Contributor; Ben Cohen, Contributor; Stanley Dai, Contributor; Hannah Dalporto, Contributor; Claudia Escobar, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Marco Lepe, Contributor; Tiffany Morton, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Vivianna Plancarte, Contributor; Alyssa Ratledge, Contributor; Elena Serna-Wallender, Contributor; Andrea Vasquez, Contributor; Rae Walker, Contributor; Michelle Ware, Contributor; Kayla Warner, Contributor; Melissa Wavelet, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor; Diane Wren, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admissions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain postsecondary degrees and achieve economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Persistence, Program Development, Costs
Aristotle Mosier – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explored the practices and experiences of food resource managers at ten community colleges in the southwestern United States, highlighting their use of food resource rooms to assist food-insecure students. Utilizing the CFIR's domains of intervention source, inner setting, and process, the study probed into the food resource managers'…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Poverty, Hunger, Food Service
Stanley Dai; Kayla Warner; Colleen Sommo; Emily Brennan, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Christine Johnston, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
In community colleges in the United States, graduation rates remain frustratingly low. Students face many challenges, including the financial costs of attending college; the demands of school, work, and family; complex institutional systems; underfunded student support services; and insufficient preparation for college-level work. To address these…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Paying for College
Iris Palmer; Shalin Jyotishi – New America, 2023
Despite the growing demand and availability of non-degree workforce training, outcomes for these programs are mixed. For some, non-degree programs are a faster, more affordable pathway to a good job, and, more importantly, a career that offers economic security--they represent the future of education. But for others, non-degree programs are a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credentials, Work Experience Programs, Nontraditional Education
Robin R. Donovan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A practice that dates back centuries, apprenticeship is a workforce development model that has gained recent attention in the American higher education system. The researcher conducted a review of existing literature that included apprenticeships in higher education and other models of community college workforce development. Existing literature…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Apprenticeships, Labor Force Development
Justin C. Ortagus; Hope Allchin; Benjamin Skinner; Melvin Tanner; Isaac McFarlin – Education Finance and Policy, 2025
Most students who begin at a community college do not complete their desired credential. Many students fail to graduate due to various barriers other than their academic performance. To encourage previously successful non-completers to re-enroll and eventually graduate, a growing number of community colleges have implemented re-enrollment…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Enrollment, Dropouts, Academic Persistence
Jesse Cunha; Trey Miller; Megan Austin; Lindsay Daugherty; Paco Martorell – Education Finance and Policy, 2025
We estimate the cost effectiveness of corequisite English developmental education at community colleges compared with a traditional prerequisite pathway. Our context is a previously published randomized controlled trial that estimated the effects of three different approaches to English corequisites implemented in five Texas community colleges.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Remedial Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction
Alicia Moore; Christy Walker – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2025
This article explores the intersection of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) work and strategic enrollment management (SEM), provides an overview of Central Oregon Community College's college preparation programs and data on their success, and offers guidance for those wanting to engage in this critical work
Descriptors: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Strategic Planning, Enrollment Management, College Attendance
Rosen, Rachel; Alterman, Emma; Treskon, Louisa; Parise, Leigh; Dixon, Michelle; Wuest, Cassie – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
Rachel Rosen; Emma Alterman; Louisa Treskon; Leigh Parise; Michelle Dixon; Cassie Wuest – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
Kimberley M. Donnelly – Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, 2023
Researchers, organizations, companies, non-profits, practitioners, and to some extent, the public, are clamoring for massive reform in developmental coursework in higher education (American Association of Community Colleges, 2018; Edgecombe et al., 2014; Complete College America, 2012). One such reform is the push for integrated reading and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Reading Instruction
