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Berhane, Bruk; Onuma, Felicia; Buenaflor, Shannon; Fries-Britt, Sharon; Ogwo, Ashley – Community College Review, 2023
Introduction: While a considerable amount of extant scholarship describes the importance of and strategies for improving the postsecondary pathways of Black engineering students, most literature is contextualized within 4-year institutions. Objectives: The purpose of this article is to illuminate Black engineering students' experiences at…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Blacks, Engineering Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2025
The General Appropriations Act, Senate Bill 1, Article III, Special Provisions, Section 45, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, for the 2026-27 biennium directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB or Coordinating Board) to submit an annual report that presents the goals and practices of Texas public general academic…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Higher Education, Universities
RP Group, 2021
In a spring 2021 survey of California Community College students exploring the impact of COVID-19 on their transfer journey, the RP Group identified colleges where students felt highly satisfied with the transfer support and communication they were receiving during the pandemic. To better understand what these community colleges were doing to…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Transfer Programs, Transfer Policy, Community Colleges
Higdon, Angela Loretta – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A growing number of postsecondary students transfer from a two-year to a four-year institution. The joint admissions program between Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) and Western Kentucky University-Owensboro (WKU-O) is a unique example of such a transfer relationship. Research is needed to understand the nature of the joint…
Descriptors: Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Universities, Transfer Programs
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Wilson, Kristin Bailey; Van Alebeek, Wouter – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2017
Since the end of apartheid, South African leaders have been working to transform all aspects of the racialized society into a nonracialized, nonsexist democratic state, including postsecondary education. This chapter examines the changing South African collegiate context focusing on access, persistence, affordability, accreditation, transfer, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Community Colleges, Context Effect
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Kim, Yughi; Yun, Kyongsuk – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2017
This chapter describes the role of career decision-making self-efficacy, academic satisfaction, and institutional support in predicting Korean students' intent to persist in the Academic Credit Bank System.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Persistence, Decision Making Skills