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Direct linkSophie McGuinness – Research in Higher Education, 2025
Short-term certificate (STC) programs at community colleges represent a long-standing policy priority to align accelerated postsecondary credentials with job opportunities in local labor markets. Despite large investments in developing STCs, little evidence exists about where and when STCs are opened and whether community colleges open new…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Alignment (Education), Community Colleges, Community College Students
Janet Spitzig; Blake J. Renner – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2025
This study aimed to examine the relationship between student engagement and student retention of adult learners at community colleges. The relationship between student retention and the five Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) student engagement benchmarks (active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Community Colleges, Community College Students
Joseph Mews – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2025
The enrollment outlook for public two-year and primarily associate-degree-granting baccalaureate (PAB) institutions, commonly referred to as community colleges, has fluctuated dramatically since 2020, with unique scenarios playing out across the country based on demographic shifts and local priorities. This article details these shifts and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Achievement, College Enrollment, Enrollment Management
Download full textFrank Fernandez; Xiaodan Hu – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2025
Twenty-two times, state courts have ruled that legislatures are inadequately funding K-12 schools based on constitutional rights to public education. When states implemented court-ordered financing reforms, the poorest school districts increased per-student spending by 11.5% to 12.1%. Those districts then showed increased graduation rates by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counties, State Aid, Educational Finance
Melissa Whatley; Kristin Labs; Dawn R. Wood – Community College Review, 2025
Objective/Research Question: This study explores the potential for virtual international exchange to serve as a high impact practice that improves academic outcomes, defined credential completion, and GPA among low-income students enrolled at two community colleges in the U.S. Southeast. Specifically, we ask: What is the relationship between…
Descriptors: International Education, Low Income Students, Community College Students, Grants
Mark Schneider; Lisa Snodgrass – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Roughly half of liberal arts concurrent enrollment (CE) instructors partnering with community colleges in some locations under the Higher Learning Commission's (HLC) accreditation are in jeopardy of losing their credentials due to an update of CE credentialing standards. High school administrators responsible for CE programming and affected by…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Credentials, High Schools, Administrator Attitudes
