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Download full textMaryland Higher Education Commission, 2022
Transfer student success is an increasingly important subject in higher education policy circles in recent years, and for good reason. Almost half of undergraduates attending Maryland's public four-year institutions transfer from the state's community colleges. However, transfer students complete bachelor's degrees at notably lower rates than…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, College Credits
Peer reviewedHoward, Martine; Harrington, Christine – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2022
The "on-time" degree completion crisis within the community college system is alarming. Only 5% of students graduate in two years (Complete College America [CCA], n.d.-a). Many community college students are low-income and racially and ethnically minoritized, and their graduation rates are low (CCA, n.d.-a). Community colleges around the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Time to Degree, Achievement Gap
Rachel Carly Feldman; Johanna S. Quinn; Alannah S. Caisey; Carol Chen – NORC at the University of Chicago, 2024
The Partnership for College Completion (PCC) was founded to "advance equity in higher education" by supporting colleges and universities to improve college completion for Black, Latinx, and Pell-eligible students--those groups that experience persistent disparities in completion. Simultaneously, PCC engages in state policy reform to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education
Cerna, Oscar; Dukes, Dominique; Perera, Sumner – MDRC, 2022
Implementing institution-wide, systemic change is typically a long and often challenging task for college leaders to undertake. Because each institution is different, the combination of internal and external factors that drive institutional change can vary greatly from college to college, and from moment to moment. Achieving the Dream (ATD), which…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Achievement Gap, Colleges, Community Colleges
Meehan, Kasey; Ballerini, Victoria; Hagood, Shanell – Research for Action, 2020
To support state efforts to close postsecondary attainment equity gaps for students of color, Research for Action (RFA) developed a framework that describes three drivers behind efforts to place racial equity at the center of postsecondary policymaking and practice: awareness, inclusion, and integration. The framework is adapted from Equity in the…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Equal Education, Minority Group Students, Racial Bias
American Association of Community Colleges, 2019
The Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA) is the principal institutional accountability and improvement framework for community colleges with measures defined to encompass the full breadth of the community college mission and the diversity of students' goals and educational experiences. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Indicators
