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Shadiquah Hordge – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Black male community college students have the lowest retention and completion rates among any racial group (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2017). During this dissertation, I examined the root causes of Black male community college students' low graduation rates through a systematic literature review, and then identified mentoring…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Black Colleges, Mentors, Program Effectiveness
Chandler, Jhenai W.; Franz, Lydia – Institute for College Access & Success, 2023
In Chicago, despite an increase in high school graduates and college enrollment, only one in four community college students graduate within three years. COVID-19 exacerbated longstanding barriers to college success faced by students from low-income backgrounds, as well as for Black, Latino, and Indigenous students. Without proactive interventions…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Minority Group Students, Intervention
Lissette M. Piedra; Christine Escobar-Sawicki; Carol Wilson Smith – Journal of Social Work Education, 2024
Community college students are an untapped reservoir of talent and including them in social work education aligns with the values of the profession. Yet these students encounter formidable obstacles on the path from a 2-year degree to an affordable social work degree. In this article, we describe the systems thinking underlying a newly instituted…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Community College Students, Barriers
Sontag-Padilla, Lisa; Williams, Denise; Kosiewicz, Holly; Daugherty, Lindsay; Kane, Heidi; Gripshover, Sarah; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2023
The United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis, with youth and young adults at the center. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 50 percent of college students reported at least one mental health concern. The COVID-19 pandemic notably exacerbated these issues and underscored the urgent need to identify and implement ways to…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Community College Students, Health Needs, Prevention
Sontag-Padilla, Lisa; Williams, Denise; Kosiewicz, Holly; Daugherty, Lindsay; Kane, Heidi; Gripshover, Sarah; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2023
The United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis, with youth and young adults at the center. Even before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nearly 50 percent of college students reported at least one mental health concern. Without adequate mental health support, college students, including those at community colleges,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Community College Students, Health Needs, Prevention
Schwitzer, Alan M.; Huber, Pat – About Campus, 2019
For several years now, the Old Dominion University community college leadership research team has been examining academic affairs and student affairs outcomes on community college student success. College student professionals on two-year campuses most typically provide a wide variety of supports and interventions across campus, in settings that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Support Services, Student Personnel Services
Anzelone, Caitlin; Weiss, Michael; Headlam, Camielle – MDRC, 2020
This report presents findings from Encouraging Additional Summer Enrollment [EASE], which used behavioral insights in two informational campaigns, with and without tuition assistance, to encourage community college students to take summer classes. Both interventions increased enrollment and had a modest impact on credits earned and positive return…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Summer Programs, Enrollment
Yoi Tibbetts; Stacy J. Priniski; Cameron A. Hecht; Geoffrey D. Borman; Judith M. Harackiewicz – Grantee Submission, 2018
First-generation (FG) college students (students for whom neither parent has a 4-year degree) face a number of challenges as they attempt to obtain a post-secondary degree. They are more likely to come from working-class backgrounds or poverty (Reardon, 2011) and attend lower quality high schools (Warburton et al., 2001) while not benefiting from…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Two Year Colleges, Group Membership, Values
Waiwaiole, Evelyn N.; Bohlig, E. Michael; Massey, Kristine J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2016
This chapter discusses the work of the Center for Community College Student Engagement, highlighting institutes the Center hosts and work that comes from these meetings. Examples of interventions that evolved from the High-Impact Practices Institutes conducted by the Center are provided. The chapter concludes with a discussion about implementation…
Descriptors: Success, Student Development, Best Practices, Community Colleges
Giani, Matt S. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of mobile app courseware on the college outcomes of developmental education students, using a research design which randomly assigned course sections to receive access to the apps or not. The results show that access to the apps significantly improved student performance in developmental…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Courseware
Weiss, Michael J.; Headlam, Camielle – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Community colleges are a large sector of postsecondary education. In 2016-2017, the United States had nearly 1,000 public 2-year postsecondary institutions (community colleges), serving almost nine million students, representing 39% of all undergraduates. The majority of entering community college students require developmental (or remedial) math.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Many programs and practices aim to improve college persistence and completion, including "Single Stop USA's Community College Initiative," hereafter referred to as "Single Stop." "Single Stop" supports community college students with screening and applications for public benefits and other wraparound services that can…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Many programs and practices aim to improve college persistence and completion, including "Single Stop USA's Community College Initiative," hereafter referred to as "Single Stop." "Single Stop" supports community college students with screening and applications for public benefits and other wraparound services that can…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
Soricone, Lisa; Endel, Barbara – Jobs for the Future, 2019
The purpose of this implementation report is to help community college leaders, foundations, and public education policymakers understand the impact that nudges have on student success, especially for students from populations that typically have low rates of college completion. The promising results of the NTSS [Nudging to STEM Success]…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Program Effectiveness
Wathington, Heather; Pretlow, Joshua; Barnett, Elisabeth – Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Summer bridge programs have long been utilized by postsecondary institutions to improve the college readiness of students; however, the research on their effectiveness is limited. This study presents evidence from an experimental study of one summer bridge program model specifically designed for recent high school graduates who placed into…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Summer Programs, College Readiness, High School Graduates