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Direct linkSalinas, Cristobal; Friedel, Janice Nahra – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
From their very beginnings, the community colleges have demonstrated a commitment to their founding principles of access, affordability, and quality. However, following February 2009, when President Obama set forth the agenda for U.S. postsecondary education to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020, priority shifted…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Systems Approach, Systems Analysis, State Colleges
Download full textOreopoulos, Philip; Petronijevic, Uros – Future of Children, 2013
Despite a general rise in the return to college, likely due to technological change, the cost-benefit calculus facing prospective students can make the decision to invest in and attend college dauntingly complex. Philip Oreopoulos and Uros Petronijevic review research on the varying costs and benefits of higher education and explore in full the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Paying for College, Outcomes of Education, College Attendance
Jaggars, Shanna Smith – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Advocates of online learning are optimistic about its potential to promote greater access to college by reducing the cost and time of commuting and, in the case of asynchronous approaches, by allowing students to study on a schedule that is optimal for them. This goal of improved access has been one of the top motivators for postsecondary…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Low Income Groups, Distance Education, Online Courses
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Schneider, Emily – MDRC, 2011
One of the greatest challenges that community colleges face in their efforts to increase graduation rates is improving the success of students in their developmental, or remedial, education programs--the courses that students without adequate academic preparation must take before they can enroll in courses for college credit. Emphasizing results…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Models, College Readiness, Evidence
Cunningham, Alisa F.; Milam, John – National Center for Education Statistics, 2005
This report examines the feasibility of implementing a student unit record system to replace the student-related components that currently are based on aggregate institution-level data collected as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The feasibility study was initiated by the National Center for Education Statistics…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Student Records, Evaluation Methods, Technology Integration
