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Download full textCyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Austin Slaughter; Noor Amanullah; Sukanya Barman; Cynthia Miller; Colleen Sommo; Erick Alonzo, Contributor; Osvaldo Avila, Contributor; Katie Beal, Contributor; Parker Cellura, Contributor; Ben Cohen, Contributor; Stanley Dai, Contributor; Hannah Dalporto, Contributor; Claudia Escobar, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Marco Lepe, Contributor; Tiffany Morton, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Vivianna Plancarte, Contributor; Alyssa Ratledge, Contributor; Elena Serna-Wallender, Contributor; Andrea Vasquez, Contributor; Rae Walker, Contributor; Michelle Ware, Contributor; Kayla Warner, Contributor; Melissa Wavelet, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor; Diane Wren, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admissions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain postsecondary degrees and achieve economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Persistence, Program Development, Costs
Direct linkAnna Marie Buck – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to describe the academic experiences of low socioeconomic status ESL learners enrolled in a mid-sized urban community college located in Pennsylvania. The theory that guided this study is Walberg's theory on educational productivity, as it looks at how learners' psychological…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Urban Education, Community Colleges
Stephen M. Kibui – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The overall purpose of this correlational study was to determine whether ethical leadership is the ideal leadership style among community college presidents for improving student success. Graduation rates and the percentage of students achieving the statewide goal of completion were used as measures of student success. The unit of analysis was the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Leadership, Community Colleges, College Presidents
North Carolina Community College System, 2025
The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled during the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of North Carolina's 58 community colleges. In 2010, a review process…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Academic Achievement, Performance
North Carolina Community College System, 2024
The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled during the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of North Carolina's 58 community colleges. In 2010, a review process…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Skill Development, Basic Skills
Building Tomorrow's Workforce through the Self-Actualization of Post-Secondary Students in Tennessee
Trisha T. Murphy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Tennessee's future will be determined by the number of post-secondary credentials of its residents to support economic development. Additionally, Tennesseans must earn living wages to support their livelihoods. Finally, the psychological development of Tennesseans must be supported, which allows individuals to reach their fullest potential. While…
Descriptors: Self Actualization, Labor Force Development, Humanism, Phenomenology
Vanessa J. Ruggieri – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Degree completion rates have recently dominated national debates regarding the value of higher education (Gagliardi et al., 2018). Inherent in this debate is the issue of how to utilize institutional data to evaluate student performance (Hubbard et al., 2020). This process, known as data-driven decision-making (DDDM), has been studied at four-year…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Program Improvement, Community Colleges
North Carolina Community College System, 2023
The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled during the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of our 58 community colleges. In 2010, a review process was established…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Performance, Community College Students, Skill Development
Isserles, Robin G. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021
To improve community college success, we need to consider the lived realities of students. Our nation's community colleges are facing a completion crisis. The college-going experience of too many students is interrupted, lengthening their time to completing a degree--or worse, causing many to drop out altogether. In "The Costs of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Dropouts
Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2024
The annual Performance Accountability Report (PAR) serves as an important mechanism by which public colleges and universities in Maryland are held accountable. Through a performance accountability plan, institutions are required to establish and maintain performance standards, and use metrics to assess their effectiveness in tackling institutional…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Accountability, College Enrollment, School Holding Power
Amanda Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this non-experimental, quantitative, comparative study was to compare academic outcomes (final GPA, retention, graduation rates) and student engagement measures of students who enroll in an honors program at a Tennessee community college versus those who were honors-eligible but did not participate in an honors program. Findings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Honors Curriculum
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2024
Wyoming community colleges provide dynamic lifelong learning environments through higher education, workforce development, innovative partnerships, and civic and global engagement that lead to responsible citizenship and economic, social, and cultural prosperity. Planning for the future of Wyoming's community colleges and fulfilling the mission of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power
Trey Miller; Holly Kosiewicz; Melissa Martinez; Kelley Glover; Genna Campain; Rodney Andrews – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
While most community college students enroll part-time, there is little evidence on how to effectively improve college attainment of part-time students. This mixed methods study, situated in Texas, addresses this research gap by developing a more complete understanding of the part-time student population, their challenges and needs, as well as the…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Student Needs, Part Time Students
Peer reviewedBiniam Tesfamariam; Charlotte C. Gullick; Wendy Maragh Taylor; Christopher Bjork; Elizabeth H. Bradley – Community College Review, 2025
Objective: Although most community college students intend to transfer to a 4-year college, few ultimately do. We sought to assess how student experiences of the Exploring Transfer (ET) program influenced transfer rates. The ET program was offered by a private, 4-year liberal arts college. Methods: We used data from a cross-sectional survey of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Transfer of Training, Transfer Policy
North Carolina Community College System, 2022
The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled during the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of our 58 community colleges. In 2010, a review process was established…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Accountability, Performance, Community College Students
