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Download full textZeidenberg, Matthew – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2012
Substantial numbers of students who earn an associate degree from a community college accumulate more college credits than are required. This is an important phenomenon for at least two related reasons. First, it raises the issue of efficiency: Are students getting their degrees in the most expeditious manner, both in terms of time out of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Credits, Associate Degrees, College Graduates
Development, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effects of College Remediation Policy
Direct linkScott-Clayton, Judith; Rodriguez, Olga – Education Finance and Policy, 2015
Half of all college students will enroll in remedial coursework but evidence of its effectiveness is mixed. Using a regression-discontinuity design with data from a large urban community college system, we make three contributions. First, we articulate three alternative hypotheses regarding the potential impacts of remediation. Second, in addition…
Descriptors: College Programs, Remedial Programs, Educational Policy, Evidence
Saltiel, Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A quasi-experiment using quantitative methods was conducted to examine the effects on academic student outcomes when a cohort of employed low-SES community college commuter students (the treatment group, N=198) participated in a comprehensive support and access intervention program, compared with similar students (the matched comparison group,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate
Cohen, Edward G. – 1986
Enrollment projections for Queensborough Community College (QCC) were developed using the cohort survival method to assist the college in more effectively planning for future academic and budgetary needs. In the face of a falling national population of young people in the 16 to 25 age bracket, demographic factors at work in Queens are expected to…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Programs, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
