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Direct linkJustin C. Ortagus; Hope Allchin; Benjamin Skinner; Melvin Tanner; Isaac McFarlin – Education Finance and Policy, 2025
Most students who begin at a community college do not complete their desired credential. Many students fail to graduate due to various barriers other than their academic performance. To encourage previously successful non-completers to re-enroll and eventually graduate, a growing number of community colleges have implemented re-enrollment…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Enrollment, Dropouts, Academic Persistence
Brad Love; Rosemary Coffman; Charulata Ghosh; Jennifer Cofer; Alex N. Hurst; Katherine Oestman; Mayra Aquino; Lauren Kriss; Mansi Shah; Gerold Dermid; Margaret Raber; Ernest Hawk; Michael T. Walsh Jr.; Ruth Rechis – Prevention Science, 2024
Multi-level, place-based interventions have proven effective at promoting a range of health behaviors, including tobacco control and discouraging the uptake of tobacco products. This paper describes the implementation and impact of a 3-year, multi-level tobacco prevention and control program at a community-college minority-serving institution…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Promotion, Prevention, Community Colleges
Rita T. Karam; Marwa AlFakhri; Melanie A. Zaber; Elaine W. Leigh – RAND Corporation, 2025
The development of effective regional collaborations is essential to address interconnected challenges across education, workforce development, and economic growth. When community colleges, employers, and workforce development boards work together, they can align goals, share resources, and design strategies that strengthen regional economies.…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Intervention, Rural Education, Labor Force Development
Rita T. Karam; Marwa AlFakhri; Melanie A. Zaber; Elaine W. Leigh – RAND Corporation, 2025
Rural regions across the United States are facing enduring challenges in aligning postsecondary education with industry and workforce development to advance economic mobility. The Tristate Energy and Advanced Manufacturing (TEAM) Consortium--which spans 45 counties across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia--brings together ten community…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Intervention, Rural Education, Labor Force Development
Download full textMarbella Uriostegui; Leanne Davis; Pablo Lopez Trujillo; Manuel Vazquez – Education Northwest, 2025
California Reconnect is a three-year initiative (2023-2026) led by InsideTrack, in partnership with the Institute for Higher Education Policy, to support re-enrollment and success of learners with some college but no credential (SCNC). Education Northwest is conducting a multi-year mixed-methods evaluation of the initiative. This interim…
Descriptors: Reentry Students, College Enrollment, Outreach Programs, Program Effectiveness
Cyrette 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
D. Patrick Saxon; Andi L. Thomas; Autumn B. McKelvey – Learning Assistance Review, 2024
This work examines what appears to be the most effective comprehensive learning support program ever available for underprepared college students. The Accelerated Study in Associate Programs initiative was designed and implemented at the City University of New York Community Colleges. It offers a wide range of integrated college acclimation,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Student Adjustment
Jason Scappaticci – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Summer bridge programs are the second most common student support program in the United States. Though they vary in design, most are focused on supporting students who are at risk. Programs vary in terms of their curricular offerings as well. This study examined the ex post facto data from a summer bridge program at Manchester Community College in…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness, Community Colleges
David Daigler – Maine Community College System, 2024
The Maine Community College System provides this letter in accordance with 20-A MRSA §10013. This law requires the Maine Community College System (MCCS), University of Maine System (UMS), and Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) to provide the following information about first-generation college students by January 15th of each year: (1) Data regarding…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, First Generation College Students, Community College Students, Enrollment Rate
Broton, Katharine M.; Mohebali, Milad; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Educational Researcher, 2023
Given growing awareness of the high prevalence of food insecurity among college students, higher education leaders are implementing various food interventions on their campuses. However, there is little research on the efficacy and impact of these initiatives. Using data from a field randomized control trial, we find that a relatively modest…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Program Effectiveness, Hunger
Daigler, David – Maine Community College System, 2022
The Maine Community College System is providing this letter in accordance with 20-A MRSA §10013. This law requires the Maine Community College System (MCCS), University of Maine System (UMS), and Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) to provide the following information about first-generation college students by January 15th of each year: (1) data…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, First Generation College Students, Community College Students, Enrollment Rate
Wall, Elisabeth M. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This nonexperimental, longitudinal panel study was designed to test the predictive capacity of a grit intervention within a first-year seminar course that targeted academically underprepared students at a Mississippi community college. Extant pre- and post-grit scores for developmental students enrolled in the first-year seminar were analyzed for…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Persistence, Remedial Programs, Two Year College Students
Misty L. Lyon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation examines the relationship between academic advisor interventions and course outcomes following an academic alert raised by faculty in the Starfish Retention Solutions software program at a small, rural community college in west-central Illinois. Utilizing a quantitative correlational study, using binary logistic regression…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Faculty Advisers, Intervention, College Faculty
Ortagus, Justin C.; Tanner, Melvin J.; McFarlin, Isaac, Jr. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020
Most students who begin at a community college leave without earning a degree. Given the growing emphasis on student success, many colleges have implemented re-enrollment campaigns designed to foster re-engagement and degree completion among former students. However, there is a lack of causal evidence on their effectiveness. We implement a text…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Enrollment
Justina M. Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to implement a redesign of developmental education at Delaware Technical Community College and to evaluate its effectiveness in improving overall First Time Ever in College (FTEIC) student success through gateway English and math completion, fall-to-fall persistence, and narrowing or closing of opportunity gaps…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Academic Achievement
