ERIC Number: ED542010
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 28
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With Great Challenges Come Great Opportunities: Promising Practices of Texas Community Colleges
Bruce, Jennifer; Shook, Melissa; Fletcher, Carla; Smith, Donna
TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation)
Enrollment at Texas community colleges has increased substantially in recent years. Texas community colleges have a multitude of diverse missions, from academic degrees to technical certifications, remedial education, recreational self-fulfillment courses, and more. This diversity of student and community needs poses significant challenges to a community college's ability to produce successful outcomes for its students and community. TG's Center for Financial Aid Policy in Community Colleges commissioned a report to examine how high-performing Texas community colleges were meeting those challenges. In this report, a qualitative approach was used to gather descriptive information from three top-performing Texas community colleges: Northwest Vista College, Temple College, and Wharton County Junior College. This report provides a summary of recurring themes discovered among these institutions to help guide community colleges as they formulate future initiatives. (Contains 8 charts.)
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Community Colleges, Community Needs, Remedial Instruction, Student Characteristics, Student Needs, Certification, College Role, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Accountability, Educational Improvement, College Faculty, Two Year College Students, Attendance, Outreach Programs, Higher Education
TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation). PO Box 83100, Round Rock, TX 78683. Tel: 800-252-9743; Tel: 512-219-5700; Web site: http://www.tgslc.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
Identifiers - Location: Texas
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