| Referral, Enrollment, and Completion in Developmental Education Sequences in Community CollegesJournal Article by: Thomas Bailey, Dong Wook Jeong & Sung-Woo Cho — 11/20/2009Using a longitudinal dataset from Achieving the Dream colleges as well as NELS data, this article analyzes patterns and determinants of student progression through sequences of developmental education starting from initial referral.View AbstractAchieving the Dream Colleges in Pennsylvania and Washington State: Early Progress Toward Building a Culture of EvidencePaper by: Davis Jenkins, Todd Ellwein, John Wachen, Monica Reid Kerrigan & Sung-Woo Cho — 3/31/2009Colleges participating in the Achieving the Dream initiative commit to using data to improve programs and services in ways that lead to increased student success--a process known as "building a culture of evidence." This report describes the progress made by the 13 Pennsylvania and Washington State community colleges that comprise Round 3 of the initiative after planning and one year of implementation.View Abstract | Download the PDFChallenge and Opportunity: Rethinking the Role and Function of Developmental Education in Community CollegeJournal Article by: Thomas Bailey — 3/24/2009This article examines evidence on the effectiveness of developmental education and outlines a broad reform agenda for helping students with weak academic skills.View AbstractFaculty and Administrator Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges: A Summary of Survey FindingsPaper by: Davis Jenkins & Monica Reid Kerrigan — 2/10/2009This report summarizes findings from a study based largely on a 100-item survey instrument developed by CCRC and MDRC. More than 4,000 faculty and administrators at 41 Achieving the Dream colleges were surveyed about what kinds of student data they use, how accessible data on students are at their college, how they use data in their jobs, and what types of data they find most useful. View Abstract | Download the PDFRethinking Developmental Education in Community College (CCRC Brief No. 40)Brief by: Thomas Bailey — 2/10/2009Based on a longer paper, this Brief reviews evidence on the effectiveness of developmental education and suggests a broad reform agenda for helping students with weak academic skills.View Abstract | Download the PDFEvidence-Based Decision Making in Community Colleges: Findings from a Survey of Faculty and Administrator Data Use at Achieving the Dream CollegesPaper by: Davis Jenkins & Monica Reid Kerrigan — 12/22/2008Based on a survey of faculty and administrators at 41 Achieving the Dream colleges, this study examines what specific data college faculty and administrators use in their jobs and the extent to which they use data analysis to design and improve the impact of college programs and services.View Abstract | Download the PDFReferral, Enrollment, and Completion in Developmental Education Sequences in Community Colleges (CCRC Working Paper No. 15)Paper by: Thomas Bailey, Dong Wook Jeong & Sung-Woo Cho — 12/22/2008Using a longitudinal dataset from Achieving the Dream colleges as well as NELS data, this paper analyzes patterns and determinants of student progression through sequences of developmental education starting from initial referral.View Abstract | Download the PDFChallenge And Opportunity: Rethinking the Role and Function of Developmental Education in Community College (Working Paper No. 14)Paper by: Thomas Bailey — 11/30/2008This paper reviews evidence on the effectiveness of developmental education and goes on to suggest a broad reform agenda for helping students with weak academic skills.View Abstract | Download the PDFMaking the Transition to Four-Year Institutions: Academic Preparation and Transfer (Working Paper No. 13)Paper by: Josipa Roksa & Juan Carlos Calcagno — 6/3/2008Based on analyses of unit record data of first-time community college students in the state of Florida, this paper examines the role of academic preparation in the transition from community colleges to four-year institutions.View Abstract | Download the PDFAssessing and Improving Student Outcomes: What We Are Learning at Miami Dade CollegePaper by: Joanne Bashford & Doug Slater — 1/28/2008Told from the point of view of the Miami Dade College (MDC) Office of Institutional Effectiveness, this paper describes how MDC has begun to develop a systematic and data-informed method for assessing and improving student outcomes across its large, eight-campus college.View Abstract | Download the PDFUsing Longitudinal Data to
Increase Community College Student Success:
A Guide to Measuring Milestone and Momentum Point Attainment (CCRC Research Tools No. 2)Brief by: D. Timothy Leinbach & Davis Jenkins — 1/11/2008This guide is intended to help researchers in colleges and state agencies to use longitudinal student unit record data to create simple and meaningful statistics on student achievement.
View Abstract | Download the PDFInstitutional Effectiveness and Student Success: A Study of High- and Low-Impact Community CollegesJournal Article by: Davis Jenkins — 12/1/2007This article presents findings from a CCRC study on institutional effectiveness that uses transcript-level data on Florida community college students as well as fieldwork at six Florida community colleges.View AbstractStepping Stones to a Degree: The Impact of Enrollment Pathways and Milestones on Community College Student OutcomesJournal Article by: Juan Carlos Calcagno, Peter Crosta, Thomas Bailey & Davis Jenkins — 11/1/2007Findings highlighted in this article suggest that reaching milestones such as obtaining 20 credits or completing 50 percent of a program is a more important positive factor affecting graduation probabilities for younger students than it is for older students.View AbstractPromising Practices for Community College Developmental EducationPaper by: Wendy Schwartz & Davis Jenkins — 10/22/2007This report, which was written for the
Connecticut Community College System, summarizes key findings on effective developmental education practice.View Abstract | Download the PDFRemediation in the Community College: An Evaluator's Perspective (Working Paper No. 9)Paper by: Henry Levin & Juan Carlos Calcagno — 5/25/2007This Working Paper provides a conceptual framework for the rigorous evaluation of remedial education interventions.View Abstract | Download the PDFBuilding a Culture of Evidence for Community College Student Success: Early Progress in the Achieving the Dream Initiative
Paper by: Thomas Brock, Davis Jenkins, Todd Ellwein, Jennifer Miller, Susan Gooden, Kasey Martin, Casey MacGregor & Michael Pih — 5/22/2007Achieving the Dream is a multiyear, national initiative, launched by Lumina Foundation for Education, to help community college students stay in school and succeed. This report describes the early progress that the first 27 colleges have made after one year of implementation.View AbstractInstitutional Research and the Culture of Evidence at Community CollegesPaper by: Vanessa Smith Morest & Davis Jenkins — 4/24/2007This first report in the Achieving the Dream Culture of Evidence Series presents findings from a CCRC study on how well prepared today's community colleges are in using their own data and research to improve student success.View Abstract | Download the PDFState Merit Aid Programs: Responses by Florida Community Colleges (CCRC Brief No. 35)
Brief by: Juan Carlos Calcagno & Mariana Alfonso — 4/18/2007This Brief summarizes a CCRC study on how two-year public colleges in Florida responded to the introduction of a new state merit-based financial aid program.View Abstract | Download the PDFInstitutional Responses to State Merit Aid Programs:
The Case of Florida Community Colleges (Working Paper No. 8)
Paper by: Juan Carlos Calcagno & Mariana Alfonso — 4/18/2007This Working Paper is a full-length report of CCRC's study on how Florida community colleges responded to the introduction of a new merit-based financial aid program.
View Abstract | Download the PDFFifty States of Achieving the Dream: State Policies to Enhance Access to and Success in Community Colleges Across the United StatesPaper by: Kevin Dougherty & Monica Reid Kerrigan — 4/9/2007This report describes what policies all 50 states have in place with respect to key community college practices in three main areas: access, success, and performance accountability. View Abstract | Download the PDF |
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| | Books | | Community College Movement in Perspective: Teachers College Responds to the Truman CommissionBook by: Thomas Bailey & Martin S. Quigley — 3/28/2003This work offers an historical and contemporary structure covering The Truman Commission, the U.S. Scene in 1947, guidelines for the establishment of two-year colleges, and the enduring role played by Teachers College.View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.comHonored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community CollegesBook by: W. Norton Grubb, Helena Worthen, Barbara Byrd, Elnora Webb, Norena Badway & Associates — 3/1/1999Based on the most extensive research on community college teaching to date, this book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings, ranging from innovative approaches to complex subjects to conventional didactic instruction. View Abstract | Purchase at Amazon.com |
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| Presentations | Online Learning: Coursetaking Patterns and Performance
Among Underprepared Community College StudentsThis presentation focused on underprepared student performance in distance-education courses in community colleges.Conference: Association for the Study of Higher Education
(ASHE) Conference 2009
Date: November 07, 2009 1:15PM-2:45PM
Location: Port McNeill, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center, Vancouver, BC Building a Culture of Evidence in Community Colleges: Influences on Data Use for Student SuccessConference: AERA 2009 Annual Meeting
Date: April 14, 2009 2:15PM - 3:45PM
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 14ACommunity College Students' Progression in Developmental EducationThis presentation described a study on student progression using two micro-level datasets.Conference: AERA 2009 Annual Meeting
Date: April 14, 2009 12:25PM-1:55PM
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 14ARelation of Academic Ability and Language Proficiency in Urban Community College Developmental Education StudentsConference: AERA 2009 Annual Meeting
Date: April 13, 2009 4:05PM-4:45PM
Location: San Diego Marriott Hotel, Salon 4Building a Culture of Evidence in Community Colleges: A Study of Data Use for Program ImprovementConference: Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference 2008
Date: November 08, 2008 3:00pm-4:30pm
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| Seminars | A Matter of Degrees: The Role of Community Colleges in Increasing Postsecondary Completions
This seminar welcomed presenters affiliated with the state of Michigan's Commission on Higher Education and the Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count initiative.Date: April 27, 2004 -2005 academic year. 11:30am–2:00pm
Location: 179 Grace Dodge Hall, Teachers College, Columbia University Community Colleges in the 21st Century: Challenges and OpportunitiesThis seminar presented various findings from an investigation conducted by the Community College Research Center involving detailed case studies of fifteen community colleges nationwide. Presenters discussed project findings and their implications for the future of the American higher education system.Date: February 26, 2004 (2003-2004 academic year). 11:30am-2pm
Location: 179 Grace Dodge Hall, Teachers CollegeEquity and AccessCCRC Seminar on equity and access at community colleges.Date: March 26, 2003 3PM-5PM
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