Student Persistence in Community Colleges
With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, CCRC studied students’ persistence and leaving processes. Researchers interviewed students over two semesters to understand how they make use of student services and other institutional features and to discover if their use of those services is related to their persistence. The results of this study will help colleges understand what factors are related to student retention in order to develop programs and resources encouraging student persistence to graduation.
The project investigated the experiences of students in two urban community colleges. Researchers interviewed a random sample of 44 students who enrolled in college for the first time in fall 2005 and persisted to the spring 2006 semester. Participants were re-interviewed in the fall of 2006. Researchers also observed classes typically taken by first-year students, and interviewed faculty and staff about the colleges’ student retention efforts.
A series of reports highlighting the project’s findings were released throughout spring 2008 as CCRC Working Papers. For more information about this study, contact Melinda Mechur Karp, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate.
Project Staff:
Melinda Mechur Karp, Senior Research Associate -- Teachers College, Columbia University
Katherine L. Hughes, Assistant Director for Work and Education Reform Research -- Teachers College, Columbia University
Lauren O'Gara, Former CCRC Research Assistant -- Teachers College, Columbia University
Lisa Rothman, Associate Director for Finance, Administration, and Communications -- Teachers College, Columbia University
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| Student Success Courses in the Community College: An Exploratory Study of Student Perspectives Journal Article by: Lauren O'Gara, Melinda Mechur Karp & Katherine L. Hughes — 12/24/2008Based on an exploratory study of students in two community colleges, this journal article examines how Student Success courses help students develop relationships that provide helpful support and useful information long after the class is over.View AbstractInformation Networks and Integration: Institutional Influences on Experiences and Persistence of Beginning StudentsJournal Article by: Melinda Mechur Karp & Katherine L. Hughes — 10/1/2008This chapter explores the ways that information networks are related to student persistence in the community college and how institutional structures can encourage such networks.View AbstractAn Exploration of Tinto’s Integration Framework for Community College Students (Working Paper No. 12)Paper by: Melinda Mechur Karp, Katherine L. Hughes & Lauren O'Gara — 5/16/2008This paper explores the applicability of Tinto's integration framework for understanding the ways that first-year community college students engage with their institutions.View Abstract | Download the PDFDo Support Services at Community Colleges Encourage Success or Reproduce Disadvantage? (Working Paper No. 10)Paper by: Melinda Mechur Karp, Lauren O'Gara & Katherine L. Hughes — 1/11/2008Based on an exploratory study of students in two community colleges, this paper examines the ways that student support services in community colleges inadvertently perpetuate and legitimate disadvantage.View Abstract | Download the PDF |
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| | Presentations | Institutional Policies and Student Use of Support Services: Beware Unintended ConsequencesThis presentation described CCRC's study of student persistence in two urban community colleges.Conference: Council for Opportunity in Education’s 27th Annual Conference
Date: September 18, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.Making Sure They Don't Check Out: Encouraging Student Persistence Through Information and SupportThis presentation detailed CCRC's exploratory study of student persistence in two community colleges.
Date: May 08, 2008
Location: Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
Student Success Courses: Are They Effective?This session explored the effectiveness of student success courses at promoting student persistence.Conference: 88th Annual AACC Convention
Date: April 07, 2008 1:45PM-2:45PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 105-AStudent Persistence in Community Colleges: An Exploration of Tinto’s Integration FrameworkThis presentation examines how students view the processes of academic and social integration and make use of institutional features.Conference: AERA 2008 Annual Meeting
Date: March 26, 2008 12:25PM-1:55PM
Location: New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Astor Ballroom Pre-Function, 7th FloorStudent Success Courses: Are They Effective?This session explored the effectiveness of student success courses at promoting student persistence.Conference: League for Innovation in the Community College Annual Conference 2008
Date: March 03, 2008 1:30PM-2:30PM
Location: Adam's Mark Hotel, Plaza Court 4, Concourse Level |
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