In the May 2007 edition of University Business, a monthly magazine designed to address the institutional challenges and concerns of college and university administrators, reporter Caryn Meyers Fliegler describes strategies to improve community college student persistence. 

In regards to college success courses, the article states:

"It's important to provide information in as structured a way as possible," says Thomas Bailey, director of the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. Bailey has researched student persistence at institutions around the country. He sees student success courses (also known as college success courses)-in which students learn the ins and outs of attending college and transferring or obtaining a degree-as crucial.

These basic courses may hold particular value for students from first-generation college families. "Preliminary research suggests that students who participate do as well as or better than students who don't," Bailey says. "There are different ways of providing structured guidance information to students. I don't think it's realistic to think it's primarily going to be done on a one-to-one basis."

--The full-length article that also highlights CCRC research in dual enrollment and institutional research is available through the University Business web site at http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=767