Leveraging Technology and Engaging Students
Delivering at Scale: Implementation Integrity of Enhanced Success Coaching in a Community College Promise Program
Delivering at Scale: Implementation Integrity of Enhanced Success Coaching in a Community College Promise Program
Center for Education Policy Research | November 2025
Rachel Worsham & Elise Swanson
This brief examines the implementation of an enhanced student coaching pilot for the Los Angeles College Promise, a first-year support program in the Los Angeles Community College District, which faces persistent challenges in student persistence and completion.
The Price of Flexibility? Evaluating the True Cost of Distance Education
The Price of Flexibility? Evaluating the True Cost of Distance Education
Center for Education Policy Research | August 2025
Soumya Mishra & Jon Fullerton
Using data provided by the Los Angeles Community College District and interviews with teaching faculty, this paper compares the amount of time faculty spent in course delivery activities as well as the total costs of delivering courses across modalities.
The Los Angeles College Promise
The Los Angeles College Promise
Center for Education Policy Research | July 2025
Elise Swanson, Deborah Harrington & Joanna Zimring Towne
Los Angeles College Promise (LACP) is a comprehensive support system for first-time-in-college students. This brief provides an overview of the program, including eligibility requirements, services provided by and student participation in LACP, and descriptive evidence on student outcomes compared to similar, non-participating students.
How Remote is Success? The Impact of Course Modality on Community College Student Success
How Remote is Success? The Impact of Course Modality on Community College Student Success
Center for Education and Policy Research | April 2025
Rachel Worsham & Elise Swanson
This brief addresses the impact of attempting credits in distance education modalities on student academic outcomes and how these effects vary by the number of credits attempted and across student populations in Los Angeles Community College District.
Navigating the Path to Success or Drifting Off Course? Analyzing the Impacts of Online Course Formats in LACCD
Navigating the Path to Success or Drifting Off Course? Analyzing the Impacts of Online Course Formats in LACCD
Center for Education Policy Research | April 2025
Rachel Worsham, Soumya Mishra & Elise Swanson
This brief explores students’ academic habits and faculty instructional practices across course modalities and what course attributes faculty identify as shaping student performance in online courses.
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