Upcoming Presentations

2024 CSCC Annual Conference

April 18–20, 2024
Pittsburgh, PA

Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies

April 19, 8:00–9:15 AM

Self-directed learning (SDL) skills and mindsets like self-efficacy, help seeking, and goal-setting are considered malleable factors for learning. Drawing on survey data and faculty interviews, we present evidence about their predictive validity with academic outcomes and strategies for promoting the development of these skills in online courses in community colleges.

Presenters

Jorge Mahecha, Research Associate, CCRC

Ellen Wasserman, Research Associate, CCRC

Access to Success: Insights and Strategies in Implementing Multiple Measures Assessment

April 20, 12:30–1:45 PM

CAPR, with support from Ascendium Education Group, are assisting colleges and states nationwide in the adoption and implementation of MMA practices that place more students, and allow more students to be successful, in college-level courses. This presentation summarizes insights derived from this work, focusing on the adoption of multiple measures assessment in open-access colleges in Arkansas and Texas. During the presentation, researchers will present cost analysis findings, explore supporting factors for implementation, and delve into specific strategies used by colleges to tackle common implementation challenges.

Presenters

Elizabeth Kopko, Senior Research Associate, CCRC

Dan Cullinan, Senior Associate, MDRC

New Evidence: Five Critical, Understudied Barriers to Transfer Success

National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) Annual Conference
February 16, 2017
Atlanta, GA

Most entering community college students intend to transfer and earn a bachelor’s degree, yet few actually do. This session organized key findings from recent transfer research into five major obstacles to transfer success gleaned from national and state-level patterns of students’ transfer enrollments, credit accumulation, and efficient completion. Participants joined in considering areas of future research and considering the implications for transfer policy and practice.

Associated Papers

Participants

Senior Research Associate and Program Lead
Community College Research Center

Associated Project(s)