Policy Levers to Strengthen Community College Transfer Student Success in Texas

Based on three sets of analyses, this report to the Greater Texas Foundation recommends ways that state policy could help to improve outcomes for community college transfer students in Texas.
Lessons From the Corridors of College Success Initiative: An Introduction

Collective impact is a place-based model of educational and social intervention that aims to shift responsibility for improvement in outcomes from …
Improving Developmental Education Assessment and Placement: Lessons From Community Colleges Across the Country

This paper describes a range of approaches to improving poor course placement accuracy and inconsistent standards associated with traditional assessment and placement practices at community colleges.
Preparing High School Students for College: An Exploratory Study of College Readiness Partnership Programs in Texas

This study examines 37 college readiness partnership programs in Texas and the partnerships that created them, identifying their key characteristics as well as benefits and challenges related to their implementation.
Bridging the Gap: An Impact Study of Eight Developmental Summer Bridge Programs in Texas

This NCPR report presents findings from an experimental study of eight developmental summer bridge programs offered in Texas during the summer of 2009.