Selecting a Program of Study: How Certain Are Community College Students About Their Choice and Does It Change?
This report discusses the program choice process among 42 student interviewees; it describes factors that influenced their choice and how their choice often changed, and it offers recommendations to better support students in selecting a program.
Why Did They Leave? Learning From the Experiences of Former Community College Students
Based on survey findings from 480 former students who stopped out of community college before the start of their second year, this report sheds light on the experiences of this population and their reasons for leaving college.
How Do Incoming Community College Students Think About Programs of Study and Potential Careers?
Using survey data from incoming students at four colleges, this report examines how they think about choosing a program of study, how well their educational and career goals align, and implications for colleges seeking to better support students’ decision-making.
How Community College Students Choose a Program of Study: Faculty and Staff Perspectives
Based on faculty and staff interviews at four colleges, this brief describes how students experience the program choice process, including barriers they face, and discusses practices for improving support for program and career exploration.
More Essential Than Ever: Community College Pathways to Educational and Career Success
Drawing on a decade of research on whole-college guided pathways reforms, this book presents five next-frontier strategies colleges can use to strengthen pathways to post-completion student success in jobs and further education.