Strengthening Program Pathways Through Transformative Change
This chapter reports on a major college-wide effort to smooth students’ paths as they enter the college, choose a program, and progress to a credential.
Redefining Full-Time in College: Evidence on 15-Credit Strategies
This report reviews research evidence on college policies designed to facilitate on-time degree completion among students by encouraging them to enroll in at least 15 credits per semester.
Intensity and Attachment: How the Chaotic Enrollment Patterns of Community College Students Affect Educational Outcomes
This paper employs a novel graphical technique to illustrate the diverse enrollment patterns of community college students and examines the relationship between these patterns and successful student outcomes.
Get With the Program … and Finish It: Building Guided Pathways to Accelerate Student Completion
This publication describes efforts by a growing number of colleges and universities to create “guided pathways” designed to increase the rate at which students enter and complete a program of study.
Lingerers in the Community College
This brief examines characteristics and course-taking patterns of students who accumulate a substantial number of college credits but do not earn an award by their fifth year of enrollment.