Characteristics of Early Community College Dropouts
The first in CCRC’s analytics series, this publication examines characteristics of students who drop out of college after only one semester.
Structure in Community College Career-Technical Programs: A Qualitative Analysis
This study examines the structure of community college career-technical programs and its association with program completion.
Get With the Program: Accelerating Community College Students’ Entry Into and Completion of Programs of Study
This paper argues that to improve completion rates, colleges must help students enter programs as soon as possible; it presents a method for measuring program entry and completion rates using transcript data.
The Content of Their Coursework: Understanding Course-Taking Patterns at Community Colleges by Clustering Student Transcripts
A clustering algorithm is applied to the transcripts of a cohort of first-time students in the Washington State system in order to determine what programs of study they appear to be pursuing.
Charting Pathways to Completion for Low-Income Community College Students
Administrative data from Washington State is used to chart the educational pathways of first-time community college students, with a focus on young, socioeconomically disadvantaged students.