Community Colleges: History, Performance, and Paths to Improvement
This book chapter examines the role of community colleges in higher education and discusses enrollment trends and student characteristics and outcomes. The authors synthesize research on reforms intended to improve student outcomes and conclude with new directions for research and practice.
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.
Discussion Guide for More Essential Than Ever: Community College Pathways to Educational and Career Success
This discussion guide for More Essential Than Ever is designed to help community college faculty, staff, and administrators discuss ideas presented in the book and consider which might be most helpful for improving student success at their institutions.
Understanding the Personal Support Networks of First-Generation College Students From Immigrant Backgrounds
This book chapter explores the personal support networks and help-seeking preferences of immigrant-origin, first-generation-in-college students (FGCS) as part of a three-year longitudinal mixed-methods study with FGCSs at four public Hispanic-serving institutions in California.
The Implementation and Outcomes of Lesson Study in Community College Mathematics
This report describes a project undertaken by CCRC, Education Northwest, and three Oregon community colleges to adapt lesson study for use among faculty teaching a precollege (developmental) quantitative literacy course.