Teaching Academically Underprepared Students in Community Colleges
This chapter discusses instructional approaches intended to prepare initially low-skilled college entrants for the reading, writing, and mathematics skills they need to learn from the postsecondary curriculum.
Can Community Colleges Achieve Ambitious Graduation Goals?
This book chapter discusses community college graduation goals that have been set by the Obama administration, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Lumina Foundation for Education.
U.S. Community Colleges and Lessons for British Further Education
Part of the collected volume Colleges 2020, published by a U.K. think tank, this chapter provides an international comparison to British further education by discussing U.S. community colleges.
Bridging the High School-College Divide
This book chapter reviews three dominant strategies to create academic linkages between high school and college—remediation, dual enrollment, and the high school/college alignment movement.
The National Academy Foundation’s Career Academies: Shaping Postsecondary Transitions
This chapter examines the extent to which career academies deliver on their promises.
