Dual Enrollment: Postsecondary/Secondary Partnerships to Prepare Students
This article describes some of the ways in which dual enrollment requires the engagement of college faculty with high school personnel and their students, and it reviews the challenges and potential benefits of these relationships.
An Exploration of Tinto’s Integration Framework for Community College Students
This paper examines whether Tinto’s integration framework—commonly used to examine student persistence in the four-year sector—is applicable to two-year institutions.
Student Participation and Performance on Advanced Placement Exams: Do State-Sponsored Incentives Make a Difference?
Based on analysis of nationally representative AP exam data taken from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this article examines whether incentives provided to students, teachers, and schools help students enroll and succeed in AP exams.
English Further Education Through American Eyes
This article examines various commonalities and divergences between the English further education system and its nearest U.S. equivalent, the community college system.
The Outlook for Noncredit Workforce Education
Drawing on a national review of state policies and case studies of 20 community colleges, this article examines trends in noncredit courses connected with workforce instruction and contract training.