Humanities and Liberal Arts Education at Community College: How It Affects Transfer and Four-Year College Outcomes
Using transcript-level data from two community college state systems and a nationally representative survey, this short report examines how course-taking in humanities and liberal arts at community colleges affects transfer and outcomes at four-year colleges.
Humanities and Liberal Arts Education Across America’s Colleges: How Much Is There?
This short report provides a systematic accounting of the provision of humanities and liberal arts education at public colleges in the United States, including community colleges.
Teaching Matters and So Does Curriculum: How CUNY Start Reshaped Instruction for Students Referred to Developmental Mathematics
This paper describes key features of CUNY Start mathematics and how it differs from traditional developmental education.
English Learners and ESL Programs in the Community College: A Review of the Literature
This paper examines factors within the community college context that affect the experiences and academic outcomes of the English learner population broadly and students who enroll in ESL courses in particular.
American Honors: The Life and Death of a Public-Private Partnership
In 2012, Quad Learning partnered with two community colleges to pilot American Honors, a program designed to help academically talented community college students overcome the challenges of transferring to more selective four-year destinations. This paper traces the components of the program’s socially conscious theory of change, its for-profit business model, and the tensions between the two.