A Contextualized Intervention for Community College Developmental Reading and Writing Students
This paper provides evidence on the potential efficacy of a contextualized approach in helping students develop an important academic skill, written summarization.
Turning the Tide: Five Years of Achieving the Dream in Community Colleges
This interim report examines the experiences of the first 26 colleges to join Achieving the Dream, which helps community colleges collect and analyze student performance data to increase student success.
Faculty Validation and Persistence Among Nontraditional Community College Students
This paper examines the influence of validation by faculty on students’ sense of integration in college and intent to persist.
The Role of Community College Education in the Employment of Information Technology Workers in Washington State
Using data on students in Washington State who pursued IT coursework at community colleges and then entered the labor market, this paper presents findings on the employment outcomes of IT students by the type of preparation they completed, and on the types of employers that hired these students.
The Political Origins of State-Level Performance Funding for Higher Education: The Cases of Florida, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington
This report examines the origins of state performance funding in six states and concludes by drawing lessons for policymakers.