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.
Elisabeth A. BarnettRachel Hare BorkJoshua PretlowHeather WathingtonMadeline Joy TrimbleAlexander K. Mayer
This NCPR report presents findings from an experimental study of eight developmental summer bridge programs offered in Texas during the summer of 2009.
Elisabeth A. BarnettAki NakanishiRachel Hare BorkClaire MitchellWilliam CorrinSusan Sepanik
This study examines 37 college readiness partnership programs in Texas and the partnerships that created them, identifying their key characteristics as well as benefits and challenges related to their implementation.
This article reviews previous studies on dual enrollment and discusses the results of an evaluation of College Now, the dual enrollment program of The City University of New York.
Using qualitative data from California's Concurrent Courses Initiative, this article explores how teaching in a dual enrollment program can foster new approaches to classroom pedagogy.
This chapter provides a theoretical framework through which to understand the experiences of dual enrollment students as they "try out" the role of college student.
This study examines the effects of student employment on academic outcomes, using a dataset that combines students' transcripts with earning records from the Unemployment Insurance system.
Melinda Mechur KarpKatherine L. HughesMaria S. Cormier
Commissioned by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, this report reviews dual enrollment policies in Tennessee and five peer states—Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
This paper examines the performance of Washington State’s two-year colleges under the Student Achievement Initiative, a policy to reward colleges for improvements in student achievement.