Michelle Van NoyJames JacobsSuzanne KoreyThomas BaileyKatherine L. Hughes
This report provides detailed findings on state policies and community college practice from CCRC's study of community college noncredit workforce education.
In CCRC's 2009 newsletter, Director Thomas Bailey discusses CCRC research that tracked the enrollment and progression of community college students into and through remediation, and outlines directions for reform.
Davis JenkinsTodd EllweinJohn WachenMonica Reid KerriganSung-Woo Cho
This report describes the progress made by the 13 Pennsylvania and Washington State community colleges that comprise Round 3 of the Achieving the Dream initiative after planning and one year of implementation.
This paper examines evidence on the effectiveness of developmental education and outlines a broad reform agenda for helping students with weak academic skills.
Based on a survey of faculty and administrators at 41 Achieving the Dream colleges, this study examines what specific data college faculty and administrators use in their jobs and the extent to which they use data analysis to design and improve the impact of college programs and services.
This report presents findings from an independent qualitative review of Washington State's Student Achievement Initiative, which rewards colleges for improvements in student outcomes.
Lauren O’GaraMelinda Mechur KarpKatherine L. Hughes
In this journal article, the authors examine how student success courses help students develop relationships that provide support and useful information long after the class is over.
This guide offers strategies for providing adults with education and training to help them access opportunities for social mobility and secure jobs that pay wages sufficient to support a family.
Thomas BaileyD. Timothy LeinbachDavis JenkinsGregory S. KienzlJuan Carlos Calcagno
This paper describes how researchers used data on student characteristics and educational outcomes from several federal government sources to explore the legitimacy of the various ways that college effectiveness can be assessed by using measures of student success.
This article explores the ways that information networks are related to student persistence in the community college and how institutional structures can encourage such networks.
