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Download full textPippins, Theo; Belfield, Clive R.; Bailey, Thomas – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2019
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. Key findings: (1) Humanities and liberal arts education in America's colleges is not in decline. Across the nation's community colleges, the number and share of…
Descriptors: Humanities, Liberal Arts, Public Colleges, Community Colleges
Bailey, Thomas – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
This Brief reviews evidence on students who enter community college with weak academic skills, and it summarizes study findings on the effectiveness of developmental education. It suggests that, on average, developmental education is not very effective in overcoming student weaknesses. The report concludes with recommendations for a reform…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
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After being assessed, many students entering community colleges are referred to one or more levels of developmental education. While the need to assist students with weak academic skills is well known, little research has examined student progression through multiple levels of developmental education and into entry-level college courses. The…
Descriptors: Referral, Enrollment, Academic Persistence, Remedial Instruction
Bailey, Thomas; Jeong, Dong Wook; Cho, Sung-Woo – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Developmental education is designed to provide students with weak academic skills the opportunity to strengthen those skills enough to prepare them for college-level coursework. The concept is simple enough--students who arrive unprepared for college are provided instruction to bring them up to an adequate level. In practice, developmental…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Enrollment, Two Year College Students
Bailey, Thomas; Jeong, Dong Wook; Cho, Sung-Woo – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2008
After being assessed, many students entering community colleges are referred to one or more levels of developmental education. While the need to assist students with weak academic skills is well known, little research has examined student progression through multiple levels of developmental education and into entry-level college courses. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Referral, Remedial Programs, Two Year College Students
Bailey, Thomas; Calcagno, Juan Carlos; Jenkins, Davis; Leinbach, Timothy; Kienzl, Gregory – Research in Higher Education, 2006
Over the last decade, policymakers, educators, and researchers have increasingly sought to understand community college policies and practices that promote students' success. This effort has been partly driven by an increased emphasis on outcome accountability, but it has also promoted a productive discussion about improving institutional…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Graduation Rate, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Bailey, Thomas; Weininger, Elliot – 2000
This document is a report on the performance, graduation, and transfer of immigrant and native minority students at City University of New York (CUNY) community colleges. The study also compares the experiences of immigrants at CUNY community colleges to those of native United States minorities. A total of 8,332 students responded to the survey,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
