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Graduation Rates, Student Goals, and Measuring Community College Effectiveness. CCRC Brief Number 28
Download full textBailey, Thomas; Jenkins, Davis; Leinbach, Timothy – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2005
The educational effectiveness of community colleges is under new scrutiny as a result of both a federal government focus on accountability of higher education institutions and greater competition for the state funds traditionally directed to the colleges. Policymakers, who want to tie public college allocations to their outcomes, and families,…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Graduation Rate, Federal Government, Community Colleges
Calcagno, Juan Carlos; Crosta, Peter; Bailey, Thomas; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2006
This Brief reports on a new study that begins to fill this research gap. Using longitudinal unit record transcript data on a cohort of first-time community college students in Florida, the study sought to determine whether remedial pathways, such as enrolling in a developmental math course, and enrollment milestones, such as completing a certain…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Nontraditional Students, Two Year College Students, Longitudinal Studies
Bailey, Thomas; Calcagno, Juan Carlos; Jenkins, Davis; Leinbach, Timothy; Kienzl, Gregory – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2005
Policymakers, educators, and researchers recognize the importance of community colleges as open door institutions that provide a wide range of students with access to college. At the same time, competing demands for the state funds that would support community colleges have resulted in reduced public allocations and higher student tuition fees.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Graduation Rate, Educational Policy, Community Colleges
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Direct linkBailey, 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; Calcagno, Juan Carlos; Jenkins, Davis; Leinbach, Timothy; Kienzl, Gregory – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2005
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: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, College Outcomes Assessment, Institutional Characteristics
Prince, David; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2005
This Brief summarizes findings from a new study that seeks to fill information gaps about older community college students. Researchers used student record information from the Washington State Community and Technical College System to examine the educational experience and attainment as well as the employment and earnings of a sample of adult…
Descriptors: Student Records, Technical Institutes, Educational Experience, Adult Students
