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Bailey, Thomas; Jenkins, Davis; Leinbach, D. Timothy – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2007
This brief summarizes a Community College Research Center (CCRC) study on the extent to which community college students' educational goals and reasons for enrolling influence their outcomes. Based on the findings, the brief presents suggestions for how colleges should approach student goals and aspirations in seeking to improve student success.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation, Goal Orientation, College Students
Brock, Thomas; Jenkins, Davis; Ellwein, Todd; Miller, Jennifer; Gooden, Susan; Martin, Kasey; MacGregor, Casey; Pih, Michael – MDRC, 2007
Can community colleges make better use of data to improve student outcomes? That's the fundamental idea behind "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count," a bold initiative launched in 2003 by Lumina Foundation for Education to help community college students succeed--particularly, low-income students and students of color, who have…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education