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Bailey, Thomas – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2018
Community colleges have long had multiple missions. The first community college was designed to relieve elite colleges of the burden of educating 18- and 19-year-olds. Thus, it was initially conceived of as a transfer institution--students would go on to upper division courses at a four-year college once they had matured and were ready for more…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Transfer Students
Bailey, Thomas – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2016
This chapter examines why typical reforms at community colleges in recent years have not improved institutional graduation rates. It argues that substantially increasing college completion requires comprehensive institutional reform with a focus on measurable student success, an intentional and cohesive package of programmatic components, and a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Graduation Rate, College Graduates
Pippins, 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
Belfield, Clive; Bailey, Thomas – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2017
This brief reviews new findings from a series of extensive studies by the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) researchers. The research makes use of large state datasets that include student transcripts merged with individual quarterly earnings records, which allow for the analysis of returns to particular…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
Belfield, Clive; Bailey, Thomas – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2017
This paper reviews recent evidence on the labor market returns to credit accumulation, certificates, and associate degrees from community colleges. Evidence is collated from estimates of earnings gaps across college students using large-scale, statewide administrative datasets from eight states. Six of these states were partners of the Center for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education
Jenkins, Davis; Bailey, Thomas – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
In this brief, the authors propose three measures of "early momentum" for two reasons: Research is beginning to show that these near-term metrics predict long-term success, and the metrics focus attention on initial conditions at colleges that are particularly important for solidifying the foundation for student success. While these…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Change, College Students, Graduation Rate
Bailey, Thomas; Jenkins, Davis; Fink, John; Cullinane, Jenna; Schudde, Lauren – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
Texas relies heavily on its community colleges to provide low-cost access to undergraduate coursework for students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Yet, while the majority of Texas students who enter higher education through a community college enroll in transfer programs, only 35 percent transfer and only 15 percent earn a bachelor's degree within…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Success, Undergraduate Students
Bailey, Thomas; Belfield, Clive R. – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
Stackable credentials--sequential postsecondary awards that allow individuals to progress on a career path--have been suggested as a way to enhance the labor market prospects of middle-skill workers. Yet, thus far, little evidence has been provided on the economic value of these credentials. Here, we report a series of estimates on the association…
Descriptors: Awards, Labor Market, Job Skills, Cost Effectiveness
Bailey, Thomas; Jaggars, Shanna Smith – Century Foundation, 2016
Almost two-thirds of students who enter community colleges every year are judged to be academically not ready to engage in college-level coursework. In order to enroll, these students typically must take one or more "remedial" or "developmental" math or English courses that will not count toward their college degree. The…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, College Readiness, Community Colleges, Remedial Programs