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Implementing a Pathway Reform: How Department Chairs Make Sense of a Pathway Initiative in a Community College
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Chase, Megan Michaelene; Robinson, Jason; Bensimon, Estela M. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study contributes to the limited research on the implementation of pathways in a community college. While most of the literature to date focuses on providing guidance on the structural changes necessary for implementation, this study focuses on the social and cultural aspects of implementation. Using case study research design, a team of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Program Development
A Complex Ecosystem: A Qualitative Investigation into Dynamics Affecting the Implementation of College Advising Redesigns. CCRC Working Paper No. 117
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Klempin, Serena; Pellegrino, Lauren – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2020
Academic advising plays a critical role in student engagement and persistence at community colleges, and colleges are increasingly adopting advising technologies to increase their capacity to support students. However, much remains unknown about the process of planning for and implementing technology-mediated advising redesigns. To explore these…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Educational Technology, Educational Change
2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition
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Brown, Malcolm; McCormack, Mark; Reeves, Jamie; Brooks, D. Christopher; Grajek, Susan – EDUCAUSE, 2020
In assuming ownership of the Horizon Report, EDUCAUSE recognized the challenges of anticipating the future. The authors have, in this first major revision of the report's methodology, structure, and content, striven to break the mold of the classic Horizon Report without losing its essential purpose. The report begins with a scan of the current…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education
2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition
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Pelletier, Kathe; Brown, Malcolm; Brooks, D. Christopher; McCormack, Mark; Reeves, Jamie; Arbino, Nichole – EDUCAUSE, 2021
This report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape. Starting in 2020, COVID-19 pandemic has…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Trends, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
The next Community College Movement?
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Dassance, Charles R. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2011
The missionary zeal of community colleges in the 1960s is still needed to meet the challenges they still face today: helping underserved and underprepared students succeed, and offering a strong general education curriculum that provides the foundation and framework for later academic and professional success. Even as economic, social, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success
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Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Review of Educational Research, 2010
Many of the democratizing opportunities provided by community colleges are diminished in the eyes of policy makers by inadequate rates of success. In particular, large proportions of students who enter community colleges do not persist for longer than a semester, complete a program, or attain a credential. This review critically examines academic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Remedial Instruction, College Students