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Dae Y. Kim; Karin Gegenheimer – Research for Action, 2023
In 2015, Tennessee launched Tennessee Promise (TN Promise), one of the most comprehensive and well-funded statewide free-college scholarship programs in the country. To support TN Promise students, and especially those from the lowest-income households, tnAchieves, a key partner facilitating all non-financial components of TN Promise, implemented…
Descriptors: College Programs, Scholarships, State Programs, Outcomes of Education
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Valentine, Jessa L.; Price, Derek V. – Review of Higher Education, 2023
This article examines the impact of proactive, data-informed success coaching on students' retention and completion outcomes, drawing on theories of student engagement and a five-year (2016-2020), mixed-methods study of coaching conducted across 10 North Carolina community colleges. Results from a randomized controlled trial show that coaching…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Educational Attainment, Community College Students, School Holding Power
Colleen Sommo; Austin Slaughter; Cyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Kayla Warner – MDRC, 2023
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admissions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain postsecondary degrees and economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to overcome,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, College Students, Universities
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Bragg, Debra D. – Community College Research Initiatives, 2019
This tool is designed to be used by Student Success Center executive directors to gather input and prepare coaches to integrate and enact an equity frame in guided pathways implementation. The tool utilizes the Community College Research Initiative's (CCRI) Coaching for Change framework to apply equity and equity-mindedness (Center for Urban…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges
Bickerstaff, Susan; Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Lopez Salazar, Andrea – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
Despite research pointing to the crucial role nonacademic staff play in student success in higher education, large-scale reform efforts at community colleges and elsewhere typically focus little direct attention on interpersonal interactions between students and staff. Caring Campus is a program developed and administered by the Institute for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, School Personnel, Interaction