A commonly used metric for measuring college costs, drawn from data in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), is expenditure per full-time equivalent (FTE) student. This article discusses an error in this per FTE calculation when using IPEDS data, especially with regard to community colleges. The problem is that expenditures…

This paper uses the credits-attempted perspective--in the context of how many credits a student attempts in their first year of college--and reports on several related projects all intended to evaluate potential interventions to raise academic momentum among first-year community college students. The presentation contrasts non-experimental…

Despite enrolling almost half of all undergraduate students in the United States, community colleges have struggled for decades with low degree-completion rates. CUNY community colleges struggle with the challenge of low completion rates even when the degree timetable is expanded. According to the CUNY Office of Institutional Research and…

In recent years, there has been unprecedented national focus on the importance of increasing graduation rates for community college students. Many reforms have been tried, but college completion rates remain stubbornly low: Only one-third of entering students graduate with a degree or certificate within five years. Reforms are often short-term,…

In recent years, there has been unprecedented national focus on the importance of increasing the stubbornly low graduation rates of community college students. Most reforms that have been tried are short-term and address one or only a few barriers to student success. The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Accelerated Study in Associate…

Employers point to a large and growing "skills gap," saying thousands of jobs are already going unfilled because applicants lack the skills and knowledge they need. Forecasters say that, by the end of this decade, two-thirds of all jobs will require some form of high-quality postsecondary credential such as a degree or certificate. The…

Many adult students struggle to finance their educations, often contending with work and child care expenses in addition to the extra cost of remedial courses. Moreover, there is little need-based grant aid to help. This report presents early findings from an evaluation of a program in New York City targeted to low-income adults (ages 22 to 35)…

For years administrators at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, in Richmond, Virginia, had a hunch that students were not taking full advantage of the college's advising services. Still, they were disappointed two years ago, when the Community College Survey of Student Engagement revealed that their students rarely used career services and…

Data on enrollments and degrees granted during the years 1948 through 1989 are provided for the community colleges under the program of the State University of New York. Data are presented for the system as a whole as well as for each campus. Fall term enrollments in credit courses are broken down by full-/part-time status and by student level…

This report provides statistical data on enrollment and degrees granted by the 66 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges, colleges, and universities between 1948 and 1994. The first section of the report provides headcount enrollment data for the individual institutions and institutional types as well as system-wide data. The…

This report provides statistical data on tuition and other basic student charges at the 66 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges, colleges, and universities between 1980-81 and 1994-95. The first section of the report provides a summary of tuition and other charges (such as room, board, and fees) by program level and residency…

This report provides statistical data on trends in tuition and other basic student charges at the 66 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges, colleges, and universities between 1963-64 and 1996-97. The first section of the report provides tables summarizing tuition and other charges (such as room, board, and fees) by program level…

This report provides statistical data on enrollment and degrees granted by the 66 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges, colleges, and universities between 1948 and 1993. Community colleges under the sponsorship of the New York City Board of Higher Education which in 1975 became solely part of the City University of New York are…

This report contains statistical data for the period 1948-1995 covering credit course enrollment and degrees granted for the State University of New York system as a whole and its individual institutional components. Data are reported for individual institutions, by institutional type, and system-wide: enrollment data are point-in-time;…

Fall 1984 statistics on the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) are presented. This first of two volumes presents three types of summary information that uses the individual institution (or institutional type) as the unit of analysis. Statistical tables summarize…