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Zumeta, William; Huntington-Klein, Nick – Council of Independent Colleges, 2020
This analytical report responds to the current policy interest in some states in offering "tuition-free college" to income-eligible students attending certain public colleges and universities. In most cases only public two-year colleges are covered, although New York State's Excelsior Scholarship program also covers public four-year…
Descriptors: State Programs, Access to Education, Student Costs, Student Financial Aid
Ramón De Los Santos – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This phenomenological, qualitative study explored community college graduates' perceptions of their cocurricular involvement and its effect on their academic success and career development through the lens of The City University of New York's Accelerated Studies in Associate Programs (ASAP). Besides the low graduation rates among community college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Graduates, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Coombs Richardson, Rita; Vafa, Sherry; Litton, Freddie – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2017
By providing early access to education, early childhood and community-based programs are helping to close the achievement gap prevalent among children from impoverished homes.
Descriptors: Poverty, Access to Education, Achievement Gap, School Community Relationship
Stoehr, Alissa Kristine – ProQuest LLC, 2016
According to the State University of New York-Oneanta (2013), "women's and gender studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that takes gender as its main category of analysis, and works to reframe the place of gender as essential to the workings of social, cultural, political, and economic systems." These programs, especially at…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Womens Studies, Educational History, Interdisciplinary Approach
Frankovitch, Loretta A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Studying history offers us important lessons: it helps to point out concepts which repeat and suggests errors so that we can adjust our path. This study attempted to uncover changes in higher educational mission statements over time in the western New York area. By exploring changes in institutional mission statements, the researcher hopes to add…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Higher Education, Position Papers, Classification
Jacoby, Tamar – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2022
As the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs, thousands of New Yorkers are searching for jobs, and employers across the state are struggling to fill empty positions. New York's publicly funded city and state community colleges are uniquely positioned to help bridge this gap, providing more job-focused education for mid-career adults and traditional college-age…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Community Colleges, Job Training
Coalition for Community Schools, 2021
The Coalition for Community Schools (Coalition), as an alliance of national, state and local partners that advocate for community schools, wanted to provide support and a space for community school leaders to share their challenges and successes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning March 17, 2020 through the present, the Coalition conducted…
Descriptors: Community Schools, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change
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Rossi, Rachael J.; Bower, Corey Bunje – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2018
Utilizing a data set of over 900,000 enrollees in adult basic education programs in New York State between 2005 and 2013, we examine the college enrollment of GED® passers. Upon enrollment in an adult basic education program, participants were asked whether they wanted to attend college after completion; almost 13,000 students both indicated a…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Enrollment, Higher Education, Predictor Variables
Council of Chief State School Officers, 2019
American public education policy and practice has long focused on what can be done to meet the academic needs of all students during the school day. Today, more families and students are facing challenges outside of school that affect student academic performance in classrooms. Challenges such as homelessness, food security, mental health and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Needs, Hunger, Wellness
Fanuzzi, Robert; Gold, Kenneth; Seigel, Samantha; Cuccia, Christopher; Kress, Michael; Sanchez, Sandy – Metropolitan Universities, 2015
In order to confront lower than average completion rates in New York City and to provide a strong economic and civic foundation for Staten Island, the borough's three institutions of higher education, College of Staten Island/City University of New York, St. John's University, and Wagner College, have brought together their high school and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, College Readiness
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Gándara, Denisa; Li, Amy – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2020
Promise programs are proliferating across the United States, with wide variation in their design. Using national data on 33 Promise programs affecting single, 2-year colleges, this study examines program effects on first-time, full-time college enrollments of students by race/ethnicity and gender classification. Results suggest Promise programs…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Two Year College Students, Student Financial Aid
Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Kopko, Elizabeth; Cullinan, Dan; Belfield, Clive R. – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2020
Virtually all community colleges and more than 90 percent of public four-year colleges use the results of placement tests--either alone or in concert with other information--to determine whether students are ready for college-level coursework or need remedial help in math or English. Evidence suggests that placement tests do a poor job of…
Descriptors: Placement Tests, Grade Point Average, Student Placement, Community Colleges
Chatterjee, Oona – Voices in Urban Education, 2014
The election of Mayor Bill de Blasio in November 2013 was a historic moment for proponents of student-centered, equity-driven public education. During the campaign, de Blasio ran on an agenda of ending New York City's "Tale of Two Cities" and elevated a comprehensive vision for improving the city's more than 1,800 public schools as a…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Opportunities, Community Organizations, Community Coordination
Haywoode, Alyssa – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Community schools have a long history of helping students succeed in school by addressing the problems they face outside of school. But without specific data on students and the full range of their needs, community schools cannot be as effective as they would like to be. Driven by the desire to make more data-informed decisions, the Children's Aid…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Data, Decision Making, Partnerships in Education
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Parker, Stuart; Traver, Amy E.; Cornick, Jonathan – Teaching Sociology, 2018
Across community colleges in the United States, most students place into a developmental math course that they never pass. This can leave them without the math skills necessary to make informed decisions in major areas of social life and the college credential required for participation in growing sectors of our economy. One strategy for improving…
Descriptors: Sociology, Community Colleges, Mathematics Skills, Two Year College Students
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