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Kathleen Provinzano; Linda K. Mayger – Urban Education, 2024
Little research has focused on the extent to which community school principals approach family engagement efforts, specifically from an equity-centered perspective. This study examined how community school principals' leadership practices exhibited tenets of Community Equity Literacy. Results from interviews with 13 administrators and 19…
Descriptors: Principals, Justice, Community Schools, Family Involvement
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Don Latham; Melissa Gross; Heidi Julien – College & Research Libraries, 2024
This paper shares the results of semi-structured interviews with 30 community college librarians who have instruction duties. The interviews explored these librarians' perceptions of students' information literacy (IL) strengths and weaknesses as well as their views of students' self-perceptions. Participants believe that students are confident in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
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Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2022
Enrichment programs make up a small but significant part of a community college's offerings. In some cases, their impact can be enormous--especially in rural areas where a community college might be the only source of enrichment for residents. Community enrichment programs also can be challenging to administer. For instance, it can be hard to find…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Values
Pollard, Kevin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2022
The American Community Survey (ACS), a nationwide study collected continuously every year in every county in the United States, is designed to provide communities with reliable and timely demographic, social, economic, and housing data each year. These ACS estimates are not averages of monthly or annual values, but rather an aggregation of data…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Health, Community Characteristics
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Vikki C. Terrile – Teachers College Record, 2024
Academic libraries have long been called the heart of their campuses. As priorities have shifted away from print collections and other repository services, college libraries have expanded their services to be welcoming spaces that support students' sense of belonging and meet a wide range of needs. This is perhaps especially true of community…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Community Colleges, Academic Libraries
Maria P. Conzatti – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Although the community college's original intent was to fulfill a mission dedicated to offering a low-cost, high-quality education to its community, fulfilling its mission is has become more difficult based on ever-increasing financial stresses being placed upon it by various constituent groups. As such, a growing piece of the community college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Scholarships, Tuition
Brenna Hassinger-Das; Katelyn Fletcher – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2023
Since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person learning, fears about children's learning loss remain a primary concern for parents, teachers, and policymakers. These concerns, combined with longstanding issues of inequity regarding children's access to learning opportunities have sparked widespread discussion about how to reimagine education.…
Descriptors: Play, Educational Environment, Space Utilization, Place Based Education
Sophie Litschwartz; Dan Cullinan; Colin Hill – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2024
Historically, colleges have used standardized testing to determine whether a student is ready for college-level work or requires developmental courses first, but this method has been criticized as inaccurate. To obtain more accurate placements, nearly three-quarters of colleges now use multiple measures assessment (MMA) systems. These systems…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Evaluation Methods, Alternative Assessment, Standardized Tests
Wetzstein, Lia; Kovacich, Katie; Smith, Tara; Soja, Jessica; Waugh, Alexandra; Torres, Hector – Jobs for the Future, 2022
Coaches are trusted advisors, information conduits, sounding boards, and advocates who facilitate institutional change. This report summarizes findings from the first five years of the Student Success Center Network's Coaching Program, focusing particularly on the most recent phase that engaged directly with Centers in four states (California,…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Models, Community Colleges, Community College Students
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A. W. Logue; Yoshiko Oka; David Wutchiett; Kerstin Gentsch; Stephanie Abbeyquaye – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
Only 11% of community college (associate's-degree) students transfer vertically and obtain a bachelor's degree within six years, despite over 80% originally intending to do so. These leaks in the transfer pipeline disproportionately affect students from underrepresented groups, who are more likely to attend community colleges and to leak out of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Undergraduate Students, College Transfer Students, Disproportionate Representation
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Katie Heath – About Campus, 2025
For more than three decades, educational professionals and researchers have warned about the impending teacher shortage in America's public school system. As we are currently in the midst of the shortage, school districts are facing the reality of fewer qualified teachers and filling the teaching gaps. This is especially evident in high-poverty…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Public Schools, School Districts, Economically Disadvantaged
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Peter A. Novick; Patrick B. Johnson; Kate Winter; Jennifer Valad – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
This study investigated the role of experiential learning and peer mentors in undergraduate biology at a community college. While the impact on all students was studied, special attention was paid to the effect interventions had on underrepresented minority students. Thirty-three sections of an introductory biology class were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, School Holding Power, Grade Point Average, Mentors
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Charissa Che – Journal of Basic Writing, 2023
This article examines the ways in which composition theory and pedagogy have traditionally conceptualized "ESL" students. While this term has already been contested for its limitations, and alternatives have been offered in its place, this article seeks to add to the conversation by demonstrating, through students' and instructors'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, College Faculty, Multilingualism
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Maier, Anna – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
A growing number of states are launching community school initiatives to ensure family and community engagement, provide enriched and expanded learning, and offer integrated supports for students. Several states are providing technical assistance to support the high-quality implementation of community schools, either through the state education…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Community Schools, Program Implementation, Partnerships in Education
Guth, Douglas J. – Community College Journal, 2023
Metallica's All Within My Hands is a workforce education initiative that provides direct support to community colleges to enhance their career and technical education programs. In 2019, AWMH--alongside initiative sponsor the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)--provided 10 schools with $100,000 each for tuition help, safety gear and…
Descriptors: Musicians, Nonprofit Organizations, Vocational Education, Community Colleges
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