ERIC Number: ED558762
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Feb
Pages: 36
Abstractor: ERIC
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Community College Online
Fishman, Rachel
New America
This report explores the demographics of community college students and how they compare to those in other sectors of higher education. Next, it reviews the common reasons undergraduate students stop their studies or drop out. The report then examines technology-enhanced education in community colleges and presents several case studies showing how the public two-year sector can use technology to improve content delivery, student support, credential attainment, and transfer. It concludes with a list of recommendations on how to remove the barriers that impede the flexibility needed by community college students for institutional, state, and federal policymakers. [The New America Education Policy Program's work is made possible through generous grants from the Alliance for Early Success; the Annie E. Casey Foundation; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; the Grable Foundation; the Foundation for Child Development; the Joyce Foundation; the Kresge Foundation; Lumina Foundation; the Pritzker Children's Initiative; the McKnight Foundation; Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; and the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation.]
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Student Characteristics, Undergraduate Students, Dropouts, Technology Uses in Education, Public Colleges, Teaching Methods, Barriers, Student Needs, Access to Education, Online Courses, Student Employment, Parents, Nontraditional Students, Commuting Students, Part Time Students, Remedial Instruction, Place of Residence, Income, Minority Group Students, Distance Education, Blended Learning, Competency Based Education, College Transfer Students, Student Financial Aid, Faculty Development
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Kresge Foundation
Authoring Institution: New America
Identifiers - Location: Virginia; Washington
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