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Download full textMac Iver, Martha Abele; Byrnes, Vaughan; Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Clark, Emily – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study used comparative interrupted times series analyses to assess the impact of a continuous improvement-focused family engagement intervention on ninth grade attendance and course passing rates. The intervention, conducted in an urban district, sought to improve middle and high school family engagement practices during the transition to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Family Involvement, Grade 9, Attendance
Rothwell, Jonathan – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
Senior Economist Jonathan Rothwell of Gallup, presents data on employment outcomes for college graduates from different types of colleges. He also provides findings from the Gallup-USA Funds Associate Degree Graduates Survey which shows there are a number of student experiences that are highly predictive of overall life-evaluation. He cites the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Associate Degrees, Career Readiness, Program Effectiveness
Shapiro, Nancy – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2013
Within a 25-year period, the dramatic changes from college education as a "private good" that serves a predominantly white male student population to college education as a "public good"--where almost 90% of high school students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds aspire to attend college--has forced higher education to face a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Communities of Practice, Student Personnel Services, Educational Change
Rossol-Allison, Patrick M.; Alleman Beyers, Natalie J. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2011
The growing reliance on adjunct faculty has been a recent controversial trend in higher education. One of the often overlooked aspects of shifting instruction to part-time faculty members is the impact of this policy on student learning outcomes. This paper studies the impact of faculty status on both short-term and long-term retention and student…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Outcomes of Education
Zachry, Elizabeth M.; Schneider, Emily – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2010
One of the greatest challenges that community colleges face in their efforts to increase graduation rates is improving the success of students in their developmental, or remedial, education programs. This literature review seeks to examine research on developmental education strategies and reforms and identify the most promising approaches for…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Developmental Programs, Remedial Instruction, Adjunct Faculty
Jones, Gwendolyn; Hall, Robert A. – Online Submission, 2007
The primary purpose of the study was to identify successful electronic and manufacturing engineering programs at two-year colleges that Northeast Community College (a pseudonym) programs can be benched marked against. The project examined two-year college programs for increased enrollment and the number of graduates for the academic years 2000 to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, College Programs, Engineering Education
Denison, Brian; Secolsky, Charles – Online Submission, 2003
Retention and graduation rates have been topics of concern for undergraduate institutions. These indicators are not as applicable for two-year institutions where students' goals are more varied. This study examined the retention over four semesters of 678 first-time, full-time community college students with respect to their initial educational…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Community Colleges, Graduation Rate
