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Bird, Kelli A.; Castleman, Benjamin L.; Lohner, Gabrielle – AERA Open, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an abrupt shift from in-person to virtual instruction in the spring of 2020. We use two complementary difference-in-differences frameworks: one that leverages within-instructor-by-course variation on whether students started their spring 2020 courses in person or online and another that incorporates student fixed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Community College Students
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Susana H. Hernández; Lyle McKinney; Andrea Burridge; Catherine O'Brien – AERA Open, 2024
Research on developmental education reform has given surprisingly limited attention to what happens inside the classroom between faculty and students. Our qualitative study used interview data from 20 faculty and 20 students in corequisite math and English courses at one of the nation's largest and most racially diverse community college systems.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Equal Education, Developmental Studies Programs
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Richard J. Murnane; John B. Willett; Aubrey McDonough; John P. Papay; Ann Mantil – AERA Open, 2024
The labor-market payoff to workers with associate degrees in healthcare and STEM occupations is very high in Massachusetts. We examine whether this induced a growing proportion of students in MA community colleges (MACCs) to earn an associate degree (AD) in one of these fields. We do this by using multinomial logit analysis to compare trends…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Associate Degrees, Allied Health Occupations, STEM Careers
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Claire Wladis; Alyse C. Hachey; Katherine M. Conway – AERA Open, 2024
Existing research demonstrates gender- and race/ethnicity-based inequities in college outcomes. Separately, recent research suggests a relationship between time poverty and college outcomes for student parents and online students. However, to date, no studies have empirically explored whether differential access to time as a resource for college…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Outcomes of Education, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
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Ryu, Wonsun; Schudde, Lauren; Pack, Kim – AERA Open, 2022
States and broad-access colleges are rapidly scaling corequisite coursework--a model where students concurrently enroll in college-level and developmental coursework--in response to dismal completion rates in traditional "developmental" sequences. At community colleges, evidence suggests that corequisite reforms can dramatically improve…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Community Colleges, Mathematics Education, Community College Students
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Carycruz Bueno; Lindsay Page; Jonathan Smith – AERA Open, 2024
We investigate whether and how Achieve Atlanta's college scholarship and associated services impact college enrollment, persistence, and graduation among Atlanta Public School graduates experiencing low household income. Qualifying for the scholarship of up to $5,000 per year does not meaningfully change college enrollment among those near the…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Educational Finance, College Enrollment