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Direct linkBozick, Robert; Mulhern, Christine – RAND Corporation, 2023
This Perspective builds on a related RAND Corporation report that describes the implementation of Findhelp at four North Carolina community colleges in 2021 and 2022. Findhelp is an online tool to connect students to resources in their communities to help meet their basic nonacademic needs. The North Carolina Community College System, with support…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Community Resources, Community College Students
Tapia-Fuselier, Nicholas; Young, Jemimah L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Undocumented students continue to face unique barriers in American higher education. Community colleges are being challenged to enhance the ways in which they serve, support, and advocate for undocumented students in order to become undocu-competent. Through qualitative document analysis, this study evaluated Texas community colleges'…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Undocumented Immigrants, Access to Education, Educational Legislation
Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2016
By purchasing abandoned facilities and transforming them into vibrant hubs for culture and education, community colleges are fulfilling one of their key missions: revitalizing their communities. But these types of projects can be fraught with challenges as well. Here's how Austin Community College (Texas), Manchester Community College…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Community Relationship, Institutional Mission, Facility Improvement
Austin, Melanie Shea – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to understand how resources in the community impact rural single mothers' access, participation, and success in higher education. In particular, this study focused on how rural single mothers' community ties impact their social capital resources and perception of agency and achievement in pursuing higher education.…
Descriptors: Mothers, One Parent Family, Rural Population, Community Colleges
Sáenz, Victor B.; de las Mercédez, Carmen; Rodriguez, Sarah L.; García-Louis, Claudia – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2017
Academic scholarship has demonstrated the importance of father engagement in fostering early educational success of their children, but little exploration in this area has focused on the role that fathers play in the college success of their Latino male sons. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the role of fathers in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Capital, Community Resources, Qualitative Research
