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Bashford, Joanne – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This chapter describes several examples of institutional use of state- and college-level tracking data to benchmark performance, improve student success, and enhance program effectiveness.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data, Data Analysis, College Students
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Schoenecker, Craig; Reeves, Richard – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This chapter describes the National Student Clearinghouse and discusses opportunities and challenges for tracking community college students. It also presents a system perspective on using clearinghouse data to promote more comprehensive student and graduate tracking. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Transfer Rates (College), Clearinghouses, Nonprofit Organizations, Community Colleges
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Ewell, Peter; Jenkins, Davis – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This chapter examines lessons learned by states that are using student unit record (SUR) data to improve outcomes for community college students and recommends steps states can take to strengthen their use of SUR databases to benefit students and communities. (Contains 1 exhibit.)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Databases, Student Records, Data
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1976
The Student Flow Project of the Hawaii community colleges in an ongoing longitudinal study designed to study how students progress through the community college system. It complements enrollment data by providing information on noncontinuing students. This update proposes a framework for data gathering and analysis of the fall 1975 entering group…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Research, Institutional Research, Longitudinal Studies
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Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1979
A survey was conducted of the principal decision-makers in each institution and district in the Illinois public community college system to determine research needs for statewide, interinstitutional, and locally conducted studies. Over 80% responded. The results indicated that the areas with the most pressing general statewide research needs were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Curriculum Research
Lanham, Claudia; Whitfield, Duane L. – 1996
This study followed 10 Florida cohorts with different levels of education over a period of 3 years to determine outcomes of employment, continuing education status, level of public assistance, incarceration or probation status, and military assistance. Information for the study was derived from the Florida Education and Training Placement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Degrees (Academic), Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment
Witkin, Herman A.; And Others – 1977
A longitudinal study designed to test hypotheses about the relationships between academic achievement, cognitive styles, and verbal competence is described. One entire class of 1,548 students of a large municipal college was followed from college entry in 1967 through entry into postgraduate and occupational training. Data were taken from tests,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Bibliographies, Career Choice