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Young, Meredith P. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
State and national initiatives focused on meeting student completion goals have been established for higher education to help produce a stronger workforce and meet economic labor market demands. Some of these initiatives have been centered around improving adult learner enrollment and completion. More adult learners are returning to higher…
Descriptors: College Credits, Enrollment, Community Colleges, Community College Students
Wladis, Claire; Hachey, Alyse C.; Conway, Katherine – Journal of Higher Education, 2023
This study explored the relationships between voluntary online course enrollment (pre-pandemic), time poverty, and college outcomes. Results indicate that students who enrolled in at least one fully online course were significantly more time poor than other students; these differences were largely explained by age, parental status, and paid work.…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Online Courses, Outcomes of Education, Time Factors (Learning)
Education Trust-West, 2023
Dual enrollment (DuE) is an opportunity for high school students to take college-level courses. Participation in dual enrollment allows students to earn high school and college credit simultaneously; thus, decreasing students' time to complete a college degree and saving them tuition costs. Other questions answered in the guide include: (1) How…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Advanced Placement
Tammy L. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Using institutional data from University of California, Merced (UC Merced), this dissertation explores the relationship between enrolling in academic units in the summer term immediately after the first year of college (first-summer) and four-year degree completion at a Hispanic- and Minority-Serving Institution, through the lenses of Academic…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Hispanic American Students, Minority Group Students, Research Universities
Howard, Martine K. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Many community college students do not finish their 2-year degree on time, and there are several institutional barriers that prevent students from taking 15 college credits per semester. Students are not aware of the academic and economic benefits of taking 15 college credits per semester. A 15 to Finish communication campaign, which has been…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Credits, Program Evaluation
Judy Albakry – Honors in Practice, 2024
While numerous studies have shown evidence of higher completion frequencies for first-time freshmen who participate in four-year honors programs, research has yet to reveal how honors programs might impact outcomes for transfer students. Based on ex post facto data collected on transfer student graduation percentages at a large public university…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Undergraduate Students, College Transfer Students, Academic Achievement
Brown, Catherine; Whitted, Chandler – Institute for College Access & Success, 2022
TICAS, in partnership with MDRC and LEO, has worked for more than a year and a half with a community of seven evidence-based college completion programs. These programs, which span the country geographically, all employ a similar model that uses counselors, coaches, or case managers to connect students with a range of support -- personal,…
Descriptors: College Programs, Success, Academic Achievement, COVID-19
McKinney, Lyle; Burridge, Andrea Backscheider; Lee, Mimi Miyoung; Bourdeau, Gerald V.; Miller-Waters, Melissa – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: Students' enrollment intensity during their first academic semester and year are highly influential in their success and decisions to persist in community college. Limited research, however, has focused on understanding how students navigate the decision-making process of determining their credit load or how institutional support…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Enrollment, Full Time Students
Back Like I Never Left: Understanding the College Choice Process of Some College, No Degree Students
Chelsia B. Potts – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Some college, no degree (SCND) students are adults aged 25-64 who have earned college credit but no degree (Shapiro et al., 2019). There are currently 36 million adults in the United States with some college but no degree (Lumina Foundation, n.d.; U.S. Census Bureau, 2018). Reengaging this population to complete a degree or credential will assist…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, College Credits, Community Colleges
Griffiths, Rebecca; Mislevy, Jessica; Wang, Shuai – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
Textbooks are traditional and useful learning resources for college students, but commercial texts books have been widely criticized for their high costs, restricted access, limited flexibility, and uninspiring learning experiences. Open Education Resources (OER) are an alternative to commercial textbooks that have the potential to increase…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, College Students, Outcomes of Education, Textbooks
Özek, Umut – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2021
High school graduation rates in the United States are at an all-time high, yet many of these graduates are deemed not ready for postsecondary coursework when they enter college. This study examines the short-, medium-, and long-term effects of remedial courses in middle school using a regression discontinuity design. While the short-term test…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Remedial Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Scores
McKay, Heather; Douglas, Daniel; Edwards, Renee; Khudododov, Khudodod – Grantee Submission, 2020
In September 2015, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) was awarded a First in the World (FITW) grant from the United States Department of Education. Interstate Passport® is the only nationwide network of regionally accredited, nonprofit, public and private two- and four-year institutions dedicated to the block transfer…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, College Transfer Students, Enrollment, College Credits
Matthew Finster; Jill Feldman – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
Due to the low success of traditional, postsecondary remediation mathematics, The Maryland Mathematics Reform Initiative First in the World Grant (MMRI-FITW) sought to develop and implement a statistics pathway in 2- and 4-year institutions as an alternative to traditional algebra-based math, to accelerate developmental mathematics students'…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Statistics Education, Remedial Instruction
LaSota, Robin R.; Polanin, Joshua R.; Perna, Laura W. – Grantee Submission, 2022
The purpose of this study was to report on the effects of a comprehensive set of postsecondary grant aid programs on outcomes from initial college enrollment to post-college employment, based on a systematic review of the literature from January 2002 to January 2020. Studies that used randomized-controlled trials, regression discontinuity designs,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Outcomes of Education
Acton, Riley – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
Recent efforts to increase college access and completion concentrate on reducing tuition rates at community colleges, but researchers and policy makers alike have expressed concern that such reductions may not lead to long-term gains in college completion. In this paper, I use detailed data on students' college enrollment and completion outcomes…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Paying for College, Tuition