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Fogel, Anna – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2019
Community colleges offer an important pathway to the middle class. However, many students fall off the path along the way; almost half of students drop out and only 38% complete a degree within eight years, according to an analysis by Preston Cooper of the American Enterprise Institute. These statistics are even worse for at-risk, minority and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Paying for College
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Smith, Frank; Papay, Clare – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on students from Year Two (2016-2017) collected by the Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) from the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Desrochers, Donna M.; Hurlburt, Steven – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2014
This "Trends in College Spending" update presents national-level estimates for the "Delta Cost Project" data metrics during the period 2001-11. To accelerate the release of more current trend data, however, this update includes only a brief summary of the financial patterns and trends observed during the decade 2001-11, with…
Descriptors: Costs, Higher Education, Colleges, Expenditures
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Smith, Frank; Papay, Clare; Domin, Daria – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2017
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on students with intellectual disability collected by the Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Community College Survey of Student Engagement, 2008
This paper presents the findings of the 2008 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). This year, CCSSE zeroes in on high expectations and high support as it presents the results of its 2008 survey. Both are critical to student success: Students do best when expectations are high "and" they receive support that helps them achieve at…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Expectation
Community College Survey of Student Engagement, 2008
This paper presents the findings of the 2008 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). This year, CCSSE zeroes in on high expectations and high support as it presents the results of its 2008 survey. Both are critical to student success: Students do best when expectations are high "and" they receive support that helps them…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Expectation