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Direct linkWeiss, Michael J.; Mayer, Alexander K.; Cullinan, Dan; Ratledge, Alyssa; Sommo, Colleen; Diamond, John – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, enrolling more than one in every three postsecondary students. While their market share has grown over the past 50 years, students' success rates remain low. Consequently, community college stakeholders are searching with mounting urgency for strategies that increase rates of success. We…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Communities of Practice, Graduation Rate, Education Work Relationship
Download full textMayer, Alexander K.; Weiss, Michael J.; Visher, Mary G.; Sommo, Colleen; Rudd, Timothy; Cullinan, Dan; Weissman, Evan; Wathington, Heather D. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
This paper presents research that explores similarities and differences across six randomized controlled trials of learning communities in community colleges that were conducted by MDRC and the National Center for Postsecondary Research. Five of these studies track students' progress in the program semester and two follow-up semesters, and one…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Communities of Practice, Community Colleges, Progress Monitoring
Mayer, Alexander K.; Patel, Reshma; Gutierrez, Melvin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
A college degree is often viewed as a key step toward better employment and higher earnings. Many community college students, however, never graduate and cannot reap the financial benefits associated with a college degree. Although existing research suggests that financial aid interventions can modestly improve students' short-term academic…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Scholarship, Graduation Rate, Employment Potential
Mayer, Alexander K.; Patel, Reshma; Gutierrez, Melvin – MDRC, 2015
A college degree is often viewed as a key step toward better employment and higher earnings. Many community college students, however, never graduate and cannot reap the financial benefits associated with a college degree. Although existing research suggests that financial aid interventions can modestly improve students' short-term academic…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Jenkins, Davis; Wachen, John; Kerrigan, Monica Reid; Mayer, Alexander K. – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2012
In 2006, six community and technical colleges in Washington State joined the innovative national reform initiative called Achieving the Dream (ATD). This report describes the progress each college made in implementing ATD's "culture of evidence" principles for institutional improvement, examines strategies implemented by the colleges to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Outcomes of Education, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges
