Contents contributed and discussions participated by Bruce Vandal - College Completion

Do Community Colleges Provide A Viable Pathway To A Baccalaureate Degree? - 0 views

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BA attainment community_colleges

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Paper by Bridget Terry Long and Michael Kurlaender looking at the viability of the community college for bachelor's degree attainment. Concludes that students are 14.5 percent less likely to earn a BA if they start at a community college.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Paper by Bridget Terry Long and Michael Kurlaender looking at the viability of the community college for bachelor's degree attainment. Concludes that students are 14.5 percent less likely to earn a BA if they start at a community college.</div>

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Bachelor's Degree Completion Across State Contexts: Does the Distribution of Enrollment... - 0 views

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BA attainment policy

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Study by Josipa Roksa that finds that states with higher percentage of enrollments in community colleges actually have higher BA attainment rates.

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Baccalaureate Attainment and College Persistence of Community college Transfer Students... - 0 views

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BA attainment math remediation transfer persistence completion

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Paper examining the variables associated with persistence and transfer of Community College Transfer Students. Cites math remediation as one critical barriers.

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How Do You Make America the Best-Educated Country? - Government - The Chronicle of High... - 0 views

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Tennessee limits block schedules cohort programs policy funding performance funding

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Focus on Complete College Tennessee Act. Addresses outcome funding model and the directives to community colleges to offer cohort based model and not deliver developmental education.

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Promoting a Culture of Student Success - 0 views

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SREB report articulating strategies for how states can significantly increase college graduation rates. Features the Cal State Long Beach strategy for serving students with developmental education needs

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Pathway to the Baccalaureate | NewAmerica.net - 0 views

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Case study on how one community college moved their students to bachelor's attainment.

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Center on Education and the Workforce - The demand for an increasingly skilled and educ... - 0 views

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Anthony Carnevale's work on demands for education in the economy.

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Altered State: How Virginia Community College System Has Used Achieving the Dream to Im... - 1 views

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Virginia data remediation transfer

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Report from JFF on Virginia's state strategy to improve community colleges through Achieving The Dream.

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Executive Summary for Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study... - 1 views

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workforce development workforce education adults prior learning assessment

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Report done by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning on the use of Prior Learning Assessments to award degree credit.

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Community College Officials Pledge to Boost Graduation Rates - WSJ.com - 0 views

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initiatives Gates Foundation grants community_colleges

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Story documenting the Gates Foundation's commitment to improve remedial education in community colleges.

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City U. of New York Plans 'a Grand Experiment' - Community Colleges - The Chronicle of ... - 0 views

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cohort_programs New_York

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Article on CUNY's new community college that is cohort based and offers intense services to students, while limiting degree options. Goal is to significantly increase graduation rates.

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Raising the Bar on College Completion | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 0 views

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Melinda Gates' speech to the American Association of Community Colleges outlining Gates' Foundation strategy on developmental education.

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Postsecondary Preparation and Remediation: Examining the Effect of the Early Assessment... - 1 views

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EAP early_assessment

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Research at Sacramento State University on the California State University Early Assessment Program (EAP). Research finds a positive impact of the program on college readiness for students entering Sacramento State University

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AchieveEnglishEAPReportOct2009.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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EAP early_assessment Achieve English

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Analysis conducted by Achieve, Inc. on the English Assessment for the Early Assessment Program in the California State University System.

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A One-Year Associate Degree: Will It Improve Graduation Rates and Lower Costs? - Govern... - 0 views

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Story on Ivy Tech's Cohort based accelerated associate's degree program.

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Higher Education and Jobs - 0 views

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article in Forum Futures in 2009 from Anthony Carnevale discussing the need for better systems to align higher education and the workforce. Focuses on a data system to better track skill demands and training opportunities.

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Degrees of Speed - Jamie P. Merisotis and Stan Jones - 1 views

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workforce_development completion block schedules cohort_programs

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Piece from Jamie Merisotis of the Lumina Foundation and Stan Jones from Complete College America on creating and developing cohort based, time constrained degrees.

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Educating Adult Workers: The Shifting Gears Approach to Systems Change - 0 views

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Paper reporting on the strategies used to generate policy change in states participating in Joyce Foundation's Shifting Gears Initiative.

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A Look at 2-Year College Completions and Degree Holders « EMSI | Economic Mod... - 0 views

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associate_attainment completion for-profit Arizona

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Research on associate degree completions. Shows tremendous growth in AZ due to University of Phoenix

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Rebalancing the Mission: The Community College Completion Challenge - 0 views

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Report from AACC supporting the voluntary system of accountability that they are involved with by providing specific recommendations to increase college completion.

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