Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Author
| Jenkins, Davis | 4 |
| Belfield, Clive | 1 |
| Deane, K. C. | 1 |
| Fink, John | 1 |
| Kienzl, Gregory | 1 |
| Mayer, Susan | 1 |
| Rodicio, Lenore | 1 |
| Van Noy, Michelle | 1 |
| Wachen, John | 1 |
| Wyner, Joshua | 1 |
| Zeidenberg, Matthew | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 1 |
Download full textWachen, John; Jenkins, Davis; Belfield, Clive; Van Noy, Michelle – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2012
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) integrates the teaching of basic skills and technical content in order to accelerate basic skills students' transition into and through a college-level occupational field of study. The study reported on here represents the final phase of a multi-year evaluation of the I-BEST model that began…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Student Experience
Wyner, Joshua; Deane, K. C.; Jenkins, Davis; Fink, John – Aspen Institute, 2016
With their "open door" admissions policies and lower tuition, community colleges offer a gateway to higher education for millions of American students. Indeed, students who enter higher education through community colleges are much more likely than those who start at four-year institutions to be low-income or the first in their family to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Partnerships in Education, College Transfer Students, Universities
Peer reviewed
Direct linkRodicio, Lenore; Mayer, Susan; Jenkins, Davis – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
This chapter reports on a major college-wide effort to smooth students' paths as they enter the college, choose a program, and progress to a credential. Leadership, inclusiveness, and communication have been central to the success of the effort.
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Articulation (Education), Educational Change, Change Strategies
Jenkins, Davis; Zeidenberg, Matthew; Kienzl, Gregory – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) was developed by the community and technical colleges in Washington State to increase the rate at which adult basic skills students enter and succeed in postsecondary occupational education and training. Under the I-BEST model, basic skills instructors and career-technical faculty jointly…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Multivariate Analysis, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
