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Shakuntala Devi Gopal; Steve Lemerand; Regina Deil-Amen – Research in Higher Education, 2025
This study examines the experiences of STEM aspiring community college transfer students engaged in a STEM Bridge program, designed to address critical barriers in transfer pathways, including financial challenges, poor communication of transfer policies, and institutional challenges that result from ineffective partnerships between community…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, STEM Education, Transitional Programs, Community Colleges
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Christopher Bjork – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
This article analyzes the structure and outcomes of a unique summer bridge program, Exploring Transfer (ET). Community college students who participate in ET spend six weeks living on the campus of a liberal arts college and enroll in two rigorous courses, similar to those offered during the academic year. To assess the impact of this program, the…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Sade Bonilla; Alexander Thim – Education Finance and Policy, 2025
In this study, we examine the impact of a large-scale effort in California aimed at establishing career pathways and estimate its causal effects on community college enrollment. By leveraging a discontinuous assignment rule for awarding grant funds, we obtain credibly causal estimates of a $500 million initiative to expand career and technical…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, College Enrollment, Educational Finance, Transitional Programs
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Xiaodan Hu; Benjamin Creed – Innovative Higher Education, 2025
In 2016, Illinois initiated a statewide transitional math program to support students to be academically ready in college-level math before graduating from high school. This qualitative study focuses on the perspective of community college faculty and administrators on the statewide implementation of transitional math programs. We find that a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Readiness, Transitional Programs, College Mathematics
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Biniam Tesfamariam; Charlotte C. Gullick; Wendy Maragh Taylor; Christopher Bjork; Elizabeth H. Bradley – Community College Review, 2025
Objective: Although most community college students intend to transfer to a 4-year college, few ultimately do. We sought to assess how student experiences of the Exploring Transfer (ET) program influenced transfer rates. The ET program was offered by a private, 4-year liberal arts college. Methods: We used data from a cross-sectional survey of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Transfer of Training, Transfer Policy
Carmen L. Araoz, Editor – ITHAKA S+R, 2025
The American Talent Initiative's Student Success Research Grant Program supported research studies aimed at deepening our understanding of the institutional practices and strategies that can improve student success at high-graduation-rate institutions. The findings will offer actionable recommendations for supporting lower-income students, while…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies