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Download full textShulock, Nancy; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Amid growing signs of America's weakening position in the global economy, federal and state policymakers and major foundations have set ambitious goals for increasing postsecondary attainment in the United States. Given changing U.S. demographics, it has become clear that these national goals are attainable only with vastly improved outcomes among…
Descriptors: Productivity, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement
Jenkins, Davis; Ellwein, Todd; Wachen, John; Kerrigan, Monica Reid; Cho, Sung-Woo – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
In 2003, Lumina Foundation for Education launched a bold, multiyear, national initiative called "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count," to help students stay in school and succeed. The initiative is focused particularly on students who have faced the most barriers to success, including low-income students and students of color.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, At Risk Students
