Reverse transferring, or moving from a four-year institution to a community college, has been depicted in recent research as one of the major forms of student mobility. Since reverse transferring is associated with extremely low rates of degree completion, it is critical to better understand the predictors of reverse transferring and what happens…

The Critical Success Factors Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled from the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of North Carolina's 58 community colleges. In 1993, the State Board of Community Colleges…

The Critical Success Factors Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of North Carolina's 58 community colleges. In 1993, the State Board of Community Colleges began monitoring performance data on specific…

Most students arrive at college expecting to succeed and believing that they are motivated to do so. Too often, though, there is an evident difference between being motivated and being prepared to succeed. Still, community college students often come to recognize one factor that plays a pivotal role in their success: connections. Entering students…

This report presents district- and college-level Management Information System (MIS) baseline information for two fiscal year periods 1997-98 and 1998-99 specific to the systemwide Partnership for Excellence performance goals. The primary purpose of this report is to feed back data contained in the MIS on district and college performance related…

This document focuses on the performance of some of Wyoming's community colleges as measured by 13 indicators chosen by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Seven Wyoming community colleges and the Wyoming community college commission use these indicators. The core indicators are as follows: (1) student goal attainment; (2)…

This document provides college level performance data for the SCHEV system-wide and institution-specific measures submitted to SCHEV in May 2002. The data concerns community colleges that are a part of the VCCS (Virginia Community College System). The data is divided into ten systems: (1) advancement rate system; (2) transfer rate system; (3)…

This report presents the results of the California Community Colleges Partnership for Excellence Survey of Local Investments of Partnership Funds as completed by the Los Angeles Community Colleges. The goal of this report is to provide an informative analysis of that survey data in relation to the five Partnerships for Excellence goals as a basis…

This paper presents the results of the 2001 Student Satisfaction Inventory for Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC). Twenty-six course sections with an enrollment of 432 students were randomly sampled from the College's data system. Instructors administered the survey to all students in attendance during their class periods. A total of 259…

This data report provides statistics regarding the number and percentage of Maryland community college students who earned a bachelor's degree from a public four-year campus in the state of Maryland within a specified period of years. The paper reports on students from the state's 15 community colleges who transferred during each academic year…

During the fall of 2000, the Office of Institutional Research surveyed employers of the 1998-1999 Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) graduates. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate employer satisfaction with the job performance and general skills of PVCC graduates, as well as the effectiveness of the college's academic programs.…

To gather data on the level of students' reading skills, California's Golden West College conducted two studies. A longitudinal study examined results for the college's reading assessment test from 1991 to 1995, as well as the role that reading skills played in the success of students who took the assessment test and who were subsequently enrolled…

A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) to assess the performance of ESL students on the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) and the relationship of campus location, ESL credits earned, grade point average (GPA), and developmental coursework on CLAST scores. The study focused on all students who took all four…

Bellevue Community College (BCC), Washington, produces a yearly analysis of the College's performance in key indicators, including information from the previous year and 2 years previous to that for comparison reasons. The 13 performance indicators for BCC are: (1) program/degree completion; (2) transfer student success; (3) student retention; (4)…

This report provides information to City College of San Francisco (CCSF) faculty and administrators about graduating high school seniors who have enrolled at CCSF. This report will be produced annually and disseminated to all San Francisco Unified School District high schools and CCSF deans, program coordinators and department chairs. The report…