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Download full textCullinan, Dan – MDRC, 2020
Most community college students take in-person placement tests in English or math to determine whether they are required to take developmental (or remedial) courses, which are prerequisites for the college-level courses in those subjects. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced colleges to close their campuses, making in-person testing…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Two Year College Students, Tests, Disease Control
Willett, Terrence – RP Group, 2017
In order to improve the accuracy of students' placement into California Community College English as Second Language (ESL) courses and move them more efficiently toward completion, the statewide Common Assessment Initiative (CAI) is developing placement processes for student assessment in credit ESL that contain a multiple measures component. As…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Student Placement, English Language Learners
Rothwell, Jonathan – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
Senior Economist Jonathan Rothwell of Gallup, presents data on employment outcomes for college graduates from different types of colleges. He also provides findings from the Gallup-USA Funds Associate Degree Graduates Survey which shows there are a number of student experiences that are highly predictive of overall life-evaluation. He cites the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Associate Degrees, Career Readiness, Program Effectiveness
Boughan, Karl; Clagett, Craig A. – 1995
A study was conducted by Prince George's Community College, in Maryland, to determine outcomes after 4 years for the 2,643 first-time students who entered the college in fall 1990. The analysis was based on an outcomes typology developed at the college which defines outcomes as award and transfer; transfer without an award; award without transfer;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Longitudinal Studies
Charry, Myrna B. – 1983
A study was conducted at Queensborough Community College (QCC) to determine whether selected academic variables associated with the way students completed their curriculum differentiated successful (graduated) from unsuccessful (probationary) open admissions students. The study investigated the effects on students' success of the early completion…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, College Credits, College Curriculum
Southwestern Coll., Chula Vista, CA. – 1996
Between spring 1992 and spring 1995, California's Southwestern College (SWC) conducted a study on the characteristics of students on academic or progress probation. The study was done as part of the Matriculation Research and Evaluation Plan to assess academic outcomes for SWC students. The report explores the demographic and educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Academic Probation
