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Commonfund Institute, 2024
Commonfund's Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) data show that costs for colleges and universities rose 3.4 percent in FY2024, a decreased rate of inflation compared with 4.0 in FY2023 and 5.2 percent in FY2022. (FY2024 covers the period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, and coincides with the budget year of most educational institutions.)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Educational Finance
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Park, Elizabeth S.; Ngo, Federick – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021
We use regression discontinuity design to examine the impact of placing into developmental math on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) participation in community colleges and whether these relationships differ for underrepresented racially minoritized (URM), women, STEM-oriented, and STEM-aspiring students. Results show that…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, STEM Education, Student Participation, Community Colleges
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Natale, Vickie C.; Jones, Stephanie J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
The study examined how institutional and student characteristics may influence the earning of student success points by state-supported community colleges under the Texas performance funding system that was fully implemented in the 2016-2017 biennium. Texas has historically funded community colleges based on an enrollment formula; however, the…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Davidson, Cody; Wilson, Kristin – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
The purpose of this article is to trace the development of the Tinto framework for student integration and to critically analyze the application of the framework with nontraditional student populations. Specifically, the terms "academic" and "social integration" have become synonymous with student retention and, by extension,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Social Integration, Nontraditional Students, Predictor Variables
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2014
Assessing a student's ability to be successful in courses and programs is an important and necessary aspect of student success. Two major practices exist to predict a student's likelihood of succeeding in a course or program: (1) Successful completion of prerequisite or advisory courses (as documented on transcripts) and (2) the assessment for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, College Students, Student Placement
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Wood, J. \Luke; Harris, Frank, III. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this manuscript is to discuss the utility of the Community College Survey of Men (CCSM[c]), an instrument designed to examine predictors of student success for men in community colleges. The authors highlight initial validation results from a recent pilot of the CCSM[c], with a focus on the non-cognitive outcomes construct employed…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Surveys, Males, Validity
McKibben, Bryce; La Rocque, Matthew; Cochrane, Debbie – Association of Community College Trustees, 2014
Student loan default, defined as federal loan borrowers' failure to make any payments for at least 270 days, is an issue of increasing importance to community colleges and their students. This report takes a unique look at student loan default at nine community colleges across the nation, and how those colleges are working to help students avoid…
Descriptors: Loan Default, Loan Repayment, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
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O'Connor, Gavin C.; Farnsworth, Kent A.; Utley, Mary E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
Providing global educational experiences for students in higher education has been viewed as a desirable educational objective for decades. Although there is a common appreciation that students should be exposed to, and gain awareness of, other peoples and cultures, the majority of community colleges in the United States have done little to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Online Surveys, Teacher Surveys
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Jones, Willis A. – Community College Review, 2013
While there has been increased scholarship in recent years on diversity in higher education, most of this research has failed to include 2-year institutions in its analyses. This study examined whether the racial composition of the community college student body is correlated with an institution's normative climate toward three diversity…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Racial Composition, College Students, Beliefs
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Johnson, Nate – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
In 2010, HCM Strategists received support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to engage academic researchers in identifying and discussing the best currently available ways to account for differences in college "inputs"--students, resources, and fixed characteristics--when evaluating postsecondary outcomes. The project, Context…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Outcome Measures, Achievement Rating
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Lowe, Sarah R.; Rhodes, Jean E. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
In this study, we explored predictors of community college re-enrollment after Hurricane Katrina among a sample of low-income women (N = 221). It was predicted that participants' pre-hurricane educational optimism would predict community college re-enrollment a year after the hurricane. The influence of various demographic and additional resources…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Well Being, Females
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Flannery, K. Brigid; Benz, Michael R.; Yovanoff, Paul; Kato, Mary McGrath; Lindstrom, Lauren – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2011
Postsecondary education has been linked to improved access to employment opportunities for individuals with and without disabilities. The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with increased employment outcomes for Vocational Rehabilitation consumers enrolled in community college short term occupational skill training programs.…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment Opportunities, Vocational Education, Employment Potential
Zeidenberg, Matthew; Jenkins, Davis; Scott, Marc A. – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2012
Discussions of the barriers to completion in community colleges have largely focused on student success in introductory college-level math and English courses, and rightfully so, since these courses are typically required for degrees. However, there is a much broader range of courses that also serve as "gatekeepers" in the sense that they are…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Introductory Courses, Community Colleges, Barriers
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Munoz, Martha – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
In 2006, only 26 Latina CEOs served in associate degree colleges, primarily at Hispanic-serving institutions. In spite of the gains made by women in higher education, equity in the representation of Latinas in higher education at the highest administrative ranks has not been achieved. The primary purpose of this research was to learn from Latina…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Presidents, Hispanic Americans, Females
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Crisp, Gloria; Nora, Amaury – Research in Higher Education, 2010
This study examined the impact of a set of theoretically-derived predictor variables on the persistence and transfer of Hispanic community college students. Early models of student persistence have been validated primarily among 4-year college students. While the constructs have been well-established, the relationships of those relevant factors…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
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