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Mortaloni, Nicholas A. P.; Degeneffe, Charles E.; Perez, Dilcie D.; Tucker, Mark – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This study developed an equity-minded and trauma-informed model for improving community college student success rates. Since up to 94% of community college students have experienced trauma, it was imperative to establish a comprehensive approach to overcoming the resulting non-academic barriers and low completion rates. Since there is no existing…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Success, Trauma Informed Approach
Atcha, Haroon – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Proper institutional planning requires accurate enrollment forecasts. This is especially true in the community college context given open enrollment policies and reliance on public funds. Despite the importance of this task, enrollment forecasts are relatively disconnected from theoretical advances in the study of retention and enrollment. In this…
Descriptors: Enrollment Projections, Models, Community Colleges, Educational Theories
Valerie O. Paton; Soohyun Yi; Sarah Schiffecker; Lucy Arellano; Patricia Ryan Pal – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
This study contributes to the understanding of vertical transfer pathways between lower division coursework and seven four-year institutions of higher education that were identified as Title V eligible or emerging institutions at the time of the study. By incorporating vertical transfer students' perceptions of importance and satisfaction of…
Descriptors: Community College Students, College Transfer Students, Student Attitudes, Access to Education
Thirolf, Kathryn Q. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Because of the importance of faculty engagement to achieve our nationwide student completion goals, this paper comprehensively and critically reviews the conceptualizations of faculty and employee engagement in the extant literature. This review is a means to develop an improved, more inclusive, faculty engagement framework. It is a framework that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Part Time Faculty, Teacher Participation, Sense of Community
Davidson, J. Cody; Wilson, Kristin B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Historically, higher education research has focused on traditional students (i.e., recent high school graduates at a residential, 4-year institutions), but community college students are quickly becoming the new traditional student (Jenkins, 2012). In the fall of 2011, more than one third (36%) of all students enrolled in postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Stahl, Norman A.; Armstrong, Sonya L.; Hewett, Elizabeth – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
In recent years, "contextualization" has emerged as a buzzword in higher education, and, in community college developmental education contexts in particular. However, it is important to note that contextualization is more than an innovation that is specific to the current developmental education reform movement, as iterations of this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Reading Strategies, Study Habits, Instructional Design
Tirol-Carmody, Kristina; Kardash, Nadia; Chang, Karin; Ecker-Lyster, Meghan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
This paper discusses the key findings from a qualitative case study examining the implementation of an activity-based cost management model (ABC model) at a large community college. In a climate of fiscal uncertainty, the college adopted this model with the goal of improving budgetary decision-making. The paper examines faculty and administrators'…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Budgeting, Barriers
Chen, Yu; Starobin, Soko S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
This study examined a psychosocial mechanism of how general self-efficacy interacts with other key factors and influences degree aspiration for students enrolled in an urban diverse community college. Using general self-efficacy scales, the authors hypothesized the General Self-efficacy model for Community College students (the GSE-CC model). A…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Community Colleges, Structural Equation Models, Factor Analysis
Pulcini, Brad; Dennett, Emily – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Community colleges continue to operate in a society of accountability and efficiencies. Throughout the country, states have implemented performance-based funding and completion agendas while also tightening or restricting funding for higher education. The state of Ohio has implemented one of the boldest performance funding plans in the country…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Financial Support, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation
Volchok, Edward – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
This retrospective study evaluates early semester predictors of whether or not community college students will successfully complete blended or hybrid courses. These predictors are available to faculty by the fourth week of the semester. Success is defined as receiving a grade of C- or higher. Failure is defined as a grade below a C- or a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Success, Blended Learning, Models
Goltz, Jeffrey W. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
The central Florida region, faced with record tourism, a large service population, and significant population growth over the next few decades, must rely on a community-based institution of higher education with lifelong learning offerings, a local community college, to create world class public safety education and training for the region.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking, Community Colleges
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
Abrica, Elvira J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Rates of student success--four-year transfer, degree, and certificate completion--are frequently discussed. Less frequent, however, are opportunities to reflect on how these outcomes are measured. In this paper, I reflect on how rates of success--specifically for men of color--are calculated based on two California institutional accountability…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Accountability, Resilience (Psychology)
Sipe, Brenda S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Design thinking is a strategy for innovation popularized in the business press and recently investigated in academic literature. Some research points to design thinking as an enabler of an organizational culture of innovation. Much research demonstrates a link between a culture of innovation and successful business outcomes in every sector, and…
Descriptors: Design, Innovation, Thinking Skills, Organizational Culture
Raneri, April; Young, Lisa – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
With a reduced number of students purchasing required and necessary textbooks, higher education leaders must look to new opportunities to increase student success. While open educational resources have addressed this issue, they have not received widespread support from faculty, staff, and administrators. The Maricopa Millions OER Project: Scaling…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Textbooks, Resource Units, Models