In higher education, significant efforts have been made to improve student success outcomes. In this dissertation, two important problems related to student academic success are considered. The curriculum plays a crucial role in shaping student success. Curricular complexity has been shown to be inversely related to the graduation rate of…

This is the 1997-99 performance funding report for the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). The state legislature mandated that community and technical colleges must develop a biennial plan to achieve measurable and specific improvements in the following areas: (1) increasing the average earning wage of job-training…

The main objective of the desegregation evaluation was to determine how court-ordered desegregation requirements and specially funded desegregation activities influenced the organization and operation of the school system and the achievement of pupils. A number of specific questions were derived from this objective. Have desegregation activities…

The renewed emphasis on the community college transfer function has both positive and negative aspects. On one hand, the creation of articulation agreements, transfer centers, consortia, and national centers promises to reduce the barriers between two- and four-year colleges, enhance the mobility of minority students, and improve teaching and…

These reports describe and evaluate Illinois Central College's Quality Undergraduate Education for Student Transfers (QUEST) program. The core of the program is to develop in students 15 competencies identified as essential to an educated person: communication skills, mathematics skills, appreciation of physical well-being, understanding of the…

PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT IS AN INTERIM EVALUATION OF A NEW YORK CITY PROGRAM TO TRANSFER NINTH-GRADE PUPILS FROM 38 TRUNCATED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS TO ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOLS. AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A CITY-WIDE SYSTEM OF 4-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE TRANSFER PROGRAM ATTEMPTED TO IMPROVE THE ETHNIC BALANCE IN THE SCHOOLS AND TO MOTIVATE THE…

In fiscal year 1989, the Illinois community colleges conducted the first review of the general education component of their baccalaureate/transfer degree programs. This review, to be performed every 5 years, involved an extensive and diverse range of activities, and many colleges had difficulty completing the first review in a year's time. As a…

This is a report on indicators of success in achieving community college goals at El Centro College (Texas). The report provides statistics from 1997-2000 and focuses on the progress of nine goals: (1) institutionalizing service beyond expectation--according to student satisfaction surveys, campus changes that have occurred between 1996 and 1999…

The Washington State Board for Community College Education and the Washington Center for Undergraduate Education undertook a national review of minority student success programs in 1990. Information was solicited from program directors, deans of instruction and student services, national organizations, state higher education boards, students,…

In 1984, LaGuardia Community College (LCC) received a 3-year implementation award from the Ford Foundation to increase the number of minority, low-income students who transfer to and succeed in baccalaureate programs. This report describes the 1984-85 accomplishments of LCC under the Urban Community College Transfer Opportunities Program (UCCTOP).…