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Direct linkEddy, Pamela L.; Davis, Jemilia S.; DeSantis, Andrea L.; Haley, Karen J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Strategic plans are valuable tools for colleges seeking to cast vision and provide focused guidance for leadership and faculty, but it is not clear how these plans address student success. This study analyzed plans from 55 of the 58 community colleges in North Carolina. First, we analyzed the plans using a 10-step strategic planning framework to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Success, Case Studies
Smith, Douglas A.; Coleman, Dawn – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
This intrinsic case study explored organizational readiness to implement a campus-wide technology initiative. Specifically, this research examined a rural community college's implementation of an "iPad campus" initiative in which all students, faculty, and staff were required to adopt iPad technology. We apply a heuristic for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Robinson, Rachel R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
More states are considering what kinds of policies or processes can be put in place to successfully improve the degree attainment of their postsecondary students, and one popular option is a reverse transfer policy. Reverse transfer policies usually involve authorizing community colleges to award a degree or certificate to students that have…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, College Transfer Students, Transfer Policy, College Credits
Li, Amy Y. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
For 8 years Washington State has operated a performance funding policy, the Student Achievement Initiative (SAI). The policy allocates appropriations to the state's 34 community and technical colleges based on points earned through student achievement of college-readiness, retention, and completion milestones. Grounded in a conceptual framework of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Semi Structured Interviews, Content Analysis
Goldfien, Andrea C.; Badway, Norena Norton – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Scientists, researchers, and educators have promoted the improvement of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education by incorporating an interdisciplinary approach to the study of STEM; but current research offers little guidance about how this change can occur. This study expands on a new body of research examining faculty…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Leadership, STEM Education, Organizational Change
Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Alkan, Ersan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This study examined the initial implementation process of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) in a northern California community college. Focus groups of students, faculty, and administrators were conducted in the spring of 2008, as well as observations of several planning meetings in the spring and summer of 2008. The community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Focus Groups, Case Studies, Academic Achievement
Butler, Alison; Christofili, Monica – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This case study tracks the application of project-based learning (PBL) during four separate college terms at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. Each term follows a different learning community of first-term college students enrolled in a program of developmental education (DE), reading, writing, math, and college survival and success…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Active Learning, Student Projects, Case Studies
