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Farakish, Negar; Jaggars, Shanna; Fay, Maggie – Innovative Higher Education, 2020
Colleges are increasingly open to partnering with private entities to implement new and innovative programs. Community colleges, in particular, may find such partnerships beneficial, given that these institutions often lack the necessary resources to invest up-front in programs that may yield strong long-term dividends. In this article we report…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Honors Curriculum
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Fay, Maggie P.; Jaggars, Shanna S.; Farakish, Negar – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: Few community college students who aspire to transfer ever do so. Prior research suggests that relationships with advisors, faculty, and administrators may play an important role in promoting successful transfer outcomes, particularly for traditionally underserved students. This study examines how students identified and weighed…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Transfer Students, Academic Advising
Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Grant, Markeisha; Fay, Maggie P.; Farakish, Negar – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
Established in 2013, American Honors (AH) is a program operated in partnership between the for-profit company Quad Learning and a growing number of public two-year colleges. It is designed to provide an honors curriculum and intensive wraparound advising for high-achieving, low-income domestic students, as well as for international students who…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Two Year Colleges, High Achievement, Low Income Groups
Jaggers, Shanna Smith; Fay, Maggie P.; Farakish, Negar – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2019
In fall 2012, a public-minded privately held firm, Quad Learning (QL), partnered with two community colleges to pilot a new program dubbed "American Honors" (AH), which was designed to help academically talented community college students overcome the challenges of transferring to more selective four-year destinations. By fall 2018, QL…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Two Year College Students