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Belfield, Clive R.; Brock, Thomas – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2023
Although community colleges contribute to STEM education and the workforce in a variety of ways, it is impossible to determine how much they contribute--or to assess the effectiveness of policies and programs designed to strengthen STEM education in community colleges--without agreement on what constitutes STEM. In this report, the authors review…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Role, STEM Education, College Transfer Students
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban; Van Der Werf, Martin – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2022
College typically pays off for low-income students, but not as much as it does for their peers. Low-income students, whose families earn $30,000 or less per year, comprise more than one-third of college students. "The Colleges Where Low-Income Students Get the Highest ROI" finds that low-income students have a lower return on investment…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Cost Effectiveness, Income, Public Colleges
Childress, Cameron; Ward, James Dean; Pisacreta, Elizabeth Davidson – ITHAKA S+R, 2023
As Mississippi prepares to support the statewide postsecondary attainment goal, understanding the returns to higher education is crucial to determining where to invest resources. Ithaka S+R has partnered with the Woodward Hines Education Foundation to provide Mississippi policymakers, advocates, and legislators with information they need to make…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Postsecondary Education, Futures (of Society), Educational Attainment
Dai, Grace – Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2021
Dual credit programs are collaborations between secondary and postsecondary institutions that enable high school students to enroll in college courses and receive simultaneous academic or technical credit that counts toward high school and college completion. Nationally and in Kentucky, dual credit participation is on the rise. The total number of…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Credits, High School Students, Student Participation
Christensen, Cody; Turner, Lesley J. – Brookings Institution, 2021
Community colleges play an important role in providing access to higher education and promoting economic mobility, but student outcomes vary widely across institutions. Although community colleges have been largely excluded from recent federal accountability action, the potential re-regulation of Gainful Employment raises the question of whether…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Accountability, Educational Policy
American Association of Community Colleges, 2019
This issue of "DataPoints" shows how median earnings for individuals with associate degrees in STEM are $60,000 and $48,000 for individuals with a certificate in STEM, compared to $53,000 for bachelor's-degree earners in humanities and $46,000 for a bachelor's degree in education.
Descriptors: Income, STEM Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
BC Student Outcomes, 2022
Every year, the BC Student Outcomes Program collects feedback from former students who took post-secondary programs. Student feedback is essential to maintain quality and relevance in the education system. In 2022, over 28,500 former students were surveyed; key results from those surveys are presented in this report. 90% of the former…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Student Satisfaction
BC Student Outcomes, 2021
Every year, BC Student Outcomes collects feedback from former students who took post-secondary programs. Student feedback is essential to maintain quality and relevance in the education system. In 2021, just over 29,500 former students were surveyed; key results from those surveys are presented here. In 2021, 92 percent of the former…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Student Satisfaction
BC Student Outcomes, 2022
Every year, the BC Student Outcomes Program collects feedback from former students who took post-secondary programs at a participating B.C. post-secondary institution. Student feedback is essential to maintain quality and relevance in the education system. The former Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate students are surveyed within two years…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, Associate Degrees, Feedback (Response)
Reddy, Vikash; Siqueiros, Michele; Itzkowitz, Michael – Campaign for College Opportunity, 2020
In a year that has upended higher education and created great uncertainty, it is more important than ever for students to understand which colleges payoff and how quickly. In April of 2020, Third Way released a report outlining the use of a Price-to-Earnings Premium (PEP) to evaluate the value of attending college and help students assess and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, College Attendance, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2019
This research brief describes college attainment for students pursuing professional-technical education. Using a cohort of 36,700 first-time in college (FTIC) students who started college between 2010 and 2012, this analysis focuses on students whose goal in their final year was a professional-technical education. The cohort was given four years…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, College Freshmen, Professional Education, Technical Education
American Institutes for Research, 2018
The Florida Economic Security Report details economic outcomes of recent completers from Florida's public postsecondary educational institutions. Data from the State University System of Florida (SUS), the Florida College System (FCS), and District Technical Centers (DTCs) are included in this report. The report aims to document the variation in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Postsecondary Education, Wages, Employment Level
Brathwaite, Jessica; Cullinan, Dan; Kopko, Elizabeth; Morton, Tiffany; Raufman, Julia; Rizik, Dorota – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2022
In response to research raising concerns about developmental placement, new placement systems and curricular models designed to increase the number of students placed into entry-level college courses have emerged in recent years. These systems aim to more accurately identify students who may benefit from some type of developmental instruction and…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Outcomes of Education, Curriculum Design, Identification
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2019
This report provides an annual update on metrics related to the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) Governing Board Outcomes for University and Transfer Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Developmental Education, and Community Development and Global and Civic Engagement. While this report necessarily looks back in time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
BC Student Outcomes, 2020
Every year, BC Student Outcomes collects feedback from former students who took post-secondary programs. Student feedback is essential to maintain quality and relevance in the education system. In 2020, more than 29,000 former students were surveyed; key results from those surveys are presented here. In 2020, 92 percent of the former…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Student Satisfaction
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