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Wyoming Community College Commission, 2018
The Wyoming Community College Commission's internal strategic plan for the five-year period spanning 2016 through 2020 is taking a new streamlined approach to conveying future goals. Specific agency sections' mission statements, responsibilities, and accomplishments will be relayed in the agency's annual report. For the time span of 2016 through…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Planning Commissions, Strategic Planning, Educational Planning
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Bahr, Peter Riley; Gross, Jillian Leigh; Slay, Kelly E.; Christensen, Rebecca D. – Educational Policy, 2015
Across the United States, community colleges are facing severe funding reductions and surging enrollment, resulting in a condition of impaction in which demand for coursework exceeds financial or physical capacity. In turn, impaction is necessitating changes in enrollment management policies, including rapid evolution in registration priority…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Registration, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Alt, Albert G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This case study examined a multi-college community college district in northern California in a primarily rural area, to understand how their practices compared to management best practices designed to improve student success, barriers that may exist in implementing best practices, and how the institution may improve its own practices. The problem…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Success, Academic Achievement
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Scheib, Michele – Community College Journal, 2007
Research suggests that 40 percent of college-age students with disabilities in the United States are enrolled in community colleges. Two-year colleges for a long time have been billed as ideal places for students with special needs to continue their educations, especially when those needs dictate that they remain closer to home. However, some…
Descriptors: Special Programs, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Labor Market
Sperling, Charmian – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study, funded by Jobs for the Future through a grant to the Massachusetts Community Colleges Executive Office, was to: (1) provide an update on the status of developmental education within Massachusetts community colleges; (2) shed light on the alignment between research-based best practices to advance success among…
Descriptors: Special Programs, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Mery, Pamela; Schiorring, Eva – Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group), 2008
In Spring 2007, the State Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges awarded the Transfer Leadership Center (TLC) study to investigate two-to-four year transfer practices and strategies. As part of the study's qualitative component, research teams from the Center for Student Success of the Research & Planning Group of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Transfer Rates (College), Focus Groups, Case Studies