What do strategic and collaborative partnerships look like? Hora and Millar (2011) defined three types of partnerships, which are defined in this brief: (1) limited; (2) coordinated; and (3) collaborative. Presented in this brief are the following: (1) Partnership scenarios; (2) Leveraging strategic institutional partnerships to diversify the…

One of the most important reforms to the apprenticeship system in recent years has been the transition from apprenticeship frameworks to employer-designed standards. However, the completion rates for these standards are much lower than for frameworks, with large numbers of apprentices withdrawing early from their programmes. It is vital to…

Being a principal is a hard job in normal circumstances, but COVID-19 made the job of leading campuses nearly impossible for many. In a recent survey, one out of two principals said their stress level is so high that they are considering career change or retirement. This report details findings from a five-year project called the School Leadership…

Community college students graduate at low rates nationwide which prevents many noncompleters from benefiting from the economic and employment advantages of a degree or certificate. Despite myriad strategies to address this problem, little is known about the impact of faculty job satisfaction on student completion. The purpose of this study was to…

The purpose of this qualitative narrative analysis was to explore how men of color have experienced stereotype threat in their lives and used community cultural wealth to manage stereotype threat and achieve academic success while persisting at a large urban community college. Racial tensions have manifested through blatant acts of racism,…

Although the community college's original intent was to fulfill a mission dedicated to offering a low-cost, high-quality education to its community, fulfilling its mission is has become more difficult based on ever-increasing financial stresses being placed upon it by various constituent groups. As such, a growing piece of the community college…

Critics of developmental studies suggest that remedial courses may negatively influence a student's program selection, persistence, and completion because remedial classes do not count toward graduation requirements (Long & Boatman, 2013). They have also found that over half of the students referred to remediation do not complete the courses…

Early-career educators' professional learning experiences are critical to the development of their professional identities and retention. Relationships with others, applicability to one's role and reflection are key to these individuals' success long-term. This qualitative study sought to explore the dynamics of retention as a result of…

Student persistence is a topic that has been studied in the United States since the 1970s. In that time, researchers have attempted to understand the factors and elements that affect student persistence in pursuit of a post-secondary education. One branch of those studies focuses on the persistence of First-Generation (FG) students. Research…

One in five undergraduate students in the United States is also a parent raising at least one child (Gault et al., 2014), but few will complete a bachelor's degree within six years. Using Greene's (2014) Ecological Resiliency Model as a conceptual framework, this phenomenological study examines the persistence of 38 single mothers in the latter…

This mixed-method study sought to find specific factors influencing teachers in small, remote, rural school districts to continue teaching or to leave their teaching position. Additionally, this study sought to identify specific things district-level administrators could do influence teacher retention rates in small, remote, rural school…

The current study utilized a quantitative non-experimental design to examine the relationships between grit, transformational leadership behavior, and socioeconomic status (SES) in a purposive sample of college students at two southern colleges. Participants completed a questionnaire measuring their total grit, grit subscales, total…

The problem addressed in this study was that online college learners were experiencing a high attrition rate during the first year of participation (Jobe et al., 2018). The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to examine the lived experiences of online college learners, which influenced students completing online college courses…

Student success courses are a common strategy for addressing student retention in higher education. Though the literature implies positive effect on student outcomes, few studies have explored factors contributing to their efficacy, especially within the community college context. The purpose of this modified Delphi study was to identify essential…

Faculty at a small rural high school were concerned that students would not be able to manage the transition to a much larger high school through consolidation without the level of support to which they were accustomed. The purpose of this research was to measure the effectiveness of grit curriculum implementation on student grit scale scores. The…