Community colleges are open access institutions that serve diverse population needs, including low income, first generation, and ethnic and racial minorities. To facilitate student retention and success, academic advising plays a critical strategic role in student engagement and persistence. The primary role of advisors is to assist students in…

This study investigates students' intercultural competence at a community college in the United States. In particular, it explores the experiences of first-semester, community college students in a first-year seminar course at a large, urban community college. This mixed-methods study uses data from administration of the Intercultural Development…

The purpose of the qualitative exploratory case study is to examine student veterans' perceptions of the utility of the 8 Keys to Veterans' Success (8 Keys) during their pursuit of associate degrees from a community college in Georgia, post-military service. The study explored the student veteran perspective by answering three research questions:…

The study examined how second-year African American males described their self-efficacy and persistence toward graduation after interacting with Appreciative Advising at a Texas community college. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six African American male students who were pursuing an associate degree full time at a small community…

The purpose of this study is to extend knowledge regarding the nature of student complaints in community college settings. It describes the characteristics of complaints at a two-year institution and explores pedagogical practices intended to support student success and persistence. Qualitative content analysis of the institutions comprehensive…

If the state of California finds the funds, the Cal Grant Reform Act--as enacted in the 2022 Budget Act--is to be implemented in 2024 to support hundreds of thousands of Californians in affording, accessing, and succeeding in higher education. Instead, the state has proposed adding more funding to the less equitable Middle Class Scholarship (MCS)…

While many tools exist to assess student content knowledge, there are few that assess whether students display the critical listening skills necessary to interpret the quality of a speaker's message at the college level. The following research provides preliminary evidence for the internal consistency and factor structure of a tool, the…

Over the course of their work at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) the authors observed that their students had an especially hard time functioning well in groups, in the context of both video production and media studies classes. An example of the latter is Introduction to Contemporary Media (MES 152). This paper looks at…

The educational landscape requires an increased variety of teachers entering the field. The Early Childhood Education Bachelor of Individualized Studies program is a new online program within a teacher preparation institution located in a comprehensive university on the east coast of the United States. It is designed for students who have earned…

The majority of community college entrants aspire to earn a bachelor's degree; yet fewer than a third do. States use several strategies to support community college's transfer function, including a transferrable core curriculum, a block of pre-major coursework universally accepted at public postsecondary institutions. In this study, we used…

Reflection is a practice used in education that encourages metacognition and can provide instructors with regular feedback. This qualitative research study explored the ways that community college students used reflections and what they chose to share. These reflections occurred during the fall 2021 semester, when many classes returned to in…

In this article, the authors explore how a photographer and artist-in-residence, worked with students in a community college arts classes to tell the photographic story of their dreams. This Literacy Through Photography (LTP) program gives young people cameras to tell the stories of their lives through their own images. Artist-in-residence…

This article showcases an example of a large-scale open educational resource (OER) statistics course redesign at Guttman Community College from evaluation, creation, and development. It highlights ways I identified students' needs and responded to them, integrated equity into the OER design by describing how social justice principles were applied,…

Low degree completion rates are a critical problem at rural community colleges. In 2023, only 36% of students who enrolled at a community college in 2017 had earned a credential in the past six years (National Center for Education Statistics, 2023a). Academic advising is critical to help students navigate the confusing pathways of higher…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how high-achieving African American males attending community college describe how social support contributed to their academic experience in the United States. The theoretical foundations included The Self-Efficacy Theory and The Scholar Identity Model. There were three research…