Having garnered national attention, high failure rates in developmental education present a significant barrier to state and national policymakers' goals of increasing the percentage of adults who earn a college credential. However, a majority of the research fails to consider why students place into developmental education. This piece…

In recent years, community colleges have increasingly taken on the task of providing remedial education to its students. For policymakers and educators, understanding why remediation is on the increase is a frustrating problem made so by the complexity of the causes behind it. Are students graduating from high school less prepared or are academic…

The references in this annotated bibliography summarize recent research and policy developments pertaining to federal, state, and institutional financial aid within the community college sector. In addition to reporting on national community college financial aid trends, the documents in this bibliography also present specific state and…

Advocates sound, progressive educational policy to deal with current threats to U.S. democracy. Views community colleges as the best hope for addressing historical inequities, promoting representation of minorities in higher education, and serving the public good through equal educational opportunity. Underscores the importance of removing…