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Jenkins, Davis; Klempin, Serena C.; Lahr, Hana – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2022
North Central State College provides a case study of how a small college can increase revenue by strategically realigning its existing staff resources for improving student retention and success, even in a period of stagnant enrollment. The college implemented a series of major reforms with the aim of improving student retention and completion on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Enrollment, Educational Resources, Community College Students
Jenkins, Davis; Klempin, Serena C.; Lahr, Hana – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2022
Two years ago, Community College Research Center (CCRC) published a guide to help college leaders understand the costs involved in implementing guided pathways reforms. The guide was based on research at six community colleges, but only one of these was a smaller college. Small colleges lack economies of scale that can generate revenue to support…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Small Colleges
Jenkins, Davis; Brown, Amy E.; Fay, Maggie P.; Lahr, Hana – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2020
This guide is intended to help community college leaders understand the costs involved in implementing guided pathways reforms and develop plans for funding and sustaining them. It is based on research at six institutions that have implemented large-scale changes based on the guided pathways model, which focuses on supporting students to enter and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Costs, Educational Change, Change Strategies
Jenkins, Davis; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Roksa, Josipa – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
This report summarizes key findings and recommendations from a Community College Research Center (CCRC) study designed to help community colleges develop strategies for improving the rate at which academically underprepared students take and pass initial college-level (or "gatekeeper") courses in math and English. CCRC conducted the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Probability, Remedial Instruction, Student Characteristics
Roksa, Josipa; Jenkins, Davis; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Zeidenberg, Matthew; Cho, Sung-Woo – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is engaged in a strategic planning process to improve performance beyond the goals in "Dateline 2009," the system's current vision and plan. A key objective is to encourage colleges to improve retention and academic success for students, particularly the substantial numbers who arrive…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Community Colleges, Course Selection (Students), Remedial Instruction