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Transfer as Academic Gauntlet: The Student Perspective (pdf, 1.5MB)

Apr. 2013 Community Colleges

Report. Identifies three central challenges that community college students face as they prepare themselves for transfer to a four-year college or university.

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Recurring Trends and Persistent Themes: A Brief History of Transfer (pdf, 940KB)

Apr. 2013 Community Colleges

Report. As part of a recently released analysis of the current transfer process in the U.S., this report addresses the historical antecedents of the academic pathway between community colleges and four-year institutions.

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Community Colleges Project Brief (pdf, 449KB)

Apr. 2013 Community Colleges

Brochure.

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Understanding the Transfer Process (pdf, 1.3MB)

Feb. 2013 Community Colleges

Report. The transfer process is very complex and the challenges extend beyond the community college. In order to observe meaningful change, the conversation must move beyond simply predicting transfer to better understanding the entire transfer process, which includes a successful outcome at the four-year level.

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The Promise of the Transfer Pathway: Summary of Empirical Analyses, Policy Reflections and Recommendations (pdf, 960.08 KB)

Nov. 2012 Community Colleges

Executive Summary. Describes the transfer process as it is currently applied, identifies major challenges facing policymakers wishing to expand this pipeline and provides a set of recommendations.

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The Promise of the Transfer Pathway: Opportunity and Challenge for Community College Students Seeking the Baccalaureate Degree (pdf, 2.45 MB)

Nov. 2012 Community Colleges

Report. Provides the impetus toward a debate about the importance of the transfer pathway in U.S. higher education and the ways in which
this avenue to the baccalaureate degree can be improved.

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Securing the Future: Retention Models in Community Colleges (pdf, 1.77 MB)

Nov. 2012 Community Colleges

Report. One of a series of research projects designed both to shine a spotlight on community colleges and to provide these institutions with additional tools with which they might respond to the extraordinary challenges they are facing.

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The Completion Arch (pdf, 4.65 MB)

Apr. 2012
Community Colleges
The Completion Arch - Measuring Community College Student Success

Report. To advance the success of two-year institutions, educators and policymakers need quick and easy access to data and indicators that describe the progress and success of community college students from enrollment through workforce preparation and placement. These indicators are summarized in this report and reported in detail on the new Completion Arch website.

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The Financial Aid Challenge: Successful Practices that Address the Underutilization of Financial Aid in Community Colleges (pdf, 1.22 MB)

May. 2010 Community Colleges

Report. Highlights successful practices that help community college students take greater advantage of financial aid. Developed in collaboration with the American Association of Community Colleges.

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Teachers Are the Center of Education: Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age (pdf, 4.42 MB)

May. 2010
Community Colleges
Teacher Advocacy

Report. Tells the stories of nine teachers, each using technology to enhance student learning and writing across diverse subject and content areas.

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Presentation: Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class (pptx, 178.2 KB)

Jan. 2008 Community Colleges

Presentation. PowerPoint presentation of the recommendations from Winning the Skills Race.

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Summary of Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class (pdf, 490.32 KB)

Jan. 2008 Community Colleges

Executive summary. Summary of the report from the National Commission on Community Colleges.

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Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class: An Action Agenda For Community Colleges (pdf, 1.67 MB)

Jan. 2008 Community Colleges

Report. The National Commission on Community Colleges calls for a new three-way agreement between national leaders, state officials, and community colleges to put community colleges at the forefront of the effort to enhance American communities and ensure national competitiveness.