| Author(s): | Center for Community College Student Engagement |
| Title: | A matter of degrees: Promising practices for community college student success |
| Source: | http://www.ccsse.org/center/resources/docs/publ... |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Organization: | Center for Community College Student Engagement |
| Short Description: | Colleges must be certain that all of their resources are being spent on educational practices that work for all students. But what makes a practice effective? And how can colleges identify the mix of practices they should use to close achievement gaps so all students succeed? To help colleges answer these questions, the Center for Community College Student Engagement has launched a special initiative, Identifying and Promoting High-Impact Educational Practices in Community Colleges. |
| Annotation: | Community colleges across the country have created innovative, data-informed programs that are models
for educating underprepared students, engaging traditionally underserved students, and helping students
from all backgrounds succeed. However, because most of these programs have limited scope, the field now
has pockets of success rather than widespread improvement. Turning these many small accomplishments into broad achievement — and improved completion rates — depends on bringing effective programs to scale. To meet this challenge while facing shrinking budgets and rising enrollment, colleges must be certain that all of their resources — time and money — are being spent on educational practices that work for all students. But what makes a practice effective? And how can colleges identify the mix of practices they should use to close achievement gaps so all students succeed? To help colleges answer these questions, the Center for Community College Student Engagement has launched a special initiative, Identifying and Promoting High-Impact Educational Practices in Community
Colleges. This report presents the initiative’s preliminary findings. |
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