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Author(s):HigherEd.org, Inc.
Title:Non-traditional student success in public two-year colleges
Source:http://highered.org/docs/Nontraditional%20Stude...
Date:2009
Organization:HigherEd.org, Inc.
Short Description:Funded by the Lumina Foundation for Education, as part of the Emerging Pathways project, at the University of Virginia’s Curry Scool of Education, this research provides new insights into the educational experiences of two-year college students.
Annotation:While data are available through the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey about first-time, full-time freshamn, very little is know about the retention and graduation of other types of degree/certificate-seeking students, particularly nontraditional, adult learners. Funded by the Lumina Foundation for Education, as part of the Emerging Pathways project, at the University of Virginia’s Curry Scool of Education, this research provides new insights into the educational experiences of two-year college students.
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Adult Students
Community Colleges
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Educational Attainment/College Degree Completion
Engagement
Improving Postsecondary Student Success
Non-traditional Students
Persistence/Retention

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Building integrated pathways to sustainable careers: An introduction to the Accelerated Opportunity Initiative
Moving the starting line through prior learning assessment
Adult College Completion Network: Project Warehouse
High flyers: Policies and strategies that boost developmental education success in Florida's community colleges
Latino college completion: California
The high cost of low graduation rates: Taxpayers lose millions
Improving college performance and retention the easy way: Unpacking the ACT exam
The educational experience of young men of color (website)
Not just kid stuff anymore: The economic imperative for more adults to complete college
Optimism, college major, and post-secondary dropout
The effects of in-state tuition for non-citizens: A systematic review of the evidence
How four-year colleges and universities organize themselves to promote student persistence: The emerging national picture
Leveraging data for college completion
Can applying to more colleges increase enrollment rates?
Unlocking the gate: What we know about improving developmental education
The impacts of state performance funding systems on higher education institutions: Research literature review and policy implications
Illinois community college: Focus on the finish: A report to Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois General Assembly
Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education
Issues facing historically black colleges and unversities: Results of a focused discussion and survey
The college completion agenda: 2011 progress report
Transforming education in America
New measures, new perspectives: Graduates time-and-credits-to degree in SREB states
Equity scorecard: A process for building institutional capacity to educate young men of color
Postsecondary education student outcomes vary at for-profit, non-profit, and public schools
Advocacy in action toolkit
Good policy, good practice II: Improving outcomes and productivity in higher education: A guide for policymakers
Snapshot report: Concurrent enrollment
Determinants of students' success: The role of advanced placement and dual enrollment programs
The college completion agenda: 2011 state policy guide
What can we learn from law school? Legal education reflects issues found in all of higher education
The role of minority-serving institutions in national college completion goals
Opportunity road: The promise and challenge of America's forgotten youth
State policy profiles for completion by design
Increasing opportunities for immigrant students: Community college strategies for success
Strategies for success in career development: The career coach curriculum guide
Smart money: Informing higher education philanthropy
Serving adult learners in higher education: Prinicples of effectiveness (Executive summary)
The relevance of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the college completion agenda
Young adult outcomes of youth exiting dependent or delinquent care in Los Angeles county
Innovation at scale: How Virginia community colleges are collaborating to improve developmental education and increase student success
The college keys compact: 2011 catalog of effective practices: Programs and practices that expand options for students from low-income backgrounds
Affirming the goal: Is college and career readiness an internationally competitive standard?
Front and center: Critical choices for higher education
The undereducated American
Boosting college completion for a new economy
Latino college completion: Pennsylvania
The educational experience of young men of color: Federal legal implications and policy guidance
Transforming the rural south: A roadmap to improving rural education
Aligning community colleges to their local labor markets: The emerging role of online job ads for providing real-time intelligence about occupations and skills in demand
Latino college completion: Texas
Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) self-assessment tool
Black male student athletes and racial inequities in NCAA division I college sports
Cornerstones of completion: State policy support for accelerated, structured pathways to college credentials and transfer
From capacity to success: HSIs and Latino student success through Title V
The role of two-year institutions in four-year success
Completing college: A national view of student attainment rates
Business resources for a college- and career-ready America
Higher education, merit-based scholarships and post-baccalaureate migration
Debt, jobs, diversity and who gets in: A survey of admissions directors
Advancing to completion: Increasing degree attainment by improving graduation rates and closing gaps for Hispanic students
Making loans work: How community colleges support responsible borrowing
For profit higher education: The failure to safeguard the federal investment and ensure student success
Finding your workforce: The top 25 institutions graduating Latinos in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by academic level 2009-2010
Much accomplished, much at stake: Performance and policy in Maryland higher education
Taking action for America: A CEO plan for jobs and economic growth: A skilled, prepared workforce
Open educational resources: Tools to help 21st century students achieve their postsecondary eduation goals and keep America competitive
Enrollment in postsecondary institutions, Fall 2010; Financial statistics, fiscal year 2010; and graduation rates, selected cohorts, 2002-07
Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods
Statewide aid policies to improve college access and success
Boosting postsecondary education performance
Valuable learning or "spinning their wheels"?: Understanding excess credits earned by community college associate degree completers
The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities
California's economic payoff: Investing in college access and completion
A new classification scheme for for-profit institutions
Competency-based degree programs in the US: Postsecondary credentials for measurable student learning and performance
Aid and innovation: How federal financial aid policy impacts student success and how states can respond
Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2004
Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2004
Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006
Forming a college-going community in U.S. public high schools
Condition of education 2002: Special analysis, nontraditional undergraduates
Indiana college completion rates 2007
Post-secondary education options for low-income students
The professional mentor program plus: An academic success and retention tool for adult learners
Beyond the open door: Increasing student success in the California community colleges
Committing to student engagement: Reflections on CCSSE's first five years: 2007 findings
National Council of La Raza
Experiences that matter: Enhancing student learning and success
Building a strong community college system for the state of Indiana: A best practices study
Institutional practices and student persistence: Extending the empirical record
A multi-institution analysis of the effects of campus-based financial aid on student persistence at public four-year institutions
A report on the status of Hispanics in education: Overcoming a history of neglect
Demography is not destiny: Increasing the graduation rates of low-income college students at large public universities
What works for Latino students
Liberal education outcomes: A preliminary report on student achievement in college
Focus on foster care: Building educational support for youth in care
NCAA Federal Graduation Rates Data Archive
Paths to persistence: An analysis of research on program effectiveness at community colleges
The role of academic and non-academic factors in improving college retention
Characteristics of undergraduate borrowers: 1999-2000
Inventing Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs): The basics
From college access to college success: College preparation and persistence of BPS graduates
Opening doors: Support success: Services that may help low-income students succeed in community college
Making opportunity affordable: Reinvesting in college access and success
Hitting home: Quality, cost, and access challenges confronting higher education today
Income and financial aid effects on persistence and degree attainment in public colleges
Students entering and leaving postsecondary occupational education: 1995-2001
Helping students make good decisions and act on them: The real meaning of guidance and advisement
Adult learners and new traditions in higher education
Part I: Barriers to student success on college campuses
Diversity and persistence in Indiana higher education: The impact of preparation, major choices, and financial aid
One step from the finish line: Higher college graduation rates are within our reach
Migrant students attending college: Facilitating their success
A step toward college success: Assessing attainment among Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars
Reach higher, America: Overcoming crisis inthe U. S. workforce
Do community colleges provide a viable pathway to a Baccalaureate degree?
The Bologna club: What U.S. higher education can learn from a decade of higher education reconstruction
A matter of trust: Ten key insights from recent public opinion research on attitudes about education among Hispanic parents
First-generation students: Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in postsecondary education
Breaking through: Factsheet
Reaching higher with Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana: Focusing on the roll of community colleges
An overview of post-secondary support programs for former foster youth
Enhancing student services at Owens Community College: Early results from the Opening Doors demonstration in Ohio
Ready to succeed: Changing systems to give California's foster children the opportunities they deserve to be ready for and succeed in school
Barriers to college attainment: Lessons from Chicago
Recommended policies and practices for advancing Indiana's system of adult education and workforce training
The costs of failure factories in American higher education
National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education
The contribution of adult learning to health and social capital
National studies find TRIO programs effective at increasing college enrollment and graduation
Dynamic annotated bibliographies from the IPCN online college access library
Apply to succeed: Ensuring community college students benefit from need-based financial aid
Education & the military spouse: The long road to success
How much are college students borrowing?
Measuring student achievement at postsecondary institutions
Rising by Degrees
The promise of proficiency: How college proficiency information can help high schools drive student success
Taking stock: Higher education and Latinos
Foundations for success: Early implementation report
Foundations for success: Short-term impacts report
Achieving success: The state policy newsletter of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count: Winter 2010
Accountability for equitable outcomes in higher education
Training tomorrow's workforce: Community college and apprenticeship as collaborative routes to rewarding careers
Open-access colleges responsible for greatest gains in graduation rates
College InSight
Community College 2.0
The quality imperative: Match ambitious goals for college attainment with an ambitious vision for learning
Improving transfer access to STEM bachelor's degrees at Hispanic Serving Institutions through the America COMPETES Act
Restoring the balance: Dollars, values, and the future of college sports
A portrait of low-income young adults in education
Funding career pathways and career pathway bridges: A federal policy toolkit for states
Achieving success: The state policy newsletter of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count: Spring issue
The course of innovation: Using technology to transform higher education
Education pays 2010
Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating African-American students
Big gaps, small gaps: Some colleges and universities do better than others in graduating Hispanic students
What impacts student success in college persistence and completion?
Strong foundations: The state of postsecondary data systems
The college completion agenda: 2010 progress report
Building a learning agenda around disconnected youth
Ensuring youth transitioning from foster care are connected by 25: Lessons learned from the foster care work group
College and university commitments to student access and success: An overview of institutional postsecondary opportunity programs
Beyond the rhetoric: Improving college readiness through coherent state policy
Improving education through collaboration: A case study of the Long Beach seamless education partnership
Access without equity: Longitudinal analysis of institutional stratification by race and ethnicity: 1972-2004
Dollars for degrees: Financial aid and its impact on post-secondary degree completion in Texas
Certificates count: An analysis of sub-baccalaureate certificates
Community college and high school partnerships
Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES)
The power of the education-industry partnership: Fostering innovation in collaboration between community colleges and businesses
College graduation rates: Behind the numbers
Taking the next step: The promise of intermediate measures for meeting postsecondary completion goals
The return on the federal investment in for-profit education: Debt without a diploma
Unexpected pathways: Transfer patterns of California community college students
Community college students: Goals, academic preparation, and outcomes
Winning the future: Improving education for the Latino community
K-12 education reform: Implications and opportunities for public colleges and universities
Podcast: Getting high school dropouts in and out of college
College completion toolkit
Accountability & continuous improvement in remedial education: Getting Past Go Project
Tracking students to 200 percent of normal time: Effect on institutional graduation rates
Assessing developmental assessment in community colleges
Learning communities for students in developmental math: Impact studies at Queensborough and Houston community colleges
Community college students and grant aid: Bringing equity to the provision of grant aid by states and institutions
Keeping score when it counts: Graudation success and academic progress rates for the 2011 NCAA Division1 men's basketball tournament teams
Protecting the federal investment in higher education: The gainful employment rule
Building roads to success: Key considerations for communities and states reconnecting youth to education
Closing the gap between high school and college
A report of GAO undercover testing on for-profit colleges: GAO bias evident in report to HELP committee
Improving undergraduate learning: Findings and policy recommendations from the SSRC-CLA longitudinal project
Disrupting college: How disruptive innovation can deliver quality and affordability to postsecondary education
2010 census of male-focused programs: A snapshot of programs and organzations supporting American males
The degree qualifications profile
Facilitating student learning through contextualization
Presidential leadership for public policy: A special report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
From GED to college degree: Creating pathways to postsecondary success for high school dropouts
Students speak! Understanding the value of HBCUs from student perspectives
Greening community colleges: An environmental path to improving educational outcomes
Subprime opportunity: The unfulfilled promsie of for-profit colleges and universities
Degree completion beyond institutional borders: Responding to the new reality of mobile and non-traditional learners
How increasing college access is increasing inequality, and what to do about it
Higher education web portals: Serving state and student transfer needs
College retention and graduation rates
Conducting a scan of your college access and success system: Why it matters, how to do it, how to use it
The advanced placement program benefits mainly well-prepared students who pass AP exams
Benefitting whom? For-profit education companies and the growth of military educational benefits
Getting past go: Remedial and developmental education policy at a crossroads
Time to completion: States and systems must tackle the time dilemma
College success for all: How the Hidalgo independent school district is adopting early college as a district-wide strategy
Increasing baccalaureate attainment in Louisville: A proposed blueprint for community action
A contexualized reading-writing intervention for community college students
The College Completion Agenda
Ensuring America's future: Benchmarking Latino college completion to meet national goals: 2010 to 2020
Partnerships that promote success: Lessons from the evaluation of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Community College Transfer Initiative
Back on track to college: A Texas school district leverages state policy to put dropouts back on the path to success
The key to prosperity: The skills of the American worker
Hispanics, high school dropouts, and the GED
The Condition of Education 2010
The financial aid challenge: Successful practices that address the underutilization of financial aid in community colleges
Addressing the American male imperative in higher education: Implications for public and research universities
Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program
Lumina Foundation Focus: Off the charts: Columns of data provide support for student achievement
Recommendations for incorporating postsecondary and workforce data into statewide longitudinal data systems
Rising to the challenge: Hispanic college graduation rates as a national priority
Keeping score when it counts: Graduation rates for 2010 NCAA men's division 1 basketball tournament teams
Keeping score when it counts: Assessing the 2009-10 bowl-bound college football teams - academic performance improves but race still matters
Graduated success: Sustainable economic opportunity through one- and two-year credentials
Current challenges and opportunities in preparing rural high school students for success in college and careers: What federal policymakers need to know
FY 2011 budget proposal: Thoughts and recommendations for increasing college access and success
A snapshot of African Americans in higher education
The effects of public support on college attainment
Transfer access from community colleges and the distribution of elite higher education
Calculating cost-return for investments in students success
Core commitments of participating (Achieving the Dream) colleges
LE,NONET pilot project: Interim evaluation report
ACE Online Information Center
College enrollment hits an all-time high, fueled by community college surge
From high school to the future: Making hard work pay off: The road to college for students in CPS's academically advanced programs
International trends in adult education and lifelong learning
Time to Completion Web Site
Higher education performance funding 2.0 - Funding degrees (tip sheet)
Rethinking developmental education in community colleges
Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
College readiness for the 21st century: A blog on college readiness in practice and policy
Transparency by design: Principles of good practice for higher education institutions serving adults at a distance
Enhancing college student success through developmental education
Getting back on track: Effects of a community college program for probationary students
Keeping score when it counts: Sweet 16 men's and women's teams: A look at their academic success
Keeping score when it counts: Assessing the 2008-09 bowl-bound college football teams: Academic performance improves, but race still matters
How colleges organize themselves to increase student persistence: Four-year institutions (College Board study on student retention)
Cost, commitment, and attainment in higher education: An international comparison
Using increased funding under the Workforce Investment Act to create multiple pathways to marketable postsecondary credentials and middle-class employment
Community colleges: A route of upward economic mobility
Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
College outcomes comparisons by AP and non-AP high school experiences
Making the transition to four-year institutions: Academic preparation and transfer
State future workforce gap summaries
Gateway to College
Status and trends in the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008
Examining the pre-college attributes and values of Latina/o graduates
The American Freshman: National norms for Fall 2007
College credit in high school: Access and success for low-income and minority students
Measuring up 2008
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Students earning zero credits
Coming to our senses: Education and the American future
Recent participation in formal learning among working-age adults with different levels of education
Enrollment status and outcomes
The Chafee Educational and Training Voucher (ETV) program: Six states' experiences
Reaching higher with accountability (working paper)
Transition matters: Community college to bachelor's degree
Characteristics and destinations of students who transfer: First report
Improving academic performance among Native American students: A review of the research literature
Redesigning the ninth-grade experience: Reduce failure, improve achievement, and increase high school graduation rates
Adult learning in focus: Individual state profiles and downloadable data
State policies to bring adult learning into focus
The impacts of regular Upward Bound: Results from the third follow-up data collection
National evaluation of GEAR UP: A summary of the first two years
Best practices in recruiting and retaining minority graduate students
Transitions to adulthood for homeless adolescents: Education and public policy
I-STEM Resource Network
Marian College: Marian's Adult Programs (MAP)
Learn More Indiana: Adult learners
It's not about the cut score: Redesigning placement assessment policy to improve student success
The ESL logjam: Waiting times for adult ESL classes and the impact on English language learners
An early alert system for remediation needs of entering community college students: Leveraging the California standards test
Income of U.S. workforce projected to decline if education doesn't improve
Bridging the gap: Academic preparation and postsecondary success of first generation students
College Results Online
Mexican Americans and other Latinos in postsecondary education: Institutional influences
Transition from high school to postsecondary education and employment for students with disabilities
Higher education opportunities for foster youth: A primer for policymakers
What community college practices and policies are effective in promoting student success: A study of high- and low-impact institutions
Lumina Foundation focus: Barrier busters: Community colleges and their students embrace challenges
Leaving boys behind: Public high school graduation rates
Adolescence: Are parents relevant to students' high school achievement and postsecondary attainment
Low-income adults in profile: Improving lives through higher education
An overview of higher education in the United States: Diversity, access, and the role of the marketplace
Pathways to a four-year degree: Determinants of transfer and degree completion
Descriptive summary of 1995-96 beginning postsecondary students: Six years later
Work first, study second: Adult undergraduates who combine employment and postsecondary enrollment
A matter of degrees: Improving graduation rates in four-year colleges and universities
Learning in the fast lane: Adult learners’ persistence and success in accelerated college programs
Pathways to a four-year degree: The higher education story of one generation
Raising the graduation rates of low-income college students
Serving adult learners in higher education: Principles of effectiveness
Collegiate learning assessement project
Pre-K and Latinos: The foundation for America's future
Adult education participation in 2004-05
Homeschooled adults: Are they ready for college
Measuring up 2006 state report card on education: Indiana
College access, financial aid, and college success for undergraduates from foster care
The art of student retention
From high school to the future: A first look at Chicago public school graduates' college enrollment, college preparation, and graduation from four-year colleges
Paying for persistence: Early results of a Louisiana scholarship program for low-income parents attending community college
CSO College Center: A student gateway to college access, opportunity, and success
A test of leadership: Charting the future of U.S. higher education
Learning communities and student success in postsecondary education
Engaged learning: Fostering success for all students
Keeping America's promise: A report on the future of the community college
Narrowing the gaps in educational attainment: A policymaker's guide for assessing and responding to needs for community college services
The context of "choice" in college pathways
Building bridges to college and careers: Contextualized basic skills programs at community colleges
State of college opportunity in Ohio 2005
Student African American Brotherhood
What works in student retention
California policy options to accelerate Latino success in higher education
Improving high-school-to-college transition through leadership and governance
The impact of diversity on college students: The latest research
The national articulation and transfer network
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Access to success initiative
The study of economic, informational, and cultural barriers to community college student transfer access at selective institutions: National estimates of transfer access and baccalaureate degree attainment at four-year colleges and universities
American Indian and Alaska Native students in U.S. high schools
The postsecondary achievement of participants in dual enrollment: An analysis of student outcomes in two states
Persistence and attainment of 2003-04 beginning postsecondary students: After three years
Forging new partnerships: Adult and developmental education in community colleges
College access for the working poor: Overcoming burdens to succeed in higher education
Indiana's 21st century scholars: A new community college system and college prep curriculum are improving the state's position
Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities
Postsecondary success begins with high school preparation
Institutional Student Profiles Fall 2006 for the State of Alabama
Great expectations: A guide to Alabama's high school graduation exam
Certificates: Gateway to gainful employment and college degrees
Using state policies to ensure effective assessment and placement in postsecondary education
Choosing who delivers: The impact of placing limits on the delivery of remedial education at four-year institutions
Rethinking higher education business models: Steps toward a disruptive innovation approach to understanding and improving higher education outcomes
The great cost shift: How higher education cuts undermine the future middle class
Do high stakes placement exams predict college success?
A stronger nation through higher education: A detailed look at college attainment-nationally, by state and by metro area
Latino college completion in 50 states: Executive summary
AACC statement on the American Enterprise Institute's "Completion Matters: The High Cost of Low Community College Graduation Rates"
The Adult Education and Economic Growth Act: Toward a modern adult education system and a more educated workforce
Hard choices ahead: Performance and policy in Texas higher education
Remediation: Higher education's bridge to nowhere
Reclaiming the American Dream: Community colleges and the nation's future: A report from the 21st century commission on the future of community colleges
Pell grants and the lifting of rural America's future
Maximizing the College Choice Process to Increase Fit & Match for Underserved Students
Building pathways to transfer: Community colleges that break the chain of failure for students of color
Performance-based funding of higher education: A detailed look at best practices in six states
Connecting the dots between learning and resources
Commencement day: Six-year effects of a college learning community program at Kingsborough Community College
Higher education: Gaps in access and persistence study
Cracking the credit hour
The college completion agenda may sacrifice college access for low-income, minority and other at-risk students
Trends among young adults over three decades, 1974-2006
The impact of affirmative action bans in graduate education
Challenge the status quo: Academic success among school-age African-American males
Common measures for college access and success
The earning power of recent graduates from Virginia's colleges and universities: How are graduates from different degree programs doing in the labor market?
The earning power of graduates from Tennessee's colleges and universities: How are graduates from different degree programs doing in the labor market?
STEM in postsecondary education: Entrance, attrition, and coursetaking among 2003-2004 beginning postsecondary students
Increasing return on investment from federal student aid
The economic benefits of postsecondary degrees: A state and national level analysis
Critical perspectives on race and equity in review of higher education
Unlocking doors and expanding opportunity: Moving beyond the limiting reality of college and career readiness in California high schools
A green career pathways framework: Postsecondary and employment success for low-income, disconnected youth
From information to action: Revamping higher education accountability systems
Complete to Compete: Higher education data dashboards (state reports)
Farther, faster: Six promising programs show how career pathway bridges help basic skills students earn credentials that matter
Missed opportunity: How New York can do a better job of reconnecting youth on public assistance to education and jobs
The case for change in college admissions
En camino (on our way): Educational toolkit for families
Higher education: Students at the heart of the system
One degree of separation: How young Americans who don't finish college see their chances for success
Developing 20/20 vision on the 2020 degree attainment goal: The threat of income based inequality in education
Priced out: How the wrong financial-aid policies hurt low-income students
Learn and earn: Modeling the success of Metropolitan College: The Business-Higher Education Forum's simulation series
Cheap for whom? How much education costs taxpayers
Leveraging service blueprinting to rethink higher education
A better measure of skills gaps: Utilizing ACT skill profile and assessment data for strategic skill research
School counselors literature and landscape review: The state of school counseling in America
Pathway to recovery: Implementing a back on track through college model
Up for grabs: The gains and prospects of first- and second generation young adults
Operation College Promise
Getting ready for college: An implementation and early impacts study of eight Texas developmental summer bridge programs
Community college access and affordability for occupational and nontraditional students
Learning at a distance: Undergraduate enrollment in distance education courses and degree programs
The long-term impacts of teachers: Teacher value-added and student outcomes in adulthood
A crucible moment: College learning & democracy's future
When working works: Employment & postsecondary success
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center Snapshot Reports
Snapshot report: Mobility