Many of the democratizing opportunities provided by community colleges are diminished in
the eyes of policy makers by inadequate rates of success. In particular, large proportions of …

In 2002, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation started the Early College High School Initiative
(ECHSI). Through this initiative, more than 200 Early College Schools (ECSs) opened by fall …

Two-year institutions educate a sizable proportion of college students; however, many of
these institutions lack the variety of student support resources available at four-year …

According to the 2004 Beginning Postsecondary Students Study, 11% of college students in
the United States come from Linguistic Minority (LM) backgrounds, in that they report not …

This article reviews recent literature on student financial aid as a retention tool at community
colleges. Enrollment and tuition data from the National Center for Education Statistics …

This chapter discusses the historic struggle to extend geographic access from before World
War II to the end of the Baby Boom era (1965–1973), when states created/expanded …

This qualitative instrumental case study explored the experiences and perceptions of seven
community college leaders of their use of anticipatory leadership. Two research questions …

Drawing on Rankin's 2008 study and literature on retention and community colleges, this
study presents perceptions of community college Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief …

The article presents a reprint of the article" Challenging Success: Can College Degree
Completion Be Increased as States Cut Budgets?". It discusses on the government's …

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