The successful transfer of community college students to four-year institutions has been and
remains a subject of intense scholarly, policy, and public interest. For a variety of reasons …

What does it mean to grow up today as working-class young adults? How does the
economic and social instability left in the wake of neoliberalism shape their identities, their …

In 2007, Washington adopted the Student Achievement Initiative, a statewide performance
accountability system designed to improve retention rates and degree productivity among …

This study models student-and institutional-level factors that influence vertical transfer
among a national sample of White and underrepresented minority (URM) community college …

Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete
baccalaureate degrees. However, many question the viability of the transfer function and …

Studying factors that predict bachelor's degree attainment has generated considerable
empirical interest over the past few decades. Relatively few studies, however, have focused …

Background/Context Although the importance of facilitating transfer from community colleges
to 4-year institutions is almost universally accepted, there is little consensus on how to …

Community colleges increase college access, extending postsecondary educational
opportunities to underserved students, yet, these students exhibit low rates of program …

Community college missions: A theoretical and historical perspective Page 1 This chapter
analyzes various ways of conceptualizing the missions of the community college, describes …

Objective: This study examined how a set of theoretically derived factors predicted the
educational attainment outcomes of Latina/o community college students. The guiding …