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 …

It is well established that students who begin post-secondary education at a community
college are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree than otherwise similar undergraduates …

Rising college enrollment over the last quarter century has not been met with a proportional
increase in college completion. Comparing the high school classes of 1972 and 1992, we …

We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program that gives high-scoring students tuition
waivers at in-state public colleges with lower graduation rates than available alternative …

Decades of research have estimated the effect of entering a community college on
bachelor's degree attainment. In this study, we examined the influence of methodological …

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

Most of the models developed to examine student persistence and attainment in
postsecondary education largely fail to account for the influence of institutional factors …

A bachelor's degree is no longer considered a potential stepping-stone to a better life.
Rather, it is now fully acknowledged as the gatekeeper to myriad social and individual …

Analyses of college attainment typically focus on factors affecting enrollment demand,
including the financial attractiveness of a college education and the availability of financial …

Winner of the 2007 Outstanding Publication Award given by the American Educational
Research Association Division J. Community colleges enroll almost half of all …