Community College Retention by the Numbers
Arlene Arnsparger from the University of Texas walked attendees through the challenges of the student experience at community colleges in her presentation: Student Success: From the Starting Gate to the Finish Line Community College retention is a huge issue facing our country. While 90% of students genuinely believe they are motivated and prepared for their [...]
Should there be a Sophomore Student Experience?
Student Retention is a passion of mine (as you may have noticed) and there were two talks at the 2011 Noel-Levitz conference which gave me some new ideas. One of my favorites was Julie Tetley’s talk (summarized below) which highlights the Sophomore Experience. She brings up some really great points, and I see this as a large issue that hasn’t gotten [...]
Highlights: Predictors of Degree Outcomes for Community College Students
This kind of ethnographic research following students along their pathways for five years and pulling out trends – while helpful – does little to expose what innovations could be made to improve the circumstance of students found to be in the, let’s say, groups with attributes correlating to unfortunate tendencies. I just hope the smart researchers will follow on with ways to improve students in the unfortunate circumstances. Simply being more selective at the beginning is not an option for most community colleges.
The Ivy League Bubble
Small colleges have a good reason to like Peter Thiel’s attack on higher ed. There’s lots of debate this week about Peter Thiel’s push to get undergrads to “stop out” of school. Thiel, who is the founder of PayPal, the first outside investor in Facebook and an investor in Inigral through Founders Fund, thinks more [...]
Community Colleges in the Spotlight
With 44% of all U.S. undergraduates enrolled in community college programs, the spotlight is finally hitting this population and shining light on the success that these programs have, not only in awarding degrees themselves, but in helping students graduate from 4-year schools.
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