Community colleges and student success: models for comprehensive reform
Over the last few decades, the importance of a college education has grown both for society and for individuals. This is reflected in the large earnings gap between individuals with a high school degree and those with a postsecondary credential. However, most students in the US who start in community colleges never complete a degree or certificate. This constitutes a failure for those students to achieve their goals and represents a loss of potential earning power and economic growth and activity for the economy as a whole. Although students experience earnings gains by accumulating credits wi... Show more
Authors: Bailey, Thomas R.
Published: Louisville, Colorado, EDUCAUSE, 2017
Resource type: Article
Access item: http://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/5/community-colleges-and-student-success-models-for-comprehensive-reform
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