ERIC ED541975: Securing the Future: Retention Models in Community C... | |
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The Study of Community College Structures for Student | |
Success (SCCSSS) was launched in 2010 with three goals at | |
its center: (1) To explore a set of promising | |
institutional practices and organizational structures | |
identified through theory and research as having the | |
potential to support community college student success; | |
(2) To present a synthesized overview, or matrix, of | |
these promising practices and structures as a tool for | |
community college leaders and practitioners; and (3) To | |
collect national empirical data on the practices and | |
structures that community colleges currently have in | |
place to improve key student success outcomes, including | |
student retention, successful transfer, and degree or | |
certificate completion. The SCCSSS investigation began | |
with an exploration of the research and practice-oriented | |
literature, augmented by findings from focus groups and | |
interviews with community college leaders and | |
practitioners. A survey, developed from the results of | |
this initial exploration, was then conducted, with the | |
participation of community colleges nationwide. This | |
early phase of the study produced two of the project's | |
central resources: (1) A matrix of promising | |
institutional practices and organizational structures | |
that can be used to facilitate campus discussions, | |
professional development, and institutional planning; and | |
(2) Results from a nationwide survey of community college | |
leaders that provide an accurate, research-based view of | |
how and to what extent the practices and structures in | |
the matrix are currently in place at community colleges | |
across the country. This report first discusses the | |
national context for this work and reviews the key | |
elements in the set of promising practices and | |
organizational structures that were the foundation for | |
the SCCSSS national survey. Next, it reports the survey | |
results to explore the extent to which community colleges | |
have these practices and structures in place. The matrix | |
of promising institutional practices and organizational | |
structures for community colleges, along with other key | |
resources, to serve as a practical tool generated by the | |
SCCSSS effort are included in the appendix. A | |
bibliography and a list of resources are included. | |
(Contains 18 figures and 3 footnotes.) | |
Date Published: 2019-06-01 19:48:33 | |
Identifier: ERIC_ED541975 | |
Item Size: 27437124 | |
Language: english | |
Media Type: texts | |
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