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Data from the Community College Research Center shows that earning an associate degree prior to transferring to a four-year college or university increases the likelihood that students will subsequently earn a bachelor’s degree. Carefully considering academic programs, leading indicators, and characteristics commonly linked to attrition can help institutions generate precise and effective practices aimed at increasing degree attainment for all students.
Center for Community College Student Engagement
Show Me the Way: The Power of Advising in Community Colleges
Focus: Advising redesign, student planning, and academic and non-academic support
Institute of Education Sciences: What Works Clearinghouse
Effective Advising for Postsecondary Students
Focus: Advising redesign, student planning, and academic and non-academic support
Achieving the Dream
Holistic Student Supports Redesign
Focus: Advising redesign, student planning, and academic and non-academic support
Community College Research Center
Advising and Student Supports at Community Colleges: Policy Fact Sheet
Focus: Advising redesign, student planning, and academic and non-academic support
National Institute for Student Success
Student Support Powered by Artificial + Human Intelligence
Focus: Advising redesign, hybrid advising and artificial intelligence (AI), and academic and non-academic support
Achieving the Dream
Teaching and Learning Toolkit: A Research-Based Guide to Building a Culture of Teaching and Learning Excellence
Focus: High-impact evidence-based practices in teaching and learning
Achieving the Dream
Building Capacity and Supporting Educators at North Carolina Community Colleges
Focus: Professional learning for educators to drive equitable student success
Every Learner Everywhere
Teaching, Learning, Equity, and Change: Realizing the Promise of Professional Learning
Focus: Professional learning for educators to drive equitable student success
CBE - Life Sciences Journal
Growth Mindset Messages from Instructors Improve Academic Performance Among First-Generation College Students
Focus: Educator-led growth mindset messaging to drive equitable student success
Every Learner Everywhere
Caring for Students Playbook: Six Recommendations for Caring for Students
Focus: High-impact evidence-based practices in teaching and learning
Complete College America
The Power of 15 Credits: Enrollment Intensity and Postsecondary Student Achievement
Focus: 15 to Finish
Community College Research Center
Unpacking Program Enrollments and Completions with Equity in Mind
Focus: Equitable program enrollment and completion
The Campaign for College Opportunity
Advancing Equity With Effective Community College Transfer Pathways
Focus: Transfer credit pathways to improve equitable student success and close institutional performance gaps
Community College Research Center
Community College Transfer: Policy Fact Sheet
Focus: Transfer credit success and credit mobility
Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
Tracking Transfer: Community College Effectiveness in Broadening Bachelor’s Degree Attainment
Focus: Community College transfer outcomes
Community College Research Center
Smoothing Pathways to Transfer in the Humanities: A Report on the Strengthening Michigan Humanities Project
Focus: Transfer pathways design with a focus on the humanities in Michigan
Achieving the Dream
Supporting Transfer Student Success: Five Key Faculty Practices
Focus: Faculty support for transfer students through teaching, mentoring and advising.
Community College Research Center
How to Measure Community College Effectiveness in Serving Transfer Students
Focus: Using data to assess the effectiveness of transfer partnerships
Institute for Higher Education Policy
Degree Reclamation Playbook
Focus: Adult student reengagement and reverse transfer