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 …

Computing education research (CER) has used demographic data to understand learners'
identities, backgrounds, and contexts for efforts such as culturally-responsive computing …

Developmental education has been cited as one of the most difficult issues facing
community colleges. Despite the controversy and changes to educational policy regarding …

This study models student-and institutional-level factors that influence vertical transfer
among a national sample of White and underrepresented minority (URM) community college …

A growing body of research points to the important role played by “institutional agents” in
facilitating college access and success for students from non-dominant racialethnic and low …

Community colleges are seen as contradictory institutions. Supporters contend that
community colleges increase baccalaureate attainment by providing access to higher …

Community colleges are essential–though often overlooked–institutions of higher education.
In this essay, Alicia C. Dowd draws attention to the challenges facing community colleges as …

Using critical policy analysis focused on racial-ethnic equity, this study analyses state policy
documents and accountability instruments governing transfer from 2-year colleges to 4-year …

The paper poses the following research question: Does the existence of statewide
articulation agreements increase the probability of vertical transfers from two-year to four …

This research uses the nationally representative Beginning Postsecondary Study: 2003–
2009 to investigate the relative significance in upward transfer of individual and institutional …