Advocating for community colleges in the college completion agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol 2022 (197) ◽  
pp. 157-173
Author(s):  
Carol Cutler White
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
College Completion ◽  
Completion Agenda

scholarly journals Empirical Analysis of a Model for Student Success using a Case Study Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Zakiya S Wilson ◽  
Margaret I. Kanipes ◽  
Goldie S. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Colleges ◽  
College Completion ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Completion Agenda ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) play a critical role in the national college completion agenda within the United States of America (U.S.). With high enrolments of minority, first-generation, and economically disadvantaged students, HBCUs serve as essential access points to higher education and the American dream. Given the high needs student population of HBCUs, these institutions can serve as national and international models for improving college completion and demonstrating efficacy in promoting access to higher education among students from diverse backgrounds.

scholarly journals The policy filtering process: Understanding distinctive state responses to the National College Completion Agenda in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Rubin ◽  
James C. Hearn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
College Completion ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Completion Agenda ◽  
State Responses

The United States has faced stagnant postsecondary education degree completion rates for over a decade. When coupled with improved educational outcomes in other nations, the one-time world leader in higher education attainment has precipitously declined in standing internationally. Coupling this reality with the need for a more educated workforce domestically led President Barack Obama to proclaim improving higher education completion rates a national imperative in 2009. Despite input from the federal government, due to the decentralized nature of American postsecondary education, individual states maintain primary responsibility for governance and policy decisions. Consequently, there has been a range of state responses to improving college completion. Through a comparative case analysis, this study considers a putatively homogenous region to investigate state-level factors that “filtered” the national college completion agenda to distinct responses in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas.

A Rhetorical Analysis of Intermediary Organization Documents on College Completion Policy

2019 ◽  
pp. 089590481988823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Hammond ◽  
Philip Adams ◽  
Paul G. Rubin ◽  
Erik C. Ness
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
College Completion ◽  
Intermediary Organization ◽  
Completion Agenda ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Intermediary Organizations ◽  
Policy Arena ◽  
Policy Solutions

Intermediary organizations play an increasingly important role in public policy related to higher education, particularly related to the completion agenda. This study addresses strategies employed by intermediary organizations to communicate to policymakers regarding college completion. Using rhetorical analysis, we examine 72 documents to deconstruct their arguments. Findings show that intermediaries employ the rhetorical elements of ethos, pathos, delivery, and idiom to present information and advocate preferred policy solutions. Importantly, organizations communicate messages differently based on their orientation toward the researcher or policymaker communities. Intermediary organizations aligned more closely with researchers rely more on empirical evidence and neutral tones, whereas organizations aligned more closely with policymakers utilize more idiomatic language, visually engaging document design, and nonempirical sources of evidence. Rhetorical analysis can enable researchers, intermediaries, and policymakers all to work more clearly and carefully in the higher education policy arena and, in so doing, strengthen the bridge between the two communities.

scholarly journals Why Have College Completion Rates Declined? An Analysis of Changing Student Preparation and Collegiate Resources

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bound ◽  
Michael F Lovenheim ◽  
Sarah Turner
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
College Completion ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Student Preparation ◽  
College Completion Rates ◽  
Proportional Increase ◽  
Entering Students ◽  
Type Of Institution

Rising college enrollment over the last quarter century has not been met with a proportional increase in college completion. Comparing the high school classes of 1972 and 1992, we show declines in college completion rates have been most pronounced for men who first enroll in less selective public universities and community colleges. We decompose the decline into the components due to changes in preparedness of entering students and due to changes in collegiate characteristics, including type of institution and resources per student. While both factors play some role, the supply-side characteristics are most important in explaining changes in college completion. (JEL I23)

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