Community colleges now have solid data on which strategies work best to help students get to graduation. While more colleges are using those techniques, far too few students are benefiting from them.
That has been a central theme of three studies from the Center for Community College Student Engagement, all of which seek to investigate the use of “high-impact practices” to boost student success. The center released its third and final piece of the project on Thursday.
The new research adds to the case for 13 specific practices that work particularly well (see box). Some can have a big impact on student retention and graduation rates.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/18/new-report-builds-case-set-strategies-help-community-college-students-graduate