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Adult Learner Resources

Innovative methods in teaching should be used in every college classroom to enhance student engagement, support any teaching environment and encourage inquiry among learners. Adults learn best by participation in relevant experiences and utilization of practical information. When adult students are active in their learning they are able to develop critical thinking skills, receive social […]
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Collaboration with community colleges for transfer students.

Information on Dual Admission programs where the student applies to both the community college and the four-year college at the same time. If admitted, the student is guaranteed a spot as a transfer student at the four-year college provided that they obtain an associates degree from the community college. FinAid. (2019). College partnerships and articulation […]
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Collaboration with community colleges for transfer students.

The purpose of this research was to examine the association between participation in a community college (CC) pathway, medical school admission, and intentions to practice in underserved communities or work with minority populations. The results indicated there is both high representation of URM students and higher prevalence of intention to work with underserved communities among […]
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Collaboration with community colleges for transfer students.

More information on the development of Guided Pathways with specific information and tools to use to create them. Bailey, T., Smith Jaggars, S., Jenkins, D. (2018). What We Know About Guided Pathways. Community College Research Center. Retrieved from https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications/what-we-know-about-guided-pathways-packet.html
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Collaboration with community colleges for transfer students.

Outlines the need for guided pathways for students from community colleges to 4-yr institutions.  It identifies what a guided pathway looks like and how to form the collaboration. Bailey. T. (2017). Guided Pathways at Community Colleges: From Theory to Practice. Association of American Colleges & Universities [AACU].  Retrieved from https://www.aacu.org/diversitydemocracy/2017/fall/bailey
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Transfer Student Enrollment

Improved transfer pathways from community colleges to four-year institutions may be the best answer to America’s college completion woes, say three influential groups that will prod states and colleges on transfer. Fain, P. (2015). The leaky pipeline. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/12/11/groups-band-together-improve-transfer-pathways-community-college-students
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Collaboration with community colleges for transfer students.

Students don’t continue on when transfer credits “lost.” When credits are lost, students often take on more debt and spend more time retaking courses. They may use up the federal loans they’re eligible for or just get discouraged and drop out. That’s one reason that while 80 percent of students attending community colleges say they’d […]
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Collaboration with community colleges for transfer students.

Collaboration between community colleges and 4-year institutions. Suggestions include; shared faculty and educational space, two-plus-two agreements, 2-year degree students are a “good risk” because they already know how to study, special scholarship for transfer students, create specific degrees for community college campuses that aren’t offered at the main campus (including computing and technical degrees), service-learning […]
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Transfer Student Enrollment

Burack, C., Lanspery, S., Piñeros Shields, T., & Singleton. S. (2019). Partnerships That Promote Success: Lessons and Findings from the Evaluation of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Community College Transfer Initiative. Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Retrieved from  https://www.jkcf.org/research/partnerships-that-promote-success-lessons-and-findings-from-the-evaluation-of-the-jack-kent-cooke-foundations-community-college-transfer-initiative/