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

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

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

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 […]

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 […]

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/

Humanities Internships

Higher education institutions that emphasize internships for humanities graduates do so with good reason. Employer perceptions and opinions suggest that internships have become almost obligatory for students and graduates seeking employment, as indicated by a recent Chronicle of Higher Education survey (Figure 1.6, on the following page). The survey findings suggest that “an internship is the single most important credential for recent college graduates to have on their resume in their job search among all industry segments.” (p. 12)