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Weighing the Evidence: A Conversation with Community College Presidents on Using Research to Support Student Success Outcomes
A Forum Co-sponsored by the American Youth Policy Forum and the National Center for Postsecondary Research
While access to postsecondary education has expanded in recent
decades, a large percentage of students entering community college are
not adequately prepared for college-level work and must take
developmental (remedial) courses in order to catch up. This forum will
highlight a portfolio of new research on several promising strategies to
help these underprepared students transition to college and ultimately
advance to a degree. Broadly speaking, the experimental research
suggests that short-term interventions can hasten students’ progress
through developmental education and into college-level work, but the
positive effects are often not large or long term. These findings are to
be released this summer in several reports by the National Center for
Postsecondary Research (NCPR), a partnership between the Community
College Research Center, MDRC, the University of Virginia, and faculty
at Harvard University.
Following an overview of the research, community college leaders
on our panel will describe how they are applying the research to design
more comprehensive programs and structured pathways which better support
the students at their colleges.
Presenters will include
:
- Thomas Bailey, Director, National Center for Postsecondary Research (Download the PDF)
- Evan Weissman, Operations Associate, MDRC (Download the PDF)
- Regina S. Peruggi, President, Kingsborough Community College
- Richard Rhodes, President/CEO, Austin Community College
Please email
aypf@aypf.org
to RSVP.
Type: Conferences & Seminars
Location: Location TBA
Date & Time: 5/18/2012, 12:00:00 PM - 1:30:00 PM
Website: http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2012/fb051812.htm
