Community College Review articles

Recent articles from Community College Review

Unintended consequences: examining the effect of part-time faculty members on associate's degree completion.(Report)
January 1, 2009... Employment of part-time faculty members by community colleges has become an increasingly common approach to reducing institutional costs, which may have unintended consequences for student outcomes. This study examines the relationship between part-time faculty members and the associate's...

Student success courses in the community college: an exploratory study of student perspectives.(Report)
January 1, 2009... This study examines student success courses in two urban community colleges. Through analysis of student interview data, we find that such courses are an essential resource for students, in large part because the various benefits reinforce one another and magnify their influence. These...

Delicate engagement: the lived experience of community college students enrolled in high-risk online courses.(Report)
January 1, 2009... This article reports the findings of a phenomenological study that examined the lived experience of community college students enrolled in high-risk online courses (HRCs) at a community college in the American Southeast. HRCs were defined as college courses with withdrawal or failure rates of...

Do university centers produce comparable teacher education candidates?(Report)
January 1, 2009... This study investigates the effectiveness of a two-plus-two university center teacher education program. In this program, the entire curriculum is delivered on community college campuses; community college faculty members deliver the general education coursework, and university faculty...

Rosenbaum, J. E., Deil-Amen, R., & Person, A. E. (2006). After Admission: From College Access to College Success.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Rosenbaum, J. E., Deil-Amen, R., & Person, A. E. (2006). After Admission: From College Access to College Success. New York: Russell Sage. DOI: 10.1177/0091552108327071 After Admission: From College Access to College Success examines student and college success from an organizational...