Best Practices for Student Success

Access to the latest and most successful strategies for addressing retention-attrition issues in the community colleges requires an ongoing study of current trends and practicing programs.

This page is an effort to maintain an evolving collection of prevalent web resources on best practices for student success in the community college.

It is hoped that information provided through these resources can help enhance student learning and achievement and guide efforts toward improving service to students.

Selected Links:

Education Statistics Quarterly

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch

SPECIAL ANALYSIS 2001

Students whose parents did not go to college: Postsecondary access, persistence, and attainment

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2001/essay/e03b.asp

Descriptive Summary of 1995-1996 Beginning Postsecondary Students: Six Years Later

http://nces.ed.gov/das/epubs/2003151/postsec5.asp

ERIC DIGESTS

RETENTION-ATTRITION IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Minority Student Retention in Community Colleges
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ccs/

Retention of Hispanic Americans in Community Colleges

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/ccs/

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SURVEY OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

http://www.ccsse.org/

Quick Facts on Retention

http://www.ccsse.org/

Selected Links on College and University Student Retention

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4648/stureten.html

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/CCLO/ccaccount.html

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES

http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Template.cfm?Section=Statistical_Guide&Template=/InterestDisplay.cfm&InterestCategoryID=244

League For Innovation- Learning ABSTRACTS

http://www.league.org/welcome.htm

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH AND LEADERSHIP

http://occrl.ed.uiuc.edu/Update/fall99.asp

THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICY

http://www.communitycollegepolicy.org/

COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH CENTER

http://www.tc.columbia.edu/~iee/ccrc/

COLLEGEWAYS: Retention resources for individuals & educational institutions

http://www.collegeways.com/retention_journal.htm

COLLEGEANDFUTURE.COM

http://www.collegeandfuture.com/generic4.html

COUNSELING Web SITES

http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/ccv.html

http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/vpc.html

http://www.unt.edu/cat/Tuccda/links.htm

RESEARCH APPROPRIATIONS

http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/grapevine/

COMMUNITY COLLEGES GENERAL INFORMATION

http://www.aacc.nche.edu/

PROJECTION STATISTICS

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/proj2012/

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