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Two-year/community College Advising Resources

Achieve the Dream produces little change at community colleges via The Chronicle of Higher Education
Advising Academically Underprepared Students
Antipoverty group works with community colleges to graduate more students via The Chronicle of Higher Education
Bridging the Gap: Academic preparation and postsecondary success of first-generation students 2001 and 2009 reports
Canadian 2-year colleges show paths to jobs via The Washington Post
"Cracking the Code: Determining What Transfer Students Really Need to Be Successful at Four-Year Institutions" article from The Mentor
Critical Issues in Advising at Open Admissions Community Colleges NACADA webcast CD
Defining the Role of Faculty within Advising at Community Colleges NACADA webcast CD
"Getting Prepared for the Underprepared" article from The Mentor
Community College Survey of Student Engagement
- Advising related results under "Support for Learners"
- Article appearing in Nov. 20, 2003 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education*
Office of Community College Research and Leadership
Reclaiming The American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation's Future AACC Report

Articles
- 4 tips to finish community college via US News and World Report
- Voluntary framework for accountability AACC report
- A matter of degrees: Promising practices for community college student success via Center for Community College Student Success
- At Community Colleges, a Call to Meet New Students at the Front Door via The Chronicle*
- An award-winning dissertation draws lessons from 9 community college students who persisted in their studies via The Chronicle
- Answers about community colleges Part I via The New York Times
- A Better Gauge of Community College Success via The Washington Post
- Better night classes via The Chronicle of Higher Education*
- Boomers heading back to community colleges via USA Today
- Bridging Academics and Student Affairs to Advance Student Success: Freshmen Academies at Queensborough Community College via AAC&U
- Colleges focus on reducing remedial instruction via The Bellingham Herald
- Community College Student Engagement
  - 2009 CCSSE Findings
  - The Full-Time Advantage via Inside Higher Education
  - 2-Year-College Students Rarely Use Advisers, Survey Shows via The Chronicle*
  - At Community Colleges, a Call to Meet New Students at the Front Door via The Chronicle*
- Challenge And Opportunity : Rethinking the Role and Function of Developmental Education in Community College
- The case of the vanishing students via The Chronicle*
- Committee on measures of student success report draft for discussion
- Committing to complete via Inside Higher Ed
- A community college instructor like me: Race and ethnicity issues in the classroom via the National Bureau of Economic Resources
- Community colleges are getting an education in touch economic times via the Washington Post
- Community college counselors lack resources via ACCA
- Community Colleges not up to 21st-century mission, their own report says via The Chronicle*
- Community college students perform worse online than face to face via The Chronicle*
- Community college students cite academic advising among their schools' top challenges via Noel-Levitz
- Education for All? 2-Year colleges struggle to preserve their mission via The Chronicle*
- Eight important questions for eleven community college leaders: An exploration of community college issues, trends & strategies supported by Western Governors University
- Evaluating Programs for Community College Students: How Do We Know What Works?
- Faces of the Future : A Portrait of First-Generation Community College Students
- Fears and Administrative Hassles Deter Community-College Students in Their First Term, They Say via the The Chronicle of Higher Education *
- Financial Aid Ability to benefit rules change via The Chronicle*
- First-Ever National Survey Reveals Many Community College Students Are Denied Access to Courses
- The 4 Lessons That Community Colleges Can Learn From For-Profit Institutions via The Chronicle*
- Help community colleges help adult students via The Chronicle
- The hidden costs of community colleges via air.org
- How California community colleges can address challenges with transferring minority students via The Civil Rights Project
- Illinois community college graduation rates via The Chicago Tribune
- The impact of mental health problems in the community college population via the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
- Improving student transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions via College Board
- Increasing opportunities for immigrant students: Community college strategies for success
- Intrusive advising among best practices for community college student success via Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Junior Colleges Get Some Respect via Business Week Online
- Minority students lag in transfer from California's community colleges via The Chronicle*
- Most two-year student quit via The Wall Street Journal
- Multi-year study of community college practices asks: What helps students graduate? via The Chronicle*
- National Postsecondary Enrollment Trends: Before, During, and After the Great Recession report from the National Student Clearinghouse
- New Study Looks at Retention in Community Colleges via Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Online classes and college completion via The Chronicle*
- Pearson Foundation Community College Student Survey results of the second annual suvey
- Promoting Academic Momentum at Community Colleges: Challenges and Opportunities (link to article pdf)
- Two-Year colleges provide options in higher education via the Washington Times
- High-risk students more engaged in college via the Community College Survey of Student Engagement
- The liberal arts are workforce development via The Chronicle
- Next Big Thing for Community Colleges via Inside Higher Ed
- Popularity offers challenges for community colleges via Education Week
- Promoting full-time attendance among adults in community colleges via mdrc.org
- Redefining community college success via Inside Higher Ed
- Retention and persistence articles from the Community College Research Center
- Reverse-transfer programs rewarded students and institutions alike via The Chronicle
- Some Community-College Students Fall Through the Cracks in Their First Month via The Chronicle *
- Success begets success: Student success courses catching on at community colleges via Inside HigherEd Successful Practices that Address the Underutilization of Financial Aid in Community Colleges
- Tracking quality at community colleges via Inside Higher Ed
- Tracking revived at community colleges
- Two-year colleges draw more affluent students via the Washington Post
- The uncounted ("retention" and community college students) via The Chronicle*
- Valencia wins first Aspen prize for community college excellence via The Chronicle*
- A welcome mat for community college transfer students via The Chronicle
- What Community College Management Practices Are Effective in Promoting Student Success? A Study of High- and Low-Impact Institutions
- What really matters to working students via The Chronicle
- White House initiative aims to match students with manufacturing jobs via the National Journal
- Why community-college students need great books via The Chronicle of Higher Education
*Note: you may need your institution's password to access article on The Chronicle site

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