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Investments in community college transfer success during COVID-19 will create a more equitable education system. Two new briefs—produced by the Aspen Institute in collaboration with HCM Strategists, Bruce Vandal LLC, and transfer researchers Shanna Smith Jaggars and Marcos Rivera—offer specific policy and practice recommendations that can be implemented today to improve outcomes for transfer students, both in the short term and as part of a strategy to address structural barriers to transfer success and equity.
November 16, 2020
This op-ed highlights the need to provide equitable support to low-income and Students of Color in higher education, specifically within community colleges. The authors, including Shanna S. Jaggars, make recommendations to policymakers and higher education administrators to address systemic barriers that impact community college students' academic success.
August 3, 2020
The 74 Million article, which features Shanna S. Jaggars, considers the future challenges students may experience when choosing to attend a community college due to the COVID-19 economic crash.
April 15, 2020
This report, authored by Shanna S. Jaggars, is based on research conducted with Maggie Fay and Negar Farakish in partnership with the Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University.
The report suggests that middle-income students are loan-averse, therefore, are more susceptible to promise programs that incentivize them to enroll into community colleges. In turn, this may reduce their chances of obtaining a bachelor's degree. The author makes recommendations to policy makers to counter this trend.y.
April 15, 2020
Colleges are increasingly open to partnering with private entities to implement new and innovative programs. Community colleges, in particular, may find such partnerships beneficial, given that these institutions often lack the necessary resources to invest up-front in programs that may yield strong long-term dividends.
In this article in Innovative Higher Education, the authors report on an examination of a partnership between a privately held firm and six community colleges, which had established honors programs with the goal of facilitating students’ transfer to highly selective institutions. The analysis traces the evolution of the partnership and the reasons for its eventual failure and yields insights for public institutions and privately held companies wishing to establish similar partnerships.
January 31, 2020
The Office of Student Academic Success, in partnership with Digital Flagship and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, recently awarded nearly $200,000 in Student Academic Success Research (SASR) Grants Program funds to Ohio State researchers focused on student academic success.
May 7, 2019