Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success
Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success
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DOI：
10.3102/0034654310370163
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
影响因子：
11.2
通讯作者：
Goldrick-Rab, Sara
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作者：
Goldrick-Rab, Sara
在决策者看来，社区学院提供的许多民主化机会因成功率不足而减少。特别是，进入社区大学的大部分学生不会坚持超过一个学期，完成课程或获得证书。这篇评论批判性地审视学术和政策研究，寻找解释，强调什么是已知的挑战来自三个层面的影响：宏观层面的机会结构;制度的做法;和社会，经济和学术属性的学生带来的大学。它提供了在每个层面上运作的因素如何在关键时刻影响成功率的例子，包括最初的过渡到大学，补救教育的经验，并通过学分课程的坚持。本文还讨论了潜在的和正在进行的改革，可以通过解决一个或多个影响领域（宏观，机构或个人）来提高社区学院的成功率。它的结论是，越来越多的成功，在开放获取，公共2年制部门需要针对多个层面的改革，不能单独与学生或机构为重点的激励措施来实现。
Many of the democratizing opportunities provided by community colleges are diminished in the eyes of policy makers by inadequate rates of success. In particular, large proportions of students who enter community colleges do not persist for longer than a semester, complete a program, or attain a credential. This review critically examines academic and policy research in search of explanations, emphasizing what is known about challenges stemming from three levels of influence: the macro-level opportunity structure; institutional practices; and the social, economic, and academic attributes students bring to college. It provides examples of how factors operating at each level affect rates of success at key times, including the initial transition to college, the experience of remedial education, and persistence through credit-bearing coursework. The article also discusses potential and ongoing reforms that could increase rates of community college success by addressing one or more areas of influence (the macro, the institutional, or the individual). It is concluded that increasing success in the open-access, public 2-year sector requires reforms directed at multiple levels and cannot be achieved with either student- or institution-focused incentives alone.