Supporting the Success of Students Enrolled Part-Time. Equity in Design for Holistic Student Supports. A Series of Four Briefs Examining the Support Needs of Different Community College Student Populations

Autor/inn/en	Lawton, Julie; Toner, Mark
Institution	Achieving the Dream, Inc.
Titel	Supporting the Success of Students Enrolled Part-Time. Equity in Design for Holistic Student Supports. A Series of Four Briefs Examining the Support Needs of Different Community College Student Populations
Quelle	(2020), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; College Role; Postsecondary Education; At Risk Students; Low Income Students; First Generation College Students; Minority Group Students; Academic Support Services; Coaching (Performance); Holistic Approach; Student Personnel Services; Student Needs; Part Time Students; Barriers; Gender Differences; Paying for College; Student Employment; Time to Degree; Success; Scheduling; Teaching Methods; Two Year College Students; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Holistischer Ansatz; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studienfinanzierung; Studentenarbeit; Erfolg; Disposition; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	As with other student populations community colleges serve, part-time students often face multiple challenges that present additional barriers to completion, including unfamiliarity with the college experience, parenthood, and food and housing insecurity. Community colleges have historically opened their doors to all those interested in pursuing higher education, but even as their student populations have changed, too many of their structures are still built around serving the "traditional" college student--the first-time, full-time 18-year-old who is now a distinct minority on today's campuses. Given that they represent the majority of their student populations, improving outcomes for part-time students is vital for institutions to meet their goals of improving equity in outcomes and the broader economic imperative of increasing overall postsecondary attainment. And while many institutions have made efforts to encourage more part-time students to shift to full-time status, the reality of students' lives means that this can only be a limited part of the solution, particularly since part-time enrollment growth is projected to outpace that of full-time students through much of this decade. [For the other briefs in the series, see "A Gateway to College for High School Students" (ED606168); "Increasing Success for Student Mothers at Community Colleges" (ED606165); and "What We're Learning" (ED606164).] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01