Intensity and Attachment: How the Chaotic Enrollment Patterns of Community College Students Relate to Educational Outcomes

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  • Author(s): Crosta, Peter M.
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Community College Review. Apr 2014 42(2):118-142.
  • Publication Date:
    2014
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      25
    • Education Level:
      Two Year Colleges
      Postsecondary Education
      Higher Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Correlation; Community Colleges; Enrollment Trends; Two Year College Students; Outcomes of Education; College Transfer Students; Attendance Patterns; Academic Persistence; Visualization; Part Time Students; Full Time Students; Student Characteristics
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0091552113518233
    • ISSN:
      0091-5521
    • Abstract:
      This study examines the relationship between community college enrollment patterns and student outcomes--credential completion and transfer to a 4-year institution--introducing a new way of visualizing the various attendance patterns of community college students. Patterns of enrollment intensity (full- or part-time status) and continuity (enrolling in consecutive terms or skipping one or more terms) are graphed and then clustered according to their salient features. Using data on cohorts of first-time community college students at five colleges in a single state, the study finds astounding variation in student enrollment patterns. Clustering these patterns reveals two relationships: the first is a positive association between enrollment continuity and earning a community college credential, and the second is a positive association between enrollment intensity and likelihood of transfer.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      27
    • EIS Cited:
      ED556127
    • Publication Date:
      2014
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1020389