Session 15: What Community College Policies and Practices are Effective in Promoting Minority Student Success? Evidence from High and Low-Impact Institutions

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This session will present findings from the most rigorous recent study of community college policies and practices effective in enabling minority students to succeed in postsecondary education. Following a summary of the research findings and their implications for practice by the study’s principal investigator, President Edwin Massey will describe the initiative he has led over the past five years to change the culture of his college in order to achieve student success.

Presenters:
Davis Jenkins, Senior Research Associate, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Edwin Massey, President, Indian River Community College, Fort Pierce, FL

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