December 3, 2004

Community colleges struggle to foster 'engagement,' survey finds

Most community college students are not meeting their educational goals, according to a national survey released this week. Twenty-seven percent of two-year-college students say that completing a certificate program is their primary goal, while 59 percent cite obtaining an associate degree, according to results from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement. The survey's results indicate that colleges may not be doing enough to promote student engagement. Participating colleges, have, for example, been consistently rated low on academic advisement during the survey's four years. This year 17 percent of students said they were undecided about whether they would return to college after the current semester - such students are in need of advising, according to the report.

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