Almost one half of U.S. students receiving B.S. and M.S. science degrees attend community colleges during their academic careers, yet for the large majority of community college students in the sciences, a four-year degree in a STEM discipline remains an unrealized goal. The authors describe methods intended to improve student learning, retention, and graduation rates of community college stude...

Based on a survey of the teaching staff in 20 Vocational College of Shandong Province, the present paper described the current research situation of vocational colleges in China with detailed figures and proposed strategies to strengthen the scientific research management of vocational colleges.

Further education in England is a diverse sector which typically provides education for the 16 19 age group. This study investigates efficiency levels by subject of study within further education (FE) colleges. Mean overall technical efficiency is found to vary from 75% to 86% in the worstand best-performing subject areas, respectively. Statistical analysis of efficiency reveals that, while stu...

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the impact of college quality and academic major on the earnings of a nationally representative sample of baccalaureate recipients. We extend previous work in this area by analyzing the magnitude of change in the influence of these factors at two points in the early career of these graduates. Our results demonstrate that, despite significant variation, graduates fr...