Two-year community colleges, which serve many of the students who need the most support, have the lowest completion rates of any kind of university or college
Success Coach Latasha Wiley, left, helps first-year student Amare Porter, right, with her class schedule at Chattahoochee Valley Community College's advising center on Feb. 23, 2023, in Phenix City, Ala. At the school, the Strategies to Enhance New Student Engagement program, or SENSE, has counselors reach out to students. PHENIX CITY, Ala. — — A decade after dropping out, Briana Mathis, a 30-year-old mother of two, is navigating her first year back at Wallace Community College.
In Alabama, a number of community colleges have sought new ways to help students through whatever life and academic challenges come up until they graduate.EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of Saving the College Dream, a collaboration between AL.com, The Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Hechinger Report, The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, and The Seattle Times, with support from the Solutions Journalism Network.
Alaysha Hill, a first-year transfer student, said a success coach helped her turn her grades around after a rocky transition. Another student, Cortez Rawlins, said he was struggling in one of his courses until a coach helped him come up with a detailed study plan. Not all community colleges offer so much support, said Linda García of the Center for Community College Student Engagement. A 2022 CCCSE report found that nationally, 53% of students said an adviser helped them to set academic goals and create a plan for achieving those goals.
While Alabama’s community colleges mostly operate independently, they can share some funding and programming system-wide. Technical schools, for example, may be more focused on hiring career coaches, while other institutions may have more students who need help transferring. Sometimes instructors take on advising roles, too, she said.
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