Even One Semester: Full-time enrollment and student success

Posted by Center for Community College Student Engagement on May 15, 2017

Student engagement and transcript data from the Center for Community College Student Engagement demonstrate the benefits of attending college full-time. Students who attend full-time for even one semester have an edge—the full-time edge—that is reflected in their higher rates of engagement, completion of gateway courses, persistence, and credential attainment. Given these findings, colleges should consider asking every student one straightforward
question: “Is there any way you could attend college full-time, even for one semester?”

A Fresh View of Attendance Patterns
Our national dialogue about higher education continues to focus on college completion, and it does so for good reason. If our country has an under-educated workforce, we collectively lose our edge in global competitiveness.
Equally important are the individual costs. Students who do not attain their educational goals cannot take advantage of all that a college degree brings, including better jobs, higher incomes, and the many benefits that accompany them.

http://www.ccsse.org/docs/Even_One_Semester.pdf