Research Library

Tennessee Reconnect

Pilot Efforts to Increase Reconnect Persistence Rates (2020-2022)

• A Nudge to Reconnect  (July 2021)

  • A Nudge to Reconnect: Using Financial Aid Nudges to Promote Adult Students’ Persistence at Tennessee Community Colleges

• Faculty Reminders to Reconnect (April 2023)

  • Faculty Reminders to Reconnect: Engaging Community College Faculty to Aid in Adult Learners’ Persistence

• Peer Mentoring to Reconnect (May 2023)

  • Reconnected but Disengaged: The Limited Effects of Peer Mentoring for Adults at Tennessee Community Colleges

• About the Reconnect Pilots

  • Summary of Pilots

  • Presentation about Pilots

Other Research on Tennessee Reconnect

• Adult Student Success at Community Colleges: A First Look at Tennessee Reconnect in 2018-19
• Tennessee Reconnect at Community Colleges: Enrollment & Success, 2018-2021

Early Postsecondary Opportunities

• Dual Enrollment Courses and Student Success at TBR Colleges
• Dual Enrollment Data Trends, Fall 2021

• Policy & Strategy Update: September 2018
• Policy & Strategy Update: March 2019
• Board Meeting Work Session: September 2019
• Policy & Strategy Update: December 2019
• Policy & Strategy Update: June 2020
• Student Access, Equity, and Success in 2020: Data Insights | September 2020
• Policy & Strategy Update: December 2020
• Student Access, Retention and Success: Data Insights | March 2021
• Enrollment and Graduates in 2021 | September 2021
• Enrollment and Graduates Update | March 2022
• TBR's Strategic Plan in Action: The Tennessee Coaching Project (June 2022)
• Building Toward 2025 (September 2022)
• Policy & Strategy Update (March 2023)
• Enhancing our Understanding of Student Success (September 2023)
• Student Access & Success Data (September 2024)

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Student Engagement and High Impact Practices: Working Paper Series

Student Engagement and College Outcomes: Analysis of CCSSE Data on Tennessee Community College Students (February 2021)

• Working Paper
• Summary

The Effect of Service Learning Participation on College Outcomes: An Empirical Investigation (Updated December 2021)

• Working Paper
• Summary

The Impact of Undergraduate Research on Student Outcomes: Examining High Impact Practices in TBR community colleges (Updated December 2021)

• Working Paper
• Summary
• Appendix 6. Descriptive outcomes by UR participation year

Service learning and student outcomes in Tennessee community colleges: Multicohort causal analysis (January 2013)

• Slides for the TN Service Learning Consortium Webinar

Prior Research and Presentations

A Vision for High Impact Practices in Tennessee (December 2019)

• Presentation

Student Success and the First-Year Experience: Early Evidence from TBR Community Colleges (June 2020)

• Summary and Presentation

• Fall Enrollment, 2020: Enrollment Changes at Community Colleges
• Student Access, Equity, and Success in 2020: Data Insights | September 2020
• Fall 2020 Enrollment at Community Colleges: Recent High School Graduates 
• Technology Access & Students at TBR Colleges (November 2020)
• SAILS Student Engagement: Impact of the COVID-19 School Building Closures in the Spring 2020 Semester

Spring 2020 Faculty Survey

• TBR Faculty Survey, Spring 2020: Summary of Findings
• TBR Faculty Survey, Spring 2020: Results Dashboard
• June 2020 Presentation to the Tennessee Board of Regents

Fall 2020 Faculty Survey

• TBR Faculty Survey, Fall 2020: Summary of Findings
• TBR Faculty Survey, Fall 2020: Results Dashboard
• December 2020 Presentation to the Tennessee Board of Regents

Bouncing Back: Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young Adults at Tennessee Community Colleges (September 2023)

• Click here to view the interactive policy brief.
• Click here to see the technical appendix.