Explore recent research about student success and policy initiatives at TBR community colleges and the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology.
Graduation Rates
Graduation Rates at TBR Community Colleges (October 2020 Research Summary)
Course Success
- Coursetaking and Success at TBR Colleges: Trends in Online Coursetaking (April 2020 Research Summary)
Success for Inbound Transfer Students
Tennessee Promise
- Tennessee Promise at TBR Community Colleges & TCATs: Student Success for the First Three Cohorts of Promise Students (March 2020)
- Tennessee Promise at Community Colleges Student Success for the Second Cohort of Promise Students
- Tennessee Promise Students at Community Colleges: The Fall 2015 Cohort after Five Semesters (March 2018)
- First Cohort of Tennessee Promise: AIR Forum 2018
- Making Good on a Promise: Student Success and Equity of Tennessee Promise
- Fulfilling the Promise of Technical Education: The Impact of State Policy on Technical Colleges in Tennessee
Tennessee Reconnect
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A Nudge to Reconnect (July 2021)
A Nudge to Reconnect: Using Financial Aid Nudges to Promote Adult Students’ Persistence at Tennessee Community Colleges - Other Research on Tennessee Reconnect
Early Postsecondary Opportunities
- Dual Enrollment Courses and Student Success at TBR Colleges
- Dual Enrollment: Exploring Course Enrollments & Section Characteristics | 2020 Dashboard
The Pipeline to Community and Technical Colleges
Pathways to Success for Students with Some College, No Degree is a TBR project focused on paving the path to success for adult students at the state’s community and technical colleges. We are grateful to Ascendium Education Group for their financial support of this project.
- 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
Read more about corequisite learning support at TBR Colleges at this link.
Corequisite Learning Support
- Gaining Momentum: Refining Corequisite Learning Support to Boost Student Success in the First Year and Beyond
- FAQs about the Use of HS GPA for Learning Support Placement
- Corequisite Remediation at TBR Community Colleges (2019 Research Summary)
- Corequisite Remediation 2019: Systemwide Data Analysis
Tennessee Corequisite Placement Pilot
- About the Tennessee Corequisite Placement Pilot
- Presentations and Meetings
- Multiple Measures for Learning Support Pilot: TASSR October 2020
- Multiple Measures for Learning Support Pilot: We All Rise October 2020
- Multiple Measures for Learning Support--The Tennessee Corequisite Placement Pilot: March 2021 Quarterly Board Meeting Presentation
- Tennessee Corequisite Placement Pilot--Early Analysis: April 2021 TBR Subcouncil Presentations
- Research on Preliminary Outcomes
- Multiple Measures for Learning Support Placement: Initial Analysis (April 2020 Research Summary)
- NEW! Tennessee Corequisite Placement Pilot: Adding High School GPA for Learning Support Placement (April 2021 Working Paper; Updated July 2021)
- Presentation on the Tennessee Corequisite Placement Pilot: Early Results (October 2021)
FAQs Use of High School GPA for Placement.pdf
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)
The Effect of Service Learning Participation on College Outcomes: An Empirical Investigation (Updated December 2021)
The Impact of Undergraduate Research on Student Outcomes: Examining High Impact Practices in TBR community colleges (Updated December 2021)
Prior Research and Presentations
A Vision for High Impact Practices in Tennessee (December 2019)
Student Success and the First-Year Experience: Early Evidence from TBR Community Colleges (June 2020)
- Economic Reach & Impact of TBR--2018
- Report prepared by the TN Department of Economic and Community Development | Center for Economic Research in Tennessee
- Report prepared by the TN Department of Economic and Community Development | Center for Economic Research in Tennessee
- High-Demand and STEM Programs at TBR
- TBR Footprint in Distressed Counties
- 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
- Opportunities for Incarcerated Tennesseans at TBR Community and Technical Colleges
- Coursetaking and Success at TBR Colleges: Trends in Online Coursetaking (April 2020 Research Summary)
- Digital Engagement Initiative (March 2019 Research Presentation)
- Textbook Affordability at TBR Colleges The Digital Engagement Initiative in 2019 (November 2019 Research Summary)
- Transferring to TBR Colleges - Examining Inbound Transfer Student Trends and Success - Executive Summary
- Transferring to TBR Colleges - Examining Inbound Transfer Student Trends and Success
- Graduation Rates at TBR Community Colleges (October 2020 Research Summary)
- Technology Access & Students at TBR Colleges (November 2020)