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This page provides NACCTEP members with a sampling of publications that address key teacher education-related topics. Please visit the NACCTEP Resource Websites page for additional online resources.
 
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• Community College Teacher Preparation
• Student Success
• Data Collection
• Articulation and Transfer
• Alternative Certification
• STEM Education
• Community College Baccalaureate
• Recruitment and Retention
• Post Secondary Education in America
 
 
 
Community College Teacher Preparation
 
The Crucial Role of Community Colleges in Teacher Preparation and Professional Development (2010)

10 Myths and Realities About Community College Teacher Education Programs (2009)

No Common Denominator: The Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics by America’s Education Schools (2008)

Community Colleges and Teacher Preparation: Roles, Issues and Opportunities (2007)

The Teacher Preparation-Teacher Practices-Student Outcomes Relationship in Special Education: Missing Links and New Connections (2007)

Teaching by Choice: Community College Science and Mathematics Preparation of K-12 Teachers (2005)
 
 
Student Success
 
The Heart of Student Success (2010)
 
Benchmarking and Benchmarks: Effective Practice with Entering Students (2009)

Making Connections: Dimensions of Student Engagement (2009)

Field Guide for Improving Student Success (2009)

Imagine Success: Engaging Entering Students (2009)

Community College Success: Is It a Path to Opportunity? (2008)

Essential Elements of Engagement: High Expectations and High Support (2008)

Beyond Access: How the First Semester Matters for Community College Students’ Aspirations and Persistence (2007)

College Access for the Working Poor: Overcoming Burdens to Succeed in Higher Education (2007)

College Learning for the New Global Century (2007)

Community College Survey of Student Engagement – Committing to Student Engagement (2007)

Community Conversations: Working Together for Community College Student Success (2006)

Increasing Student Success at Community Colleges:

What Community College Management Practices are Effective in Promoting Student Success? A Study of High- and Low-Impact Institutions (2006)

Pathways to College Access and Success (2006)

Paths to Persistence: An Analysis of Research on Program Effectiveness at Community Colleges (2006)

P-16 Collaboration in the States (2006)
Accountability and Assessment: Paths to Success (2005)
 
 
Data Collection
 
Institutional Research and the Culture of Evidence at Community Colleges (2007)

Accountability in Community Colleges (2007)

A Culture of Evidence: Postsecondary Assessment and Learning Outcomes (2006)

Data Don’t Drive: Building a Practitioner-Driven Culture of Inquiry at Assess Community College Performance (2005)

Designing State Community College Data and Performance Measurement Systems to Increase Student Success (2007)

State Data Systems and Privacy Concerns: Strategies for Balancing Public Interests (2005)
 
 
Articulation & Transfer
 
Access to the Baccalaureate: A Clear Path to Education Website

Transfer and State Articulation Websites

Improving Student Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Institutions: The Perspective of Leaders from Baccalaureate Institutions (2011)

Transfer and Articulation: Paving the Way to Degree Completion (2009)

Transition Matters: Community College to Bachelor’s Degree (2008)

Clearing Paths to College Degrees: Transfer Policies in SREB States (2007)

Update on Articulation: A Conversation with Jan Ignash (2006)

Developing the Associate of Arts in Teaching: An Articulated Partnership in Illinois (2006)

Seamless Pipeline from Two-Year to Four-Year Institutions for Teacher Training (2004)
 
 
Alternative Certification
 
National Center for Alternative Certification Website

Recruiting Future Science and Mathematics Teachers Into Alternative Certification Programs: Strategies Tried and Lessons Learned (2006)

State Policy Trends for Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification: A Moving Target (2005)

Innovations in Education: Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification (2004)

A Growing Trend to Address the Teacher Shortage (2004)
 
 
Stem Education
 
The State of Affairs: Impact and Implications of STEM Teacher Education at Two-Year Colleges (2009)

Community Colleges Impact K-12 STEM Teaching (2008)

Secondary STEM Education (2008)

Teaching by Choice: Community Colleges Expand K-12 STEM Pathways and Practices (2008)

Teaching by Choice: Cultivating Exemplary Community College STEM Faculty (2006)

Recruiting Future Science and Mathematics Teachers Into Alternative Certification Programs: Strategies Tried and Lessons Learned (2006)

Teaching by Choice: Community College Science and Mathematics Preparation of K-12 Teachers (2005)
 
 
Community College Baccalaureate
 
An Exploratory Study of Community College Teacher Education Baccalaureate Alumni Experiences (2010)

The Transformation of Five Florida Community Colleges: Converting to Baccalaureate Degree-Producing Programs (2006)

The Community College Baccalaureate (2005)

Teacher Education Baccalaureate Degrees at Community Colleges (2004)

Update on the Community College Baccalaureate (2004)
 
 
Recruitment & Retention
 
Improving the Skills and Knowledge of the High School Teachers We Already Have (2008)

An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation's Mathematics and Science Teaching Workforce (2007)

Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Review of the Recent Empirical Literature (2006)

The Workplace Matters: Teacher Quality, Retention and Effectiveness (2006)

Recruiting Future Science and Mathematics Teachers Into Alternative Certification Programs: Strategies Tried and Lessons Learned (2006)

Targeting Teacher Recruitment and Retention Policies for At Risk Schools (2005)

Eight Questions on Teacher Recruitment and Retention: What Does the Research Say? (2005)
 
 
Post Secondary Education In America
 
The Condition of Education 2010 (2010)

Transforming America’s Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal to Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity (2009)

Community Colleges: Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2008 (2008)

Innovation America - A Compact for Postsecondary Education (2007)