January 28, 2005

Measuring Success at Community Colleges

To the Editor:

Given the fiscal and pedagogical realities confronted by many community colleges, I question several inferences drawn from the results of the Community College Survey of Student Engagement ("Community Colleges Struggle to Foster 'Engagement,' Survey Finds," The Chronicle, December 3).

First, in the absence of academic advisement, students may believe that in order to take individual courses that are part of a degree or certificate program, they must declare an

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