2007-2008 Academic Year Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report, July 2007

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

2004-2005 Academic Year Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report, November 2004

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

2006-2007 Academic Year Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report, July 2006

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report 2009, August 2008

This document shows the tuition and fees charged by the 15 community colleges. It includes comparisons to the regents institutions and to national data.

Transfer Behavior Transfer Among Iowa Community College Students and Post-college Earnings of Iowa Community College Students, May 15, 2007

Iowa State Board of Education issued a five-year strategic plan to meet accountability goals of Iowa Community Colleges through well defined and articulated performance indicators. More specifically, the fifth strategic goal stated that “the community colleges of Iowa [would] recruit, enroll, retain to completion or graduation persons of underrepresented groups in all programs. Data were obtained to examine the transfer behaviors of the 2002 cohort of Iowa community college award recipients and non-award recipients. Three data files containing demographic information, educational records, enrollment data and fiscal year 2002 degree award files were merged to analyze transfer behavior in the state of Iowa.

Basic Skill Assessment Requirements for Placement into Courses and Programs at Iowa Community Colleges, September 26, 2007

Iowa Department of Education surveyed Iowa’s 15 community colleges to gain information about each institution’s basic skill assessment requirements for placement into courses and programs. The survey asked what basic skill assessment(s) each institution uses, whether developmental course placement was mandatory, and what scores students needed to obtain to avoid being required or urged to take developmental courses in math, science, and reading. Additionally, staff members at each college were asked what the testing requirements are for students’ enrolled full time in high school that are taking community college classes.