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State funding and enrollment analysis of the Colorado Community College System: prior to and after the implementation of the Colorado College Opportunity Fund (COF)

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dc.contributor.authorAsh, Kyoung (Kay) Heui, author
dc.contributor.authorKuk, Linda, 1950-, advisor
dc.contributor.authorGloeckner, Gene W., committee member
dc.contributor.authorMcCambridge, James A., committee member
dc.contributor.authorQuick, Donald G., committee member
dc.coverage.spatialColorado
dc.coverage.temporal1998-2010
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:13:05Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:13:05Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractIn fiscal year 2005-2006, the state of Colorado implemented the Colorado College Opportunity Fund (COF) that was initiated in Senate Bill 04 -189. The COF is a unique post-secondary education state funding mechanism that provides direct funding-to-students (stipends). This new funding approach was implemented to give community colleges more flexibility with state funding under TABOR (1992), to enhance more educational opportunities for low-income and other under-represented students, and to increase the operational efficiency in postsecondary education. The purpose of this study was to explore the question: "Did the Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF) achieve the desired outcomes of policy makers for community colleges in the state of Colorado?" The study analyzed the Colorado Community College System's enrollment data and compared enrollment trends before and after the COF was implemented to determine if there were any significant changes in enrollment trends and to evaluate the efficacy of the COF's underlying policy, accessibility with affordability. The study used Cross-Tabulation (crosstabs) and Chi-Square analyses to determine whether or not the COF had a significant impact on enrollment trends at community colleges. The enrollment data from fiscal years 1998 to 2010 was randomly selected from 13 community colleges. The changes in community college enrollment trends since the inception of the COF were: (a) no change in overall male and female trends); (b) increased enrollment of traditional age students, especially within the age group 19-24; (c) increased enrollment of underrepresented student groups, specifically Black and Hispanic males; (d) increased male enrollment representing an underrepresented student group within community colleges; and (e) increased enrollment trends of new and first time students.
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierAsh_colostate_0053A_10395.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/47320
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectColorado College Opportunity Fund
dc.subjectstate funding
dc.subjecthigher education
dc.subjectenrollment
dc.subjectcommunity college
dc.titleState funding and enrollment analysis of the Colorado Community College System: prior to and after the implementation of the Colorado College Opportunity Fund (COF)
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thesis.degree.disciplineEducation
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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