Giving Compass' Take:

• James Paterson reports that a study found that wraparound services can successfully increase community college success for those in need. 

• How can these services be spread and scaled? Which services would be most useful to community college students in your area?

• Learn about what makes great community colleges. 

Another study offers evidence that wraparound supports for community college students can improve their chances of persisting, in this case nearly doubling their retention to the next term and leading to a 35% increase in full-time enrollment.

Preliminary results from an eight-year study by the University of Chicago Poverty Lab show the impact of academic, personal and financial supports from the nonprofit One Million Degrees (OMD) on some 730 students in Chicago-area community colleges. Those include regular meetings with a counselor, a performance-based stipend and last-dollar scholarships.

High school students who accepted the offer to participate with OMD were about 27% more likely to enroll in college and 35% more likely to do so full-time than students in a control group. The majority of participants were African American or Hispanic, and half worked at least part-time.

Read the full article about wraparound services for community college students by James Paterson at Education Dive.