On Track to Complete? A Taxonomy of Beginning Community College Students and Their Outcomes 3 Years After Enrolling: 2003-04 through 2006 (NCES 2009-152)

Data from the 2004/06 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/06) were used to analyze outcomes for beginning community college students. The BPS survey is a national sample of undergraduates enrolled in postsecondary institutions for the first time between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004. This study used a classification scheme, the Community College Taxonomy (CCT), to analyze how "directed" students were toward completing a program of study.