Study: Intense case management creates small boost in Texas community college completion

Intense case management that offers goal setting, emergency financial relief and mentorship for low-income students at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth helped students complete associate's degrees, a new study found. The study, published in December by the National Bureau of Economic Research, followed hundreds of students at one Texas campus to determine what services make the difference for community-college students, whose low completion rates can bring debt without the payoff from a coll