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About CCRC
| CCRC is the leading independent authority on two-year colleges in the United States. We conduct research on the issues affecting community colleges and work with colleges and states to improve student success and institutional performance. |
Selected Resources
- Administrators & Faculty
- Institutional Researchers
- Policy Makers
This report reviews research evidence on college policies designed to facilitate on-time degree completion among students by encouraging them to enroll in at least 15 credits per semester.
More Resources for Administrators & FacultyWhat We Know About Accelerated Developmental Education
Evaluating Your College's Readiness for Technology Adoption
Evaluating Your College's Readiness for Technology Adoption
This publication examines characteristics and course-taking patterns of students who accumulate a substantial number of college credits but do not earn an award by their fifth year of enrollment.
More Resources for Institutional ResearchersNuances of Completion: Improving Student Outcomes by Unpacking the Numbers
Trends in Enrollment Patterns Among Community College Students
Trends in Enrollment Patterns Among Community College Students
This brief reviews what states can do to support public colleges and universities so they can effectively respond to the new demands placed on them by performance funding policies.
Recent Publications
| January 2015 | |
| Increasing Institutional Capacity to Respond to Performance Funding: What States Can Do | |
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| December 2014 | |
| Does Developmental Education Improve Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence From Two States (A CAPSEE Working Paper) | |
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| December 2014 | |
| Pell Grants as Performance-Based Aid? An Examination of Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements in the Nation's Largest Need-Based Aid Program (A CAPSEE Working Paper) | |
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| November 2014 | |
| The Medium-Term Labor Market Returns to Community College Awards: Evidence From North Carolina | |
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| November 2014 | |
| What About Certificates? Evidence on the Labor Market Returns to Non-Degree Community College Awards in Two States (A CAPSEE Working Paper) | |
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Upcoming Presentations
| February 17–20, 2015
Baltimore, MD
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| Achieving the Dream Annual Institute on Student Success |
Stay tuned for more CCRC presentations in 2015.
CCRC-Led Research Partnerships
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| CAPR examines the effects of new approaches to remedial assessment, placement, and instruction in postsecondary education. |
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| CAPSEE investigates labor market outcomes of education pathways at two and four-year colleges. |
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