Recent Publications
Performance Accountability Systems for Community Colleges: Lessons for the Voluntary Framework of Accountability for Community CollegesThis report discusses findings and implications of a study commissioned by the College Board to inform the development of the Voluntary Framework of Accountability for Community Colleges. CCRC researchers identified the performance indicators that states are already using for their community colleges and interviewed state higher education officials and local community college leaders on their experiences with the collection and use of such performance data.View AbstractHelping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can DoThis guide, published by the Institute of Education Sciences, is intended to help schools and districts develop practices to increase access to higher education. The guide indicates the level of research evidence informing each of its five recommendations.View AbstractThe Outlook for Noncredit Workforce EducationDrawing on a review of state policies in all 50 states as well as case studies of 20 community colleges in 10 states, this article examines the recent growth and future trends in noncredit courses connected with workforce instruction and contract training.View AbstractAmerican Community Colleges in the DownturnThis article elaborates on the increased importance of community colleges in training, re-training, and providing higher education in the recent economic downturn.View Abstract
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Events
Online Learning: Coursetaking Patterns and Performance Among Underprepared Community College Students
Conference: Association for the Study of Higher Education
 (ASHE) Conference 2009
Date: November 07, 2009 1:15PM-2:45PM
Location: Port McNeill, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center, Vancouver, BC
 
Underprepared Students in Higher Education: Remediation, Developmental Education
Conference: New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE) Annual College Ready New England Conference
Date: December 07, 2009 2:15PM-3:30PM
Location: Worcester, MA
 
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News
New American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) Publication Highlights Two Important Studies by CCRC ResearchersThe publication is an easy-to-read guide designed to help national, state, and local policymakers and practitioners better understand how to support college- and career-readiness for all students.
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Colleges Drill for Local Data in Devising Workforce ProgramsAn article in Community College Week features findings of a three-year study that examines the hiring process for entry-level information technology (IT) jobs and the role of community college IT programs.
 
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Hispanics represented 30.1% of all first-time CUNY students and 35.5% of first-time CUNY community college students in 2000.

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