Press Releases
Dougherty Awarded $500,000 Lumina Grant for Study of Performance FundingCCRC Senior Researcher and TC Associate Professor of Higher Education Kevin Dougherty has been awarded a two-year grant of nearly $500,000 from Lumina Foundation for Education to study state performance funding systems for higher education.
CCRC Associate Director James Jacobs Assumes Macomb Community College Presidency, Joins CCRC’s Advisory BoardAs of July 1st, Dr. James Jacobs leaves his post as Associate Director at CCRC to assume his new duties as President of Macomb Community College. Over the past decade, Dr. Jacobs has been instrumental in expanding the Center’s research portfolio, and he will continue to play a leadership role at CCRC as a member of its Advisory Board.
 
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News Articles
Questioning the Value of Remedial EducationInside Higher Ed features findings from an NCPR research paper on the effectiveness of remedial education.
'Turning point' Arrives as U.S. Community Colleges' Purview GrowsAccording to USA Today, a wider audience is recognizing the important role two-year colleges play in today's economy.
 
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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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The following CCRC staff members gladly provide information to the media:


Thomas R. Bailey
George and Abby O’Neill Professor of Economics and Education & Director, Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University


the economics of education

educational policy, especially higher education and workforce development

educational training implications of changes in the workplace

work-based learning

occupational education

community college related topics

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community college missions

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persistence, graduation and other student educational outcomes

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institutional research

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the economic value of community college education and degrees

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dual enrollment

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for profit educational institutions



James Jacobs
Associate Director for Community College Operations at CCRC, and Director, Center for Workforce Development and Policy, Macomb Community College


community college organizational structure, finance and missions

workforce development and workforce education

workforce development and public policy

adult basic education and community colleges 

state community college administration

Perkins, WIA and other federal legislation

innovation at community colleges

faculty union contracts, collective bargaining

governance



Katherine L. Hughes
Assistant Director for Work and Education Reform Research


secondary-to-postsecondary transitions (programs and policies)

dual enrollment (effectiveness of programs and policies)

high school reform

high school career and technical education

work-based learning

 


Davis Jenkins

Senior Research Associate


education for employment in a global economy

labor market outcomes of education

education and economic development

postsecondary access and attainment of disadvantaged youth and adults

community college related topics:

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measuring institutional effectiveness

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institutional research and evaluation

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strategic planning and budgeting

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developmental education

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baccalaureate transfer

secondary-to-postsecondary transitions

adult basic education and English-as-a-second language for low-literate adults



Melinda Mechur Karp
Senior Research Associate


secondary-postsecondary transitions

dual enrollment and other credit-based transition programs

school-to-work

career and technical education

high school reform

 



For general media inquiries, please contact:


Lisa Rothman

Associate Director

Finance, Administration, and Communications


Email:  ccrc@columbia.edu

Tel:  212-678-3091

Fax:  212-678-3699

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