Press Releases
Now Available Online: Briefs from the Community College Virtual SymposiumBriefs from the Community College Virtual Symposium, which took place last April, are now available online. CCRC's Thomas Bailey, Katherine Hughes, and Shanna Smith Jaggars participated in the symposium and contributed to the development of these written products.
Led by CCRC Director Thomas Bailey, Committee Submits Report Urging Federal Government to Change How It Measures Community College SuccessThe Committee on Measures of Student Success has submitted its final report to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, urging the federal government to make changes in how it tracks community college success and productivity.
 
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News Articles
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Our System of Remedial Education?On the Impatient Optimists blog of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CCRC researchers Michelle Hodara and Shanna Smith Jaggars examine why colleges struggle to reform their developmental education systems.
Education Department Turns Policy Attention to College CompletionOn January 30, the U.S. Department of Education held a daylong symposium on college completion. CCRC's Thomas Bailey and Shanna Smith Jaggars participated in the event.
 
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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
CCRC Advisory Board Member

President, 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:


Georgia West Stacey

Communications Specialist


Email:  georgia.stacey@tc.columbia.edu

Tel:  212-678-3091

Fax:  212-678-3699

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