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September 18, 2025

If High School Doesn’t Prepare Teens For College, One Leader Wants a ‘Money-Back Guarantee’

Too often, K-12 districts and community colleges operate in silos Elizabeth Kopko said in The Baltimore Banner. “There’s a difference between being ready for high school graduation and being college-ready,” she said. “Those two things rarely are defined the same way.”

September 11, 2025

Study: College Towns that Offer Students the Best Value

Veronica Minaya spoke about the cost of degrees and the earning expectations for certain degree pathways in a Bankrate article on the value of degrees.

September 8, 2025

Dual Enrollment Leads to More College Acceptances, Greater Financial Awards

Vivian Yuen Ting Liu, co-author of a recent report on the benefits of dual enrollment, spoke with Inside Higher Ed about how dual enrollment can help underrepresented students' self-confidence in the college application process and potentially encourage them to apply to more selective institutions.

Opinion

August 14, 2025

The Bachelor's Degree: Rethinking Pathways for Students in Rural Communities

Laramie County Community College president Joe Schaffer and CCRC's Davis Jenkins and Hana Lahr wrote about paths to bachelor's degrees for rural students and how increasing bachelor's degree offerings at community colleges can serve rural populations in Inside Higher Ed.

April 17, 2025

Building on the Progress in Developmental Education Reform

Nikki Edgecombe, Julia Raufman, and Ellen Wasserman wrote about the evidence for co-requisite remediation and its potential to increase student success on the Strong Start to Finish blog.

April 3, 2025

Grant Terminated

Researchers whose federal grants have been terminated since the start of the Trump administration, including CCRC's Judith Scott-Clayton and research affiliate Daniel Sparks, describe some of the myriad impacts of the funding cuts in Inside Higher Ed.

Press Releases

March 31, 2025

New Report Outlines Three Essential Strategies to Improve Success of Community College Students Aiming to Earn a Bachelor’s Degree

A new report provides specific recommendations to improve the nation's failing transfer system, citing examples of success from across the country.

October 14, 2024

Dual Enrollment Boosts College Success But Gaps Remain

A new report from CCRC documents higher rates of college-going and completion for dual enrollment students relative to students who don’t participate in dual enrollment.

June 11, 2024

How Community Colleges Used Federal COVID Funding, Where the Funding Succeeded, and What Happens Now

A new study finds that community colleges spent nearly all the pandemic relief funding they received and used it to address a variety of student and institutional needs. It also finds that the relief helped colleges quickly pivot to online instruction and address emerging student needs.

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