The Transfer Playbook (Second Edition): A Practical Guide for Achieving Excellence in Transfer and Bachelor’s Attainment for Community College Students

The second edition of the Transfer Playbook provides guidance for achieving excellence in transfer and bachelor’s attainment for community college students based on practices observed at exemplary community college and university partnerships.

Supporting Student Success in Online Courses: Insights from Students and Faculty

How can online college courses better support student motivation, engagement, and help-seeking behaviors? Join the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative for a public webinar where we explore student experiences in online courses and new evidence-based strategies to address challenges students encounter in online formats.

CCRC Dives Into the Next Generation of Community College Research at DREAM 2025

In five sessions at DREAM, CCRC researchers and partners explained how they are working with colleges, state systems, and other organizations on the next generation of student success research.

Beyond Engagement: Promoting Motivation and Learning in Online Courses

This Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative brief examines how students develop and use self-directed learning (SDL) skills—motivational, metacognitive, and applied learning processes that enable them to sustain effort, reflect on progress, set goals, and adapt their study strategies.

Funding Community Colleges After HEERF

Using newly released institutional data from IPEDS, this blog post details how community college revenues have changed now that pandemic-related Higher Education Emergency Relief funds have ended.

Latest Research Findings

The Transfer Playbook (Second Edition): A Practical Guide for Achieving Excellence in Transfer and Bachelor’s Attainment for Community College Students

Tania LaViolet, Kathryn Masterson, Alex Anacki, Joshua Wyner, John Fink, Aurely Garcia Tulloch, Jessica Steiger & Davis Jenkins

Strategies for Scaling Multiple Measures Assessment: Lessons from Arkansas

Hollie Daniels Sarica

Beyond Engagement: Promoting Motivation and Learning in Online Courses

Susan Bickerstaff, Akilah H. Thompson, Keena P. Walters & Jenivee Gastelum

Focus Areas

Dual Enrollment

Developmental Education

Guided Pathways

Advising & Student Supports

Teaching & Learning

Transfer

College to Career

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A New Partnership to Explore How Community Colleges Are Preparing the New Energy Workforce: Meet Allison Moe From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

CCRC Dives Into the Next Generation of Community College Research at DREAM 2025

Engaging Faculty in Systemic Reforms Using the Inquiry and Action Model: A Q&A with Al Solano

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