ARCC Blog
Giving Students Input: Reflections on the G3 Student Advisory Group
Get a Job, Get a Skill, Get Ahead (G3) program Student Advisory Group members Jasmine Foreman and Caitlin Huynh sat down with Pascale Mevs from CCRC to discuss their experiences in G3 and why they joined the advisory group.
The Great Alignment? College and Student Responses to Virginia’s Workforce-Focused Free-College Initiative
This blog post shares takeaways from a recent working paper on how institutions and students responded to free-college messaging from Virginia's Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3) initiative.
Most Eligible College Students Don’t Participate in SNAP. How Can Colleges Change That?
SNAP benefits can help college students pay for groceries, but barriers to access have created a large take-up gap. Learn about outreach strategies California community colleges have used to connect students with food benefits in this blog post.
How North Central Michigan College Used Pandemic Relief Funds to Keep Students Enrolled and Help Them Learn
North Central Michigan College was one of the 265 colleges in six states surveyed by the ARCC Network to understand how federal pandemic-recovery funding supported community colleges and their students. In this Q&A, North Central leaders answered questions about their experience during the pandemic and what comes next.
Supporting Course and Career Success: Results From Two Years of the Tennessee Coaching Project
The Tennessee Coaching Project is an initiative designed to provide additional support for students placed into corequisite learning support coursework. Results from the project's first two years provide evidence that access to course and career coaching promotes student success.
The Tennessee Coaching Project: Coaching for Careers
This blog post explores research derived from two new data tools developed by the TBR team and delves into how success coaches have been trained to incorporate career and labor market information into their work with students.
Video: How Community Colleges Spent Pandemic Relief Funds and What’s Next
In a June 26, 2024 webinar, researchers from the Community College Research Center and the Public Policy Institute of California discussed the findings and policy implications from two reports on how community colleges spent pandemic relief funds. A recording of the webinar is available in this blog post.
Are Labor Market Opportunities Diverting Potential Community College Students? Lessons From Los Angeles County
What is driving the recent decline in community college enrollment? Many explanations have been posited, from improving job opportunities, to a decreasing payoff from getting a degree, to a shrinking working-age population. To gain clarity, researchers took a deep dive into the labor market in Los Angeles County to explore these trends on a local level.
Examining Losses and Recoveries in Community College Enrollment: Lessons From the Los Angeles Community College District
A clear understanding of community college enrollment losses is critical for driving institutional responses. What, then, is causing the enrollment decline—and will it continue? This blog post looks to Los Angeles Community College District's experiences for answers.
Qualifying for Public Food Benefits Is More Complicated for College Students. The EATS Act Would Make It Easier.
California has put significant effort into connecting food-insecure college students to CalFresh (known nationally as SNAP) benefits. To support these efforts, the California Policy Lab partnered with state agencies and higher education systems to generate the first estimates of CalFresh participation and eligibility rates for California students.
