ARCC Blog
What Have We Learned? Takeaways From the California Policy Lab’s Research on College Student Participation in SNAP
Over the past five years, the California Policy Lab (CPL) has studied college student participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as CalFresh in California. Jennifer Hogg shares what CPL has learned about student participation in CalFresh so far in this blog post.
SNAP Cuts Threaten Food Security for California’s College Students
In May 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would cut $300 billion from SNAP, the country’s main food benefits program. College students could be hit especially hard, California Policy Lab's Jennifer Hogg writes in this blog post.
Navigating the Path to Success or Drifting Off Course? Analyzing the Impacts of Online Course Formats in LACCD
Now that advances in technology and faculty training have enabled institutions to offer a broader variety of course modalities, administrators face critical decisions about how to balance the demand for online courses with concerns about the impact on student success. In the post-pandemic era, does online coursework continue to lower student academic performance?
Congress Made More College Students Eligible for Food Benefits During the Pandemic. Should Those Changes Be Permanent?
A recent analysis sheds light on how two COVID-era policy changes affected community college students' eligibility for grocery assistance benefits.
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.
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.
