ARCC Blog
Wheelhouse Research Collaboration Council: Shaping Our Understanding of Pandemic Recovery
To inform their research on effective educational strategies during and after the pandemic, Wheelhouse at the University of California Davis brought together a council of community college leaders. This blog post explores how the research team is working with the Research Collaboration Council to establish a forward-looking community of practice.
“You Can’t Deny the Whole Student”: Student Supports During and After the Pandemic
In a podcast-style interview, researchers from three ARCC projects recently sat down to talk about what they have learned about students’ support needs during and after the pandemic and how colleges are addressing them. Listen to the audio interview and read the transcript featured within this blog post.
Video: ARCC Webinar Explores Trends in Community College Pandemic Relief Spending
In a March webinar, researchers from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) gave an overview of a recent report on pandemic relief spending trends nationally among community colleges. A video recording is available in this blog post.
Video: Where Community Colleges Are Seeing Promising Enrollment Growth
In a new video, Doug Shapiro and Hee Sun Kim of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center present findings from their Current Term Enrollment Estimates report for fall 2023, with a special focus on the numbers for community colleges.
Aftershocks: How the Pandemic Affected Community College Finances
Four years after the initial breakout of COVID-19, information showing how funding for community colleges was affected by the pandemic is now available. In this blog post, the authors highlight some overall findings from a newly released Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) dataset.
An Interactive Dashboard for Exploring Pandemic Relief Funding
A new interactive Tableau dashboard developed for the ARCC Network presents publicly available award and spending data on HEER Funds from the Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) Transparency Portal. Users are able to examine funding and spending trends at community colleges across the country by region, state, and other institutional characteristics.
The Tennessee Coaching Project: Enhancing Corequisite Learning Support to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery
In fall 2022, two Tennessee community colleges launched the Tennessee Coaching Project to support underprepared students by connecting them with a coach who can help them navigate and connect with campus and community resources, as well as explore careers.
Bouncing Back: First-Year Success and Pandemic Recovery at Tennessee Community Colleges
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the path to postsecondary enrollment and success for many young adults. Three years later, Tennessee community colleges are bouncing back from declines in enrollment and student success.
Introducing the Student Advisory Group for Virginia Workforce Recovery: A Partnership to Strengthen G3
CCRC's first-ever formal student advisory group will incorporate the perspectives and experiences of students into the research on G3, Virginia Community College's workforce recovery initiative. The new Student Advisory Group will also provide feedback on research design and initial findings and participate in disseminating the findings.
Four Lessons on Remote Learning: Los Angeles Community College District Faculty Share Strategies for Student Engagement in Distance Education Courses
As community colleges have shifted instruction from in-person to distance education, faculty are wrestling with the challenge of spurring authentic engagement between students and both teaching staff and their peers. Researchers from Leveraging Technology and Engaging Students (LTES) identify four key strategies faculty use to increase student engagement in distance education courses.
