Zero Textbook Cost: In California, a Community College President Leverages Short-Term Funds for Long-Term Impact
This blog is the third in a series on the Wheelhouse Research Collaboration Council and focuses on how Higher Education Emergency Relief funding inspired efforts at Cosumnes River College to permanently eliminate textbook costs.
How Can States Better Align Statewide Economic and Workforce Programs to Boost Their Impact? Lessons From Virginia
Researchers at CCRC are examining two workforce programs in Virginia to better understand how well these state-funded economic development investments leverage each other and how they can generate more equitable college attainment and labor market outcomes for individuals and communities.
Focusing on Wins: California Community College Leaders Reflect on Pandemic-Era Innovations
Wheelhouse convened members of its Research Collaboration Council to discuss improving student and staff engagement on campus post-pandemic. This blog post highlights actions taken by three institutions.
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.
HEER Funding Kept Community Colleges Open and Students Enrolled
HEER Funding Kept Community Colleges Open and Students Enrolled
March 15, 2024
Source: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
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.
