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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
During the pandemic, Congress appropriated more than $25 billion in Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) Funds to help community colleges and their students. How did colleges use these funds? What were the results of their spending and associated efforts? What remaining needs do they have, if any? The ARCC Network’s Survey of Pandemic Relief Spending and Recovery Strategies seeks to answer these questions.
The ARCC Network is led by the Community College Research Center, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, and Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research.
The ARCC Network lead team is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305X220022 to Teachers College, Columbia University. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
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The ARCC Network is led by the Community College Research Center, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, and Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research.
The ARCC Network lead team is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305X220022 to Teachers College, Columbia University. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
2023. All rights reserved.