California
How Remote is Success? The Impact of Course Modality on Community College Student Success
How Remote is Success? The Impact of Course Modality on Community College Student Success
Center for Education and Policy Research | April 2025
This brief addresses the impact of attempting credits in distance education modalities on student academic outcomes and how these effects vary by the number of credits attempted and across student populations in Los Angeles Community College District.
Navigating the Path to Success or Drifting Off Course? Analyzing the Impacts of Online Course Formats in LACCD
Navigating the Path to Success or Drifting Off Course? Analyzing the Impacts of Online Course Formats in LACCD
Center for Education Policy Research | April 2025
This brief explores students’ academic habits and faculty instructional practices across course modalities and what course attributes faculty identify as shaping student performance in online courses.
Supporting Young People’s Food Security: CalFresh Participation During and After High School
Supporting Young People’s Food Security: CalFresh Participation During and After High School
California Policy Lab | April 2025
This report provides new insights on participation in CalFresh during the final years of high school and the first few years after high school, and the factors that influence whether students continue to receive benefits.
How Much Do College Students Get from CalFresh Each Month?
How Much Do College Students Get from CalFresh Each Month?
California Policy Lab | February 2025
This policy brief explores how much university and community college students received in CalFresh benefits each month before and after the start of the pandemic. The authors find that temporary federal policy changes during the pandemic nearly doubled benefit amounts for UC undergraduates and California community college students.
Trends in Community College Enrollment and CalFresh Eligibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Trends in Community College Enrollment and CalFresh Eligibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic
California Policy Lab | January 2025
This policy brief describes how eligibility for CalFresh changed among community college students because of broader college enrollment changes during the height of the pandemic and due to the temporary eligibility changes Congress made to SNAP.
Many California Community College Students Are Eligible For—But Not Receiving—CalFresh Benefits
Many California Community College Students Are Eligible For—But Not Receiving—CalFresh Benefits
California Policy Lab | December 2024
Using a linked database of student-level administrative data on college enrollment, financial aid, and CalFresh participation, this brief estimates how many California community college students are eligible for CalFresh, how many students are taking up those benefits, and how many are missing out.
Portraits of Resilience: Southern California Community College Students Navigating Challenges Amid the Pandemic
Portraits of Resilience: Southern California Community College Students Navigating Challenges Amid the Pandemic
Wheelhouse | July 2024
Drawing on narratives by five community college students, this brief offers insights into the evolving challenges students faced during and after the pandemic and discusses how colleges can address student needs in the post-pandemic period.
Labor Market Opportunities and Declining Community College Enrollment in the Pandemic Era The Picture in Los Angeles County
Labor Market Opportunities and Declining Community College Enrollment in the Pandemic Era The Picture in Los Angeles County
Center for Education Policy Research | July 2024
Using data from the Quarterly Workforce Indicators, this brief explores changes in the Los Angeles County labor market and in the working-age population as a plausible explanation for some of the enrollment decline at the county’s community college campuses.
Regaining Ground: Enrollment Trends in the Los Angeles Community College District in the Wake of COVID-19
Regaining Ground: Enrollment Trends in the Los Angeles Community College District in the Wake of COVID-19
Center for Education Policy Research | July 2024
In this brief, the authors examine changes in enrollments at the Los Angeles Community College District between fall 2017 and summer 2023 to document the extent of pandemic-era enrollment declines overall and across student populations.
From the Disruption of the Pandemic, a Path Forward for Community Colleges
From the Disruption of the Pandemic, a Path Forward for Community Colleges
Wheelhouse | June 2024
This article in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning proposes flexibility in course formats as a key strategy to encourage enrollment and persistence post-pandemic and explores challenges associated with enrollment recovery. The authors include recommendations for college leaders to reengage students moving forward.
