Center for Education Policy Research
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.
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.
“We Will Not Go Back to What We Had”: Faculty’s Efforts to Deliver Effective Distance Education in the Los Angeles Community College District
“We Will Not Go Back to What We Had”: Faculty’s Efforts to Deliver Effective Distance Education in the Los Angeles Community College District
Center for Education Policy Research | August 2023
In response to student demand that arose during the pandemic, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has modified its course offerings to allow for more online and hybrid options. This brief examines faculty reactions to the use of a variety of course modality options.
