Publications
The Impact of Nutrition Assistance on College Student Success
California Policy Lab | March 2026
Using linked administrative data from all 116 California community colleges, FAFSA records, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation data, this working paper examines the impact of sustained SNAP participation on early academic success among California community college students.
Financing Community Colleges: Current Landscape and Future Directions
Community College Research Center | January 2026
This book chapter describes how state funding formulas, enrollment declines, and federal recovery investments during the COVID-19 pandemic intersect to shape prospects for revenue and spending patterns for community colleges looking forward.
Delivering at Scale: Implementation Integrity of Enhanced Success Coaching in a Community College Promise Program
Center for Education Policy Research | November 2025
This brief examines the implementation of an enhanced student coaching pilot for the Los Angeles College Promise, a first-year support program in the Los Angeles Community College District, which faces persistent challenges in student persistence and completion.
The Geography of California Community College Enrollment: Course-Taking Trends in the Online Era
Wheelhouse | October 2025
This brief explores how the growth of online course taking over the past 10 years has affected the geography of enrollment, specifically the choices students make about where they take courses across California’s community college system.
CalWORKs Participation Among California’s College Students
California Policy Lab | October 2025
This data point presents student participation rates in CalWORKs, which the authors define as either appearing on a CalWORKs case, or living in the same household as someone who appears on a CalWORKs case (e.g., a college student whose child participates in CalWORKs).
CalFresh Participation Among California’s College Students: A 2022–23 School Year Update
California Policy Lab | October 2025
This brief provides estimates of CalFresh participation rates among community college and University of California (UC) students in California, providing updates to a previous data point, which focused on CalFresh enrollment during the 2021–22 school year.
The Price of Flexibility? Evaluating the True Cost of Distance Education
Center for Education Policy Research | August 2025
Using data provided by the Los Angeles Community College District and interviews with teaching faculty, this paper compares the amount of time faculty spent in course delivery activities as well as the total costs of delivering courses across modalities.
State Policy for Expanding Access to High-Demand Jobs: The Role of G3, GO Virginia, and Virginia’s Community Colleges
CCRC | July 2025
This brief examines two statewide workforce-focused initiatives, G3 and GO Virginia. The authors present a snapshot of how these initiatives interact on the ground and describe opportunities for more deliberate and strategic efforts to better align their goals and investments.
The Los Angeles College Promise
Center for Education Policy Research | July 2025
Los Angeles College Promise (LACP) is a comprehensive support system for first-time-in-college students. This brief provides an overview of the program, including eligibility requirements, services provided by and student participation in LACP, and descriptive evidence on student outcomes compared to similar, non-participating students.
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.
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