Publications
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.
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
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.
Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead? Evaluating the Effects of Virginia’s Workforce-Targeted Free College Program
CCRC | April 2025
Using two quasi-experimental methods, this paper estimates the causal impact of Virginia’s Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead initiative on financial aid and academic outcomes of community college students.
Transfer Enrollment and Pathways: Fall 2024 Report
NSC Research Center | March 2025
This report combines information on current term transfer rates with data on community college students who reach transfer and completion milestones within six years. Detailed data on postsecondary participation, mobility, and progress among economically disadvantaged students is included, as well as disaggregated data on disparities in pandemic recovery and transfer outcomes across differing student and institutional characteristics.
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.
Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2024
NSC Research Center | January 2025
This report uses interactive data dashboards to provide the latest college enrollment estimates and detailed information on enrollment by credential level, age, and major field. The updated data also provide information on students immediately enrolling after high school, institutions’ share of Pell recipients, students’ neighborhood income, and more.
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