Publications
Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2023
NSC Research Center | January 2024
This dashboard-based report provides the latest college enrollment estimates along with new analyses of students’ neighborhood income background, enrollment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), community college enrollment by transfer or vocational program focus, and trends by institution locale, along with more detailed information on enrollment by credential level, age, and major field.
Pandemic-Period Changes in Enrollment and Success Among Young Adults at Tennessee Community Colleges
TBR—The College System of Tennessee | November 2023
This brief describes the pandemic-period changes in enrollment and student success for young adult students at Tennessee’s 13 community colleges. After identifying areas where community colleges have bounced back and areas of ongoing challenges, this brief concludes with a description of new projects and tools designed to help the system promote pandemic recovery.
How Florida Community and Technical Colleges Are Aligning CTE Programming to the Labor Market in a Post-COVID Era
WestEd | October 2023
This brief describes findings from a statewide survey in Florida that sheds light on how community and technical colleges are examining student and economic data, creating processes for program review and market alignment, engaging industries and businesses, and supporting student success in career and technical education (CTE) after the pandemic.
Pandemic Relief Funding Dashboard
CCRC | October 2023
An interactive Tableau dashboard 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.
“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.
Pandemic Relief Funding for Community Colleges
CCRC | June 2023
In response to the pandemic, over $75 billion of federal money was directed to institutions of higher education through the Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) Funds. This brief describes the broad purposes of the funds, and it provides a first look at how much funding was awarded to and spent by the nation’s community colleges between March 2020 and February 2023.
The High School to College Pathway: Enrollment & Success for Recent High School Graduates at Tennessee Community Colleges
TBR—The College System of Tennessee | March 2023
This dashboard tracks trends in community college enrollment, selection of academic focus area, and student success across several metrics over the last decade. It allows users to filter the data by community college, high school region, K-12 district, high school, race and ethnicity, Pell recipient status, number of learning supports needed, and full or part-time enrollment status.
Transfer and Progress: Fall 2022 Report
NSC Research Center | March 2023
This report combines information on current term transfer rates with data on community college students who reach transfer and completion milestones within six years. It also expands on previous transfer reports with additional levels of disaggregation and introduces a new experimental measure of students’ income background.
Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2022 (Expanded Edition)
NSC Research Center | February 2023
This dashboard-based report provides the latest college enrollment estimates and features new analyses of race and ethnicity, undergraduate and graduate enrollment by major field at the state level, and institutional selectivity.
Pandemic-Period Enrollment and Persistence in California Community Colleges
Wheelhouse | August 2022
This infographic illustrates changes in student enrollment and persistence in the first 18 months of the pandemic.
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