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Are Labor Market Opportunities Diverting Potential Community College Students? Lessons From Los Angeles County
What is driving the recent decline in community college enrollment? Many explanations have been posited, from improving job opportunities, to a decreasing payoff from getting a degree, to a shrinking working-age population. To gain clarity, researchers took a deep dive into the labor market in Los Angeles County to explore these trends on a local level.
Examining Losses and Recoveries in Community College Enrollment: Lessons From the Los Angeles Community College District
A clear understanding of community college enrollment losses is critical for driving institutional responses. What, then, is causing the enrollment decline—and will it continue? This blog post looks to Los Angeles Community College District's experiences for answers.
Video: ARCC Network Webinar Explores Student and Faculty Success in Distance Education
In May, researchers from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California hosted a webinar sharing findings from an ongoing study being conducted in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD).Â
Four Lessons on Remote Learning: Los Angeles Community College District Faculty Share Strategies for Student Engagement in Distance Education Courses
As community colleges have shifted instruction from in-person to distance education, faculty are wrestling with the challenge of spurring authentic engagement between students and both teaching staff and their peers. Researchers from Leveraging Technology and Engaging Students (LTES) identify four key strategies faculty use to increase student engagement in distance education courses.
