Relief Funding
How North Central Michigan College Used Pandemic Relief Funds to Keep Students Enrolled and Help Them Learn
North Central Michigan College was one of the 265 colleges in six states surveyed by the ARCC Network to understand how federal pandemic-recovery funding supported community colleges and their students. In this Q&A, North Central leaders answered questions about their experience during the pandemic and what comes next.
Video: How Community Colleges Spent Pandemic Relief Funds and What’s Next
In a June 26, 2024 webinar, researchers from the Community College Research Center and the Public Policy Institute of California discussed the findings and policy implications from two reports on how community colleges spent pandemic relief funds. A recording of the webinar is available in this blog post.
Early Alerts: How Two California Colleges Are Using Relief Funds to Keep Students Enrolled
Copper Mountain College and Cabrillo College in California are using pandemic relief funding to promote student success through early alert systems, which connects students to campus counselors. Whereas similar systems in the past were often under resourced, relief funding has given these colleges the capacity to support larger numbers of students with a broader set of resources.
Zero Textbook Cost: In California, a Community College President Leverages Short-Term Funds for Long-Term Impact
This blog is the third in a series on the Wheelhouse Research Collaboration Council and focuses on how Higher Education Emergency Relief funding inspired efforts at Cosumnes River College to permanently eliminate textbook costs.
“You Can’t Deny the Whole Student”: Student Supports During and After the Pandemic
In a podcast-style interview, researchers from three ARCC projects recently sat down to talk about what they have learned about students’ support needs during and after the pandemic and how colleges are addressing them. Listen to the audio interview and read the transcript featured within this blog post.
Video: ARCC Webinar Explores Trends in Community College Pandemic Relief Spending
In a March webinar, researchers from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) gave an overview of a recent report on pandemic relief spending trends nationally among community colleges. A video recording is available in this blog post.
Aftershocks: How the Pandemic Affected Community College Finances
Four years after the initial breakout of COVID-19, information showing how funding for community colleges was affected by the pandemic is now available. In this blog post, the authors highlight some overall findings from a newly released Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) dataset.
An Interactive Dashboard for Exploring Pandemic Relief Funding
A new interactive Tableau dashboard developed for the ARCC Network 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.
