In 2013, CCRC developed an advising framework called SSIPP (sustained, strategic, integrated, proactive, and personalized). Now, researchers are working to understand how SSIPP principles can help colleges facilitate post-completion success.
As artificial intelligence (AI) raises questions about the future of work, community college students are considering how it might affect their career prospects. Veronica Minaya explores results from a survey of students at four community colleges on how AI might influence their job prospects and program choices.
Building on existing research conducted on Virginia’s G3 program, a new project will explore broader questions about Virginia's workforce financial aid landscape, including longer-term G3 outcomes and how colleges are integrating Workforce Pell alongside existing financial aid programs.
This blog post explores how prior evidence on corequisite supports can inform college student success, and how a new initiative, Ohio Strong Start in Science, may provide early evidence on how other states can approach science gateway reform through corequisite support.
New data show dual enrollment has continued to expand across the country. In this blog post, CCRC's John Fink shares key takeaways from updated 2024-25 IPEDS data on dual enrollment, including a dashboard that shows the number of high school students enrolled at colleges in each state.
Many community college students enter college motivated to earn a credential, transfer to a four-year institution, or secure a good job. But even students with clear goals may not have a plan. A new CCRC research brief examines why individualized career and educational plans are essential to student success.
Summer intern and former transfer student Claribeth Gutierrez explores transfer students' experiences—including her own—and how institutions can better support them.
In honor of the first anniversary of "More Essential Than Ever," the authors reflect on lessons from the book and share details about the next phases of their research on guided pathways, including a new scale of adoption assessment colleges can use to measure their scaling efforts.
In this Q&A, communications intern Claribeth Gutierrez reflects on her transition to college, her experience as a transfer student, and her interest in improving higher education for first-generation and transfer students.
In this Q&A, communications intern Samson Jue discusses his academic interests and the challenges he faced navigating higher education during the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent CCRC paper outlines how high schools and colleges define and navigate their roles and responsibilities within dual enrollment partnerships. In this blog post, the authors share four takeaways for supporting successful dual enrollment partnerships.
In this Q&A, Research Intern Narju Nawar discusses her summer work at CCRC, the experiences that led to her interest in higher education, and her career goals.
In this Q&A, Research Intern Naomi Long discusses her summer work at CCRC and how her experiences as a transfer student inform her interest in higher education policy and research.
At Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee, a professional development program designed to help faculty understand the needs and strengths of students taking corequisite courses is central to the college's approach to developmental education reform.
Each summer, interns join CCRC to learn about higher education research, communications, and related career and graduate school opportunities. Meet this year's interns!
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